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Nice looking project, great attention to detail. Mark

Welcome to the site, this is a great place to learn from some of the experts. The Tandy store in Tempe also has a small gathering of people every wednesday afternoon and evening, we just bring projects in to work on and help each other with ideas and techniques, newbies are always welcome, the more the merrier. Mark

Welcome, I am from Mesa, AZ. I have found this site to be very friendly and a lot of help. Just add another post and attach a photo when your ready to show us your stuff or want help. Mark

You are very brave to take on such a large project for the first time doing leather work. Your lacing looks good, the cuts and stamping are good for your first project. I think you may need to pay close attention to the dampness of your leather when working, it is a balance of not so wet that the leather sprays water out when stamped and not so dry that you can not make an impression with the stamp, try dampening your leather with a sponge and wait until the color starts to change back to the way it was before you wet it, it should feel cool and damp, now keep that moisture content constant, as it starts to dry out dampen again and wait, this will help give smoother cuts and deeper stamp impressions. Practice, practice and more practice.

Welcome and nice work, I am from Mesa, AZ.

I guess it is also called a petal lifter, http://www.hidecrafter.com/hci/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=1577&category_id=124&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=35 Thanks to everyone for the kind words, I will try to post items more often. Happy Holidays to all. Mark

Thank you Storm, I used a pro petal to lift each scale of the cones.

Amazing work, thank you for sharing.

Very nice work!

This is a kit from Tandy that I put together. Of course now I need to make another so we have a pair to sit by the camp fire. Mark

Nice work, thank you for sharing the patterns.

Amazing work, especially love the roses. Thanks for sharing. Mark

That is amazing, great idea.

Beautiful contrast, really makes the design stand out. Nice work!

Nice work, would like to a picture of the entire strap. Mark

Yes, I am in. That trip is always a joy, anybody want to join us? Mark Thanks for all the compliments, it was a lot of fun to make and research. I will definately be posting more things in the future. Mark

Nice work, great burnishing job on the edges. You definately paid attention to details.