BearMan

Hi Everbody,,, Thanks for all the wonderful comments! Yes the creases in the spine helps keep things straight. The coloring took about 6-8 hours. The inside flaps don't really translate in the pictures very well,,, they actually look like a wood Burl. The edges were done using one of Beary's Dremel style Burnishers, followed by some hand work with Paraffin wax. Thanks for looking

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Hi Everybody, Here is the latest creation off my bench. It's a Anniversary present for somebody my wife works with. I don't know what the flowers are,,, I think some kind of WildFlowers. She supplied the pictures that she took of the flowers she wanted on it. Sooo,,, this is what I came up with. As always,, the coloring took about as long,,, maybe longer than the tooling. Thanks for looking!! Ed the"BearMan" P.S. Two Bible Covers will be the next things,,,

Here are a few scratch awls I've made in the past year or so. Ed the"BearMan"

Great work,,, Very cool,,,

Hi Everybody, We're in the process of getting the info together to add our "BearMauls" on the LeatherBurnishers.com website. For all of you that have one or more of our "BearMauls",,, some recomendations & comments would be Great! I'm hoping to have the info to Chris in the next few days, so he can do his magic! Thanks to Everybody,,, Ed the"BearMan"

Hi Everybody, Beary has had a great weekend. He was able to turn out lots of orders. I'm very proud of just how nice he's making these. Very smooth, very refined, & very precise! So,,, for those of you with orders, lots of things are headed to the post office in the morning. Thanks to Everybody!! Ed the"BearMan"

Hi Everybody, Just an update,,, Things are going great! Chris, the web site looks fantastic!! Beary is turning & burning through the orders. His precision, & sense of Refinement makes me very proud of him! Thanks Everybody,,, Ed the"BearMan"

Here are some pictures of the Cocobolo Drill Press Burnishers and The Leather Burnisher Sets for Dremel. Thanks for looking,,, LeatherBurnishers@yahoo.com

Hi Everybody, Ed the"BearMan here, it's time for Beary and I to announce the GRAND RE-OPENING of LeatherBurnishers.com! About a month or so ago, Beary & I were given the Honor to take up the Leather Burnisher business from Chris Wright (Spinner). After careful planning & work, Beary is ready, willing & very able to fill your orders! Three New Designs added to the list of your old favorites! Made by Beary, son of Ed the"BearMan" whose quality & style you'll recognize from our popular BearMauls & Beary Leatherworking Mauls. Look for our line of fine Leatherworking BearMauls to be available on LeatherBurnishers.com soon as well! As an added bonus, Beary is offering a re-launch special! For the First 25 orders, buy any Cocobolo Leather Burnishers for Dremel set with 2 or more pieces, & get the holder for free! The holder will hold up to 6 Leather Burnishers for Dremel. After the initial 25 Leather Burnishers for Dremel sets are gone, the holder will only be $5.00, unless requested in a specific wood. How much are these gorgeous bits of burnishing wonder? Leather Burnishers for Dremel (styles 1-5) are just $15 when sold separately or $12.50 each when bought as a set! That's a 17% discount when you buy two or more! Want to add the new Swept Cone Burnisher to complete a set, it's just $17.50! With all the different styles we offer, there shouldn't be any Leather burnishing job you can't do with these. The six different Cocobolo Leather Burnishers for Dremel are: No.1 ( 3/16" & 5/16") dual channel No.2 (1/8" & 1/4") dual channel No.3 (1/16" & 3/8") dual channel No.4 (1/2") single No.5 Flat barrel No.6 Swept Cone. Beary also has the Cocobolo Drill Press Leather Burnishers in 2 designs: The Holster Makers Special & the General Purpose. Our drill press burnishers are $35.00 ea. They are both made with a 3/8" solid mandrel which makes them very strong & will fit virtually any drill press. All Leather Burnishers are made out of premium grade Cocobolo, unless otherwise requested. The holders are made out of whatever we have the most of at the time. Of course if you would like a holder made out of something special, I'm sure we could come up with a good price for you. Shipping prices start at $2.50!!. Wait, there's more! We'll be offering FREE shipping on orders of $100.00 or more, sent by Priority Mail!! The web site revamp is only a day or so away…until then, you can order at: LeatherBurnishers@yahoo.com Thanks for looking, Beary & Ed the"BearMan" http://www.leatherburnishers.com (http://www.leatherburnishers.com/)

Hi Everybody, Thanks for all the wonderful compliments!! It's great to hear everybody is sooo happy with thier mauls. We really strived to make the best tooling mauls available. And lots of really good looking ones too!! hehehe Thanks Again,,, Ed the"BearMan" & Beary

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Thanks Ben & Kevin,,, Take Care,,, Ed

Hi Everybody, Here are some of the BearMauls that have been keeping us busy the past couple months. Beary made the Pink Ivory & Holly pair. The Pink Ivory, was extramly hard, almost as hard as Ironwood! The Bocote, has a very interesting grain pattern. All of you that have been keeping up with the BearMauls, will notice that the darker brown is back!! It took some time to get back, but it really looks good with most of the woods we use. Of course, we can still do the "Russet" med brown, & the Black as well. On another note, we will be moved into our dedicated shop in a few weeks, which will make it a lot better for my back pain situation,,, plus our turn around time should be even better then. We've been having to work on Beary's porch,,, having to set up,,, & tear down the tools, everytime we worked on anything. Plus the porch is somewhat exposed to the weather. Happy days are comming soon!! Thanks for looking!! Ed the"BearMan" & Beary(kodiak50004@aol.com)

