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@RockyAussie thanks for that addition. I responded quickly because I was at work and thought about the thickness of what the binding was covering after the fact, but it is an important aspect to making it come out right

Do you mean stitching the corners or making the turned edge meet nicely when you turn it? For the first, a small round hole instead of angled hole will help stitches lie better. And i like to start in the corners and pick towards the middle. So my stitching lies perfect in the corner. Unless I round my corners, then it doesn't much matter. For the turning, you simply clip the corner off. Then when you turn the edge they line up nicely . Hope my silly drawing makes sense.

Nice design

Thanks. All are on 'cards' 2.5 x 3.5 inches i colored some of them. Traded most of them haha

I did. They are real cheap acrylics though. I do want to unvest in good paints like angelus now. I only jad a few basic colors to use too, black white red yellow green and a blue so, getting a good orange was a bit tough for me hahaha

Thanks. But the design is borrowed haha one i found a while back and rediscovered the other day

I tried painting again. It came out alright I think. I need better paint haha... oh, and a clue as to what I'm doing would help too.

These are some small cards I tooled up recently. Just thought I'd share them here along with my other outlets.

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.