rleather

Welcome to the forum, from the horse capital of the world.

Yes, you would have to be legal before selling those images.

You could sell a ton of those at a Comic con event. Those are really nice. Can't wait to see where you take the next set.

Looks awesome to me!

The last time Tampa had a direct hit was in 1921, and it was a cat 4. Tampa was under 11 feet of water. What worries me is that the older construction has not been put to the "test", in 100 years. Certainly not up to current hurricane codes.

To all fellow Floridians, STAY SAFE. It looks like Ian has us in it's sights. I hope and pray no where near a cat 4.

Very nice stamping ! That is a well thought out design.

That my friend is brilliant!

What I suggest, is go ahead and tool the main image. I often find that after I get started , everything falls into place. You get a "feel "for what it needs as you go along. I hope this helps, have fun tooling, and be sure to send pics when done!

I love the vibrant colors you get while you are experimenting. You always get the most out of the paint. I wish I had a talent with paint, my dad did ,but it did not rub off on me. Thanks for sharing.

You are blessed to have a little bit of your friend still with you , as long as you have that beautiful knife.

I don't know it looks pretty good on both!

I can see why her friend would want one. That is really nice.

I 100% agree!

Another work of art! Thanks for sharing.

Chuck, it is good to see some of your blades again. It does not get any better than those two , all I can say is perfect! I finally did my first inlaid (ostrich), pancake sheath. I will have to do more, it was fun. Thanks for the pics.

That's awesome how the basket weave ties it all together with the grips.

I think it turned out great. I like how colorful it is and that it is easy to carry. I bet the lace reached the county, . That is more double loop stitching than I have done in all my years in the craft. For the closure maybe something like a hand clutch closure . You could put the female part on the top flap and attach the male end to the end of a strap and wrap it around like your string. I would hate to do to much more than that, it might ruin the beautiful scenery you tooled. Let us know what you come up with.

I am completely dumbfounded. I shudder to think someone will actually buy it.

My hat's off to you. That is one boat load of stitching and lacing !You certainly did an amazing job,and thanks for sharing.

Thanks for letting us see your horse. It would be great to see all the work that was stitched on it. I wonder how many items are still in use today.

A dollar saved is a dollar earned, I like saving and re purposing what I can. Why re buy something if you don't have to,that's profit sitting there.

That sure is a work of art.

From my experience, the angled blade helps to make those tight cuts. I use just the straight blade for decades until I was given an angled blade from a man that came by my table at a market . He no longer did leather work. He asked for my card and drove off on his Harley. He called me about two weeks later and wanted to give all his tools to me. I said are you sure you have the right person? He said yes , I met you at the market, and I wanted to give them to someone I knew would use and take care of them. He ended up blessing me with what I estimate to be around 2500.00 worth of stuff. We stayed in touch for awhile and I ended up making a couple holsters for him.