Hi Chris, I feel your pain. On a whole, I've found "True" Leather people to be very honest & trustworthy, with high morals. This just proves that this person is not a true leather person! I just won't do anything like that. I've had several people ask me about making the same type of burnishers that you make,,, I always turn them down, & refer them to you. Before I started making my "BBS" (Bob Beard Special) mauls, I asked Bob Beard if he would give me permission to put that design out there. Luckily, he gave me his permission, & send me customers quite often. By making inferior copies of your work, just shows that this is not an honorable person. Luckily most of us true leather people are honorable enough to know that doing something like that is just Wrong!! Good Luck,,, Ed the"BearMan"

Hi, That's an old Cabbage chopper. It was used to chop all kinds of veggie. If you notive the stem between the blade & the handle is very slim, & just wouldn't be strong enough to be used on leather,,, plus the geometry wouldn't work very well. But,,, on a good note, you could probably sell it on ebay, for enough to buy a nice head knife. Ed

Hi Helmut, McMaster Carr has 24" x 48" x 1/2" for under $65.00. Part # 8619K475 $64.92 They also have textured in Black & White for about $85.00. They are out of Atlanta. http://www.mcmaster.com/#hdpe-sheets/=fue45x I have nothing but good things to say about them,,, Plus they are very fast. Hope this helps,,, Ed the"BearMan"

After many years using alcohol based dyes, some observations. While Isopropyl Alcohol will work to thin / de lute the dye, the result is a bit "grainy" in comparison, to using Denatured Alcohol. When using Denatured Alcohol, the color looks "smoother", especially when you get down to very eluted mixtures. Some of my colors get down to almost 1000/1. Basically in a 3 oz bottle, alcohol almost to the top, with 10 drops of color. We're only talking about a very minor difference,,, but the difference is noticeable. A 50/50 mixture for me is a Very strong color. Denatured alcohol, is about $6.00 for a quart,,, & that should last you a long time. I still use Isopropal Alcohol, for cleaning everything. I hope this helps,,, Ed the"BearMan

Thanks Aaron & Kevin!! 99.9% are made especially for an order. Every once in a while we will make something extra, or just different. In the past, I would try to make enough extra, to take to the Extreme Leather Workshop, in Asheville Nc. But since we've moved back down to Florida, I just don't think we'll be able to make it this year It looks like we're going to be able to offer the darker brown head stock again pretty soon. Thanks for looking,,, Ed the"BearMan" & Beary

Hi Everybody, Here are some of the recent Mauls we've made. Some were Christmas presents, & some were personal presents. Several of these were made by Beary (kodiak50004@aol.com) I'm really proud of the work that Beary is doing on his Mauls! Hopefully we will have a real shop set up, in a couple months. That will make it a lot better,,, not having to set things up,,, just to have to tear things down each time we work on anything. Our shop is in a constant state of confusion!! hehehe Thanks for looking,,, Ed the"BearMan" & Beary

Hi,,, Thanks Everybody!!, cowdog,, PM sent resqman,,, a bench weight is used to help hold a piece of leather in place while you're tooling it. Just makes it easier. Marc,,, sure, when ever you're down this way, just let me know. I'd be glad to show you my drastically shrunken leather shop,,, compared to what I'd like. It's all of 20" deep, by almost 4 feet long!! hehehe Thanks again,, Ed the"BearMan"

Hi Everybody, After all the Christmas presents got finished,,, I saw the need for a little "present" for myself. It weighs about 3 pounds, & is made out of some 5-6oz leather from Zack White. It's about 4" x 6". My old one isn't quite that heavy. I put on a good coat of oil, both inside & some Satin Professional Top Coat finish from Zelikovitz, in Canada. I have to say, I'm pretty impressed with the finish. I wouldn't say water "proof",,, but a drop of water sitting on it for about 15 min. just wiped right off, with no water stain. Plus, it seems to help bring out the colors also. Thanks for looking,,, please let me know what You think,,, Ed the"BearMan"

Hi everybody, Thanks for all the wonderful comments! Ben,,, Hmmm,,, well maybe,,, I'm not doing anything between midnite & 4 am,,, hehehe I didn't really keep track of the time, but,,, I probably have about 20-30 hours in it. A lot of back & forth,, grinding the plates,,, test fitting,,, grinding some more, & so on. Thanks for looking,,, Ed the"BearMan"

Hi Everybody, Thanks for all the wonderful comments!! Ben is right, this type of bench mat is more for displaying the finished Gun,, or knife. As far as using it,,, I feel that the true character of most any leather piece, doesn't really shine, until it gets some "patina" from use. I guess that's why I like tooling leather that has lots of range marks, & "fat" marks. Thanks for looking! Ed the"BearMan"