Brown64

I would have to say northmount took the words right out of my mouth. You have to dry the leather because the moisture cools the tip too fast making it harder to control. You will have to turn it up causing a quick burn then nothing that is why you are getting the bumpiness, and inconsistency. And I also found out you get a lot of residue when it is wet. Your hand is heating up because your turning the heat up to compensate for the moisture. Like was said the hotter the tool the hotter your hands. I clean my tips on a coarse cloth like a jean material, and if they get too gunked up I use a very fine emery cloth to polish them.

Beautiful craftsmanship!

Nice! looking forward to seeing it done.

Thanks for the reply. I guess I just got a defective one. It's a good thing it doesn't effect the performance I really like the yoke.

Thanks for the advice. I will look into getting one of those blades from Barry. Even though I found the knife to be way superior to the cheap one I did notice that it took almost as much stropping as the cheaper knife just to keep it from dragging. It looks like I should have went with the Barry King the prices were about the same.

I have sense used it, and I personally like the angle of the knife, but thin I like to do a lot of intricate cuts and haven't ben doing this long enough to get more used to the straighter blades. I really like the Leather Wranglers SK, but thought they were a bit too pricy. However now I see they came out with a brass version that is very reasonably priced for the quality at around $90.00 it will most likely be my next swivel knife purchase.

Looks good to me, being a novice myself I really don't have much critique other than maybe using a peddle lifter to make the flower peddles pop. It's really pretty good IMO.

Very nice! Clean professional work.

Thanks for the kind words.

This is beautifully done. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the compliment, and advice I'm definitely going to give the peddle lifter he mentioned a try.

Finally finished coloring it. I think I'm going to make a Bible cover out of it do you think that's too much?

Nice! Neat clean piece. Going to try stitching soon hope mine turns out this neat.

Thanks for the info. Next time I'll give it a go.

Thanks for the info definitly cheaper than I thought. I'm going to have to get started on it (no excuse now).

Nice work! If it's not too much to ask how much do you have in the cost of material? Was thinking of making one myself, and just was curious what the approximate cost was going tom be.

Thanks. pardon my ignorance, but I think I know what a lifter is, but what is a pro petal tool?

Thanks

Really nice! Your friend done a great job on that chain as well.

Looks really good. I'm a little worried about my first basket weave project. I done a little practice, and getting it to stay lined up isn't as easy as one would think.

Looks like wood to me. Good job

Yes that is exactly what it is.

Thanks for the kind words. I think I'll try coloring it tomorrow hope I don't ruin it. The lettering I did with a pyrography pin.

This is a practice piece I did trying out my new swivel knife, and new modeling tools. What do you guys think? Any critique is welcome, and appreciated.

Very nice! Getting ready to start one of these myself for my mother for Christmas.