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Very nice... but if I could make just one suggestion... Put those in a box and send em my way... hahaha! They are really nice. Good work.

There are a lot of ways to do it. Dustin loftis and Don gonzales draw in pencil straight to the leather. I cant do that. For me it depends. Usually I get velum or thick tracing paper to trace what I want to tool. Then I cover my cased piece in plastic wrap and then trace the pattern on the leather with a stylus. The plastic wrap keeps the tracing from getting damp and tearing and curling. Sometimes I print something to size on regular printer paper. Then I use clear shipping tape and the both sides trying to minimize tape overlap. Then I can just set that on the cased leather and trace.

Hmm, this is tricky. The problem I forsee is that the collar will inevitably need to be larger than the quiver. This is due to the leathwr thickness. The collar will end up being larger by the thickness of itself and the quiver leather thickness. You might be ok using a thin leather that would stretch better. Since it is decorative, I'd recommend 2/3 oz. However, if you are to use thicker leather you'll have to figure the dimensions of the collar. If it were me, I would have my 3.5 inch dowel, wrap my quiver leather around it, then wrap my collar leather around that. This gives you the proper length for the collar. For gluing, I believe you would need to glue on a curve so the quiver and collar match up (again because the collar will be wider) then stitch. It won't be flat exactly but it won't be a complete cylinder either. Dwights method is far simpler, but I do feel it depends on what type and thickness leather your collar will be made from. And honestly. I would try dwights method first (on scrap) due to its ease of execution.

This was my concern too. Not just that but you could make people think you're reaching for your gun rather than your phone. Just knowing how people are, you might get into some trouble with that. Never know these days

Nice work as usual Josh. Would you explain those two screw spacer dealies for me? Are they spacers or for tension? I don't think I've seen them used before in leather.

Sometimes he discounts them. Just a thought was all there are a lot of classes I want to get haha. It does add up quick

That is very interesting. Especially on a holster. I like the.leaf stiffener too. I've never used horse wither, is it hard to work with? @battlemunky just something I remember seeing (I haven't taken or actually seen the lesson personally) but jim linnells elktracks studio has a lesson teaching how to do wood grain. Search elktracks studio and it'll bring up his site. I imagine its done mostly with a swivel knofe and modeling spoon but I can't really say. Just something I thought you may be interested in

Sounds like a plan. I wanted to make some matters too out of some bolts. So, that's another idea I have. Just thinking of textures for that. I like your handle too, came out great

Thanks. I will have to improvise. I have some files.and a rotary tool. I'm sure I can come up.with something. Was the spoon hard to n shape? I'm going for a pointed spoon and petal lifter

I know this is old. I'm looking to do something similar and was looking for a good base material. 2hat size rod did you use if you remember. These came out awesome

Nice. I've been wanting to try some inlay stuff. Just haven't yet.

Thank you

Thanks! Thanks for the kind words.

@Bob Bleathanks. It was challenging due to its size. I usually get a nice looking hilight. It just isn't as noticeable here

so I made another feather. This ones smaller. All swivel knife except the background and minor beveling on the quill. wallet measures about 4"x3". Nuttin fancy

this, I like it. Haha. Nice work

I got nothing to say on the Celtic tree, that looks great. The only thing on the hat brim would be to add texture to the clouds and maybe try matting around your figure elements for added definition. But those are minor things. Good work.

@AJ2018 nice!

Well butter my butt n call me a biscuit. That is beauteous.

Paint scary. Me no like paint... hehe I'll need to try some eventually. I've used some to do broad coverings but only solid colors. That looks pretty good to me!

It's a gun project. The customer was happy with it so that's what matters to me Itll look nice on a henry

I agree, I dont like grooves either. I like the European style like armitage does. And he has been doing it a long time. He is a master leather craftsman and I've noticed marked improvement in my stitching when I switched to the method he outlines.

Cool. DG pattern?

Well, hand stitching is an art in the itself. There are several ways to do it too. It's down to your preference in my opinion. So, I will refer you to two different people with two different styles. Al stohlman has a book called the art of hand stitching. This is a very traditional method with a gouge, overstitch wheel, and awl. The second has several videos on the subject. Very detailed. Nigel armitage has a youtube and paid vimeo channel. The vimeo is well worth the few dollars a month fee, but he gives you the basics on youtube as well. He can do traditional style very well, but has shown a more modern method using pricking irons. It is a very effective method and the one I choose to use. Hope it helps.

Very nice. I like it.