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How do you mean? Did you want to tool the words on the holster? Or did you have something else in mind? Like using dye and a stencil to "print" the words on it? I'm not aware of any stencils. But you could find an image or even the correct font and print it out. Then take an exact I knife and cut the words out and use that as a stencil. Just an idea. It would be fairly labor intensive to do but may look cool. The only other process I've seen is laser printing. I'm not too familiar with that process but there was a thread here a while back about it. And someone made a we the people laser printed holster. You may try and search for that

Hey all, I'm curious who here may have used the purse patterns from Springfield leather and if you feel they are good patterns. I'm new to bags and and a nice basic but elegant bag pattern and can't seem to find anything. I'll eventually make my own but want to start with one to better understand construction. I'm mainly interested in the divided bag and bucket bag patterns they have but I'm on the fence about buying the patterns just yet. I'd like to see any and all bags and am open to all suggestions. Thanks! You all rock!

Ah I see. I'll definitely have to try this thanks for the info

Awesome thanks. One more question. How did you float the inks? With a brush or dropper or something else?

You used suminagashi inks? Have you noticed any bleeding or rub off or anything? I'm curious how leather dye will work in place of suminagashi inks. I'll have to try it. Did you do anything to prepare the water? I know you don't do anything Hing to the water with suminagashi but you do with European marbling. Just curious about the process. Looks super cool

Looks good. I agree with JLS and fredk. A deeper sitting mag would be more secure but if the retention is good I don't see much of an issue. I don't know if it's the photo or if the leather was dirty or something. Like JLS said it could be cleaner. I thought I saw some tool marks from where you wet molded it? Maybe spend a little more time smoothing those out and it would looks a hundred times better. Also, personal preference here, I would like the bottom of the pouch to be straight instead of having that dip in it. All in all it looks functional and like it'll last a while. Keep it up!

@Boriqua that looks very nice. I never thought of doing the stairs two with thread for stitching before. It looks real nice Billybopp, Sounds like everyone already helped you out with good info. I look forward to seeing what you make with the technique

I never knew there was such a product. I know paper marblers use carrageenan but the mix is a lot thinner. I understand it has to be thick to support the leather. I wonder if there is a way to use a looser mix that you can skim and reuse?

Very nice. That's a lot of bullet loops. A lot of worked put into that rig. Did you stitch or rivet the loops?

@kiwican that's what I was saying! How cool we both thought of marbled paper and applying those techniques to leather. I've always wanted to marble paper but I don't have the space for yet another hobby haha. But I may have to try marbling leather one day. Do you know what the lady used for the color? Was it paint or dye?

Haha. Are you familiar with water marveling? They use broom straw bundles to splatter the ink. Kind of like your paint brush technique. I wonder if that would work with dye as well

I would use a box next time hehe. What did you use to splatter it?

Wow, that's an ambitious project. I made a paracord conquistador bracelet and it took me like 4 hours haha. I'd like to see the final product. I bet it'll look nice, it's a beautiful braid.

Nice!

That's interesting. I would think that at the time of production they were pretty large scale. I'm no history buff so this is just speculation. The lacquer finish would make sense because it could be easily and quickly applied. Do you think the dye would be vinegroon or possibly dip dyed?

I think rawhide is traditional. At least in the states. Don't quote me on that, but not too many roos hopping around here haha. I have seen latigo reins as well and I imagine they work just fine. I've seen very expensive rawhide reins online, but those were all hand made by very skilled artisans, far more skilled than I could ever imagine. Upwards of $800 for some of the romels I saw. I would think that you could do much finer work with rawhide than latigo, but latigo may be easier to use. However, I see no reason why you couldn't or shouldn't use kangaroo. It's cheap and widely available for you, it's very strong, and it's practically meant to be braided. I say give it a go.

Looks great to me

Haha awesome

Looks like a good way to use up scraps you can't really do much with, it doesn't have to look real pretty or be straight for that matter. and if it's big enough to stuff with catnip I'm sure it'll be used a lot... I'll have to try this now haha

I think so, I like the turned and bound edges and how they look but, it's probably not feasible here

You could fill the 'head' with catnip too

Yeah I understand that. The bag isn't really coming out how I hoped. But I'll still probably finish it. This is the panel. It isn't too drastic but still significant. I thing a lining how I want would bunch up and wrinkle. I might just glue down some other lining material to the panels if I can't figure anything else out Thanks!

I know what you mean. The clean gradient patina finish people get on some products is amazing. These days it's mostly done with an airbrush. Wedgetail on this forum made an airbrush video that I'll link for you. Obviously this requires equipment and a set up whereas the traditional techniques wouldn't. I would agree with Mattsbagger as well, Stohlman's books are always good and informative.

Hmmm, I've never used anything real waxy like that. Do you have a small scrap piece of each type? What adhesive are you using? You could use a scrap of each leather and just test it out gluing them together. It may take a few coats of adhesive to work too. Again I don't have any experience with this leather but just my thoughts.

I'm hand stitching so it will be stitched from the outside only along the top of the bag. I'm going to try a single gusset but it may be a 3 piece gusset. Im going to welt the bag as well and turn it. My concern is that I will get wrinkles at the top in the lining because of the curve of the bag. Or that the curve won't lend itself u to being turned or bound. The edges I want bound, So I would do a turned lining if I could get away with it. But I could also do a drop in with bound edges too. I may add a few pockets too.