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Thanks, and thanks again for the inspiration with your suminagashi @cjartist.

Thats the beauty of it, any color thread would look good haha. I was going to use purple but I'm saving that for another project. The people I got the thread from included one johnn james needle but I didn't use it because I needed two lol. But I'm considering getting some because they are thinner than my current needles.

Thanks Sofaspud.it is really fun to marble and get all the different designs. Every one is different and gives you something new to look at every time.

Thanks mutt. I know it's a simple project but I'm still proud of it. Everything just went smoothly and I haven't had a project like that for a while. My only gripe is the channel for the stitching. I should have dyed it something or not used the groover at all since it's not really necessary.

When I make my holsters I use 7/8 or heavier and line with 4/5. But what I've read is that calfskin is a lot softer than cowhide. So I'm not sure if it would hold up or not. I think when you call them they oughta be able to let you know for sure if you can use it for that. They seem to know their stuff there.

I know both HO and wickett and Craig are top quality leathers. I would say 25 dollars off wickett and Craig would get me to try it. I want to try it anyway, but it's even better if to can save money in the process. I will say a regular tooling cowhide runs about 230... That being said, you can get a calf side for 95 it may be worth it.

Where is this at? I'm not an expert by any means but wickett and Craig is fine leather. It is younger animal and hasn't gone through the stretching and such an older animal would have, so calf has a tighter grain. I bet it would tool nicely. And it stands to reason the leather would be cleaner. It will also probably be soft and supple as well. I've never used it so I'm just going off what I can remember. I hope this helps. I hope someone chimes in too, I'm curious if this is a good deal.

Awesome. I don't know that ive inspired before haha. I have another post in the how to section on how I did the marbling and what I used if you want to look at it. This was a piece left over from my testing that was big enough to do something with. Glad you like it, I'm eager to see what you come up with.

I've been experimenting with marbling leather. I happened to have a piece that was the perfect size for JLS leather's horizontal card holder. So I thought I'd give it a go. It's a simple project but came out pretty well I think. It's my first time using tiger thread too. That stuff is nice! .8 navy thread was used. Open to critique and comments Cheers!

@cjartist thanks. I didn't have to wait but the 10 minutes or so it took to mix it up. It said it's best after sitting 12 hrs but worked fine right after I mixed it.

@billybopp that's a good idea I'll have to try that. I wasnt doing a serious project I was just doing proof of concept. But now I have to figure something out to use it on. I like the foam core idea. You can do 2 rakes on one and just flip the thing over to use the other side. So simple haha thanks again

Thanks bodean. I always thought marbling was interesting. The entire process is cool to me. Thanks oldnslow. It's real fun to do. The kit was about 17 bucks so not a huge investment to try out. I want to make some rakes and other tools to get other patterns but just haven't the time yet.

Water marbling is an old technique used by book binders to put decorative and intricate colored patterns on paper for use as end papers in books. Naturally, I applied it to leather (only logical right?) This is not an original idea however. It has been done before. I was inspired by a recent post by cjartist. She used a Japanese method of floating ink on water called suminagashi. She had good results and it got me thinking... What about marbling paint? So I purchased a kit from Jacquard available on Amazon. It was called a marbling kit and contains some alum(mordant to help colors stick), carrageenan(for thickening water/size), synthetic ox gall, and several colors of paint. I halved the recipe for making the "size" and "mordant" mixtures and proceeded to experiment. I soaked some scrap veg tan for 5,10,and 20 minutes in the alum mordant mixture. I had a piece left untreated and another that I brushed some onto. For myself, I didn't have to alter the paint in any way, they floated and spread nicely right out of the bottle. So I made a pattern by floating different colors and using a skewer to swirl it around a bit. Top Left to right: no alum, brushed on, 5 min,10 min, and 20 min Bottom: just some fun pieces using brush on technique. Here's another pic. I found that a thorough brushing of alum mixture is all that is needed. The soaking didn't seem to benefit adhesion of the colors at all. You will have to thoroughly rinse each piece after you marble it. The size is very slick and resembles snot and that's no good left on the leather, it'll also wash off extra pigment. Be sure to let it dry completely before any buffing or finishing I also tried a number of finishes.It held up to neatsfoot oil, super sheen, tan coat, and resolene. However, I had some slight rub off using Aussie conditioner so I wouldn't really recommend that. I emplor you to try it out yourself! Cheers!

I prefer stitching too. I have nothing against rivets or Chicago screws though. Just prefer stitching on that kind of belt.

Looks good. Did you finish the keeper edges? It's hard for me to tell. I have to make one up here soon myself for my father in law. He's been using the same belt for the last million years and it's cracked and needs replaced. I really like that you stitched the buckle and keeper in too

Well, you can get the whole snap set (4 pieces) or just the socket and stud. I think Springfield leather co sells both. But there may be other places to get them. If you buy just the socket and stud you would use line 24 post and cap that you already have this saving guesswork on the stud length you need. Hopefully this helps.

Fancy! Great idea. Sometimes the simplistic answer is the best solution

^listen to these guys, they ain't foolin ya.

You could forgo stitching all together and just glue it to the cane if that's what you like to do. You could also take a strip of leather and wrap it around the handle in a spiral kind of pattern and glue it down. I found this picture as well This appears to be cross stitched or laced on top and bottom. Ok t appears to be two pieces of leather cut to the shape of the crook and then laced. You would have to figure out how to stitch the cap in the end of the crook though. Just some more ideas for thought.

Welcome. I'm in the process of making one too, I just have to piece it together haha. Although I'm not real happy with it. But you win some you lose some. It's just the dye I used came out different than I hoped. Good luck!

I haven't done one but you mentioned wet moulding. Are you using veg tan? If so it should wet mould pretty easy and you should be able to get away with just shaping it. I don't know your stitching abilities but you could butt stitch it (I think that's the correct term) but that requires a bit of skill and a curved awl to the best of my knowledge. Alternatively if the leather is thin enough you can just stitch the two layers together then trim back real close to the stitching and burnish the edge. Alternatively alternatively... You could butt the edges flush together and try lacing it together. I'm not expert just putting some ideas out there. I hope you get it figured out, sounds like a neat project.

I believe they were 2 foot. 1"wide. Im going from memory but I can double check later tonight. I won't be home till late tonight though. But I can if u don't mind the wait

There is no really available pattern. I got the kit and made one from the kit. You would have to make some adjustments probably. I don't think I'm allowed to share it or not because of copyright. :/ I would need to find that out but don't know who to ask. And if I could share it it would be just a measurement sheet, I don't have the ability to make a proper digital pattern

Yup, gotta keep em lubed up haha.

Very nice. I haven't seen veg tan before for a whip. I'm not sure how well it'll hold up. But I have no experience with it. I've always read that redhide or latigo is best for cowhide whips but I guess that doesn't mean much. I'm curious to see how they hold up! I've made a couple paracord whips myself, it's fun to do isn't it? Keep it up