resqman

Modified steamer trunk? That sounds like a big heavy box instead of a light weight tub.

I teach basic leatherworking to Scouts. Simple 4 hr class. Bang on some leather with stamps. Dye or antique and apply clear finish. Hand sew a pre-packaged knife sheath kit. Simple stuff. But it takes quite a bit of stuff to make it easy for the kids. I have 18 granite slabs 6"x12" at 6.5 lbs each, 18 mallets, 18 sets of the basic 7 handle stamps, 18 swivel knifes, 9 pairs of scissors, 300 3d stamps, leather scraps, leather kits, thread, needles, dyes, antiques, clear finish, latex gloves, dye applicators, plastic table cloths, keyrings, snaps, rivets, snap/rivet setters, etc. I have been using plastic tubs but not thrilled with rummaging thru the tubs hunting for stuff. The biggest issue are the granite slabs. They are heavy but fragile. The edges are a bit too sharp to let the kids carry between my vehicle and the pavilion. I hate loading 18 rocks into my truck at home, unload at the class site, reload in my truck and unload at home. Lots of trips carrying heavy stone. Looking for some ideas on how to package the slabs so easier to store and transport. Putting them in one tub doesn't work due to the weight. 6.5 lbs each x 18 is almost 120lbs. Smaller tubs are usually not strong enough/ durable enough to carry around 3-4 slabs of granite. Every time you set it down, the granite tends to break/shatter plastic. Any ideas on how to build a mobile leatherworking shop that is relatively easy to put in vehicle, transport to outdoor venue, teach and reverse all home and store?

Beaver, Bear and Owl Woodbadge 3D stamps. Very rare to see nowadays. If you ever wanna let them go, contact me please.

z780, z781, z782 are three stamps no longer made but occasionally available on ebay for beveling around the rounded shapes of the letters. https://www.tandyleather.com/media/downloads/CraftoolConversionChart.pdf Bottom of page 6

Unusual that you placed a Star stamp in the middle of the "arrowhead" formed by the basket weave.

Belt and suspenders method. Lacing and buckles.

Unusual way of stamping basket-weave.

wallets, purses, gloves

Kinda depends on what type of tooling you wanna do. Bevelers are used for every stamping, tooling or carving. Steep slope smooth are the most useful. Textured add nice dimension. If you get any kind of figure stamp or basket weave, you will need at least one camo or border stamp If you plan on doing any Sheridan style, you will need the basic 7 set: Bevel, camo, pear, seeder, background, crescent, veiner. Most Sheridan also incorporates a mule foot. Some people develop a collector or hoarder mentality. For instance I have at least 18 different basket weave stamps. Straight, slanted, X-small, small, medium, large, X-large, traditional, tri-weave, celtic, star, etc. Ebay can feed that beast only too well. At last count I have over 300 different stamps.

Have never seen a wholly mammoth 3D stamp. I have seen T-Rex (8414), Pterodactyl (8426), and Brontosaurