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This is the first motorcycle tank cover I have made. I had never made a circle pocket or sewn in a zipper before so I learned a lot with this project. Its all hand sewn with Ritza nylon bonded thread. The guy I made it for wanted it to be held on by magnets so I had to use a very thin material on the bottom so the magnets would hold. I used a black faux leather material, its synthetic so I thought that would be good to use so it wouldn't rot in the elements. We live in the rain forest so we get a lot of rain here. I didn't fully trust just magnets to hold it on so I made part of it slip under the speedometer and the bottom is bolted on with the seat. It was for his son who is in the Army so I tooled the Army emblem on some veg tan and sewed that onto the pocket. I drew the emblem out by hand and I didn't use any stamps for the letters.

Wow, thanks for the kind words everybody!

Yeah you're right I did go a bit too deep with this design. That's why I said practicing haha. Thanks for the feedback guys.

Thank you.

I recently bought a blue gun so I could practice some designs for holsters. Everybody has a 1911 right? I used Ritza nylon thread and hand saddle stitched it.

Wow thank you!

Nice job. Is that just the natural color of the leather or is it dyed?

So I finally decided a couple weeks ago to try and make some wallets.I don't know why but for some reason I kept putting wallets aside to try other things but they were always in the back of my head. And of course just about everyone that looks at my stuff says "You know what should make, is some wallets". So screw it, hear I am. This is what I've done so far.

Thanks for the welcomes you guys! Found a picture of my third sheath I made with a salmon skin inlay for a little Bowie knife the blacksmith made.

Hello everyone. I've been checking out this forum for about a month now and finally signed up! My name is David. I live in S.E. Alaska. When I first moved to Alaska I met the local blacksmith here at his booth. I bought a knife from him and decided I wanted to try and make a sheath for it. I failed terribly at my first attempt, not knowing about different kinds of leather, threads and tools needed to successfully do so. I eventually researched about leather work and became obsessed with it ever since. I eventually finished my first real sheath after slowly saving for all the tools and everything needed. I took the sheath down to show the blacksmith. He liked it so much he asked if I would make sheaths for him for the summer tourist season. I gladly accepted and ended up making over 300 knife sheaths for him that summer. That is what got me started and now I'm addicted. My more recent work I do now is custom holsters, knife sheaths, belts, bracelets and wallets, with an occasional odd project for someone around town. I also recently started getting into leather tooling art. I added a picture of my first and second knife sheath I ever made in 2014. My work has drastically improved since then and I hope to continue to learn from other leather craftsman to further progress my skills. I can't wait to show people my projects and check out other peoples work as well. Thanks for having me!