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    If you are serious about a bell sliver, leather machine co and Toledo industrial(I think) offer them. LMC is a cobra machine distributor and Toledo distributes cowboy machines. That's where I would start my research.
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    Unfortunately I think Jimi is right. A bell sliver is the way to go. I wish I could afford one. There may be a way to hand skive it but it would require an insanely sharp knife and quite a bit of skill haha
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    Depending on the leather you can use nitecores technique (on youtube) he uses some wax and a felt pad and rubs the leather down. It burnished it and gives a nice aging effect without the actual wear. Maybe that would work for your uses?
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    Nice! My wife didn't want the tree just the truck haha. Yours looks nice.
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    Hey everyone. Been MIA again haha. I made this truck ornament for my wife. It is inspired by the tandy flyer this month. It opened to this page when she plopped it in her seat getting the mail. Her grandfather drove a red truck so, it has sentiment talk value. Hope you enjoy.
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    Nice. Looks functional. Only thing is do is add some type of closure like a snap, Sam brown stud, or strap closure. But that's not required. You can't hide the edge seam stitches unless you do a glue only construction. Which would work ok if you really wanted to. The stitches in the center you can hide by lining the case. Basically you do what you already did, just stitch the pouches to the grain side. Then glue the flesh side of that piece to the flesh side of another piece of leather and stitch around the perimeter. You get a nicely lined case and no visible outer stitching except the perimeter seam.
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    stiffner

    Stetson912 replied to Frodo's topic in How Do I Do That?

    I've heard it called piping. Same process as what Chuck described. Might be another term/ process to search for while you are looking into it
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    No worries. When I got my is blade I was used to smacking the chisels pretty good and it didn't need so much persuasion and went straight down to my granite lol. Just a silly oversight on my part. For Leatherwork bread won't be an issue. You should, like you said, bed using a plastic, wood, or rawhide mallet for most things. And those won't hate the irons any. I want a set of 7spi and think those will do. 5 and 2 is plenty too.
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    I'm not sure the correct term for that effect. But the leather tends to misshapen and sort of tear when your tools aren't sharp enough. In my experience. I want some sinabroks myself. I have some ke blade and love them. The sinabrocks are made by someone who used to be part of is blade. They should be plenty sharp. A word of warning though, I damaged mine slightly because I didn't know they were so sharp and I neglected to put enough material beneath them and it went through everything and rolled the tips slightly. Easy fix with a micro file but still. Cutting board or poundo board is the way to go haha
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    Are you machine stitching or hand stitching? If you're hand stitching you'd want to make the holes first then you could dye them and stitch. I'd also try using a very smooth flat hammer and tamping down your stitches. It evens up the tension just a bit and may help that "backside blowout" a bit. In my limited experience any time I've hade that odd buldge in stitching on the back was because my chisels or awl weren't sharp enough.
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    Yay you made a thing! Haha. In all seriousness I like it. That leather is nice One day I'll try some out. Is it chrome tan?
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    Thanks yintx, it's a real easy satisfying project and it makes a good sized bag with the mentioned dimensions too
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    I have used 6mm craft foam to do mock ups. Design a pattern and cut it from foam to see how it all fits. You can use contact cement as usual to glue it up. You can also take a long strap of leather the thickness you will use and wrap it around the object you are making the case for. I would wrap the strap around the lap top and overlap it on itself 1/4 to 1/2" to allow for stitching. You can eyeball that and then just write down the length you get from measuring the strap
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    Well, it just makes good sense to cover your butt...
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    Thanks. I hope so Thanks! I didn't make a pattern but I cut out a 16 x 18 inch rectangle. The 16" side is where I stitched the zipper to. Then i squished it flat and centered the zipper. Then cut a 2" tall and 2.5" long rectangle out of the corners.the 2.5" dimension runs parallel to the zipper/16" dimension. The handle is 8" long I think. And 2" wide and the tab on the back I made 1"wide and long enough to fold over for a loop. The initials patch is 3"x3" which worked out perfect. I'll have to measure it exactly but it's about 15" long and 6" wide there abouts. Unsure of height. Maybe 5"? Hope that makes sense
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    Thanks! Hey plink! Long time. Thanks. In Hindsight I should have finished those edges by the zipper. DOH!
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    I made this kit to send to my dad for his birthday as he travels a lot. I lined with a bandana and it is all hand stitched. Let me know your thoughts. Simple project but I'm pleased with it.
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    Everything you make I love. It has a contemporary 'trapper' sort of feel to it. Very nice
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    Bag

    Stetson912 commented on ABHandmade's gallery image in Our Leatherwork Galleries

    Bag
    Well done. I wish I had your skill haha
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    Thanks. Initially he wanted the letters to stand out a lot. So I didn't have the scrollwork about the letters. Then he saw one I did with it this way and liked it better so that's what I did haha. I think it looks better this way myself Thanks plink.
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    Thanks! I spent longer drawing the pattern than tooling it but it was a fun project
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    Been a while for me since I've posted anything. Here's a sling I did for an uncle. I drew the pattern up myself too. That was a chore. Lots of room for improvement but I'm still mostly happy with how it came out. My bench seating arrangement isn't comfortable and I think I rushed it because of that. Anywho, thanks for looking. Stats: leather was 8/10 oz veg tan that was sent to me as part of a tandy kit. I used indelible resist and indelible dark brown wax antique to antique the piece.
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    Nice to see ya again! Good stuff as usual
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    Thanks, I had some examples from a workshop with Jim that I used for the finger carving. Still needs work but overall it's an improvement for me. And inspired me to go about drawing my own patterns now. Thanks! Its already been swiped by my dad haha. I just need to send it to him lol.
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    Thanks, I had some examples from a workshop with Jim that I used for the finger carving. Still needs work but overall it's an improvement for me. And inspired me to go about drawing my own patterns now. Thanks! Its already been swiped by my dad haha. I just need to send it to him lol.
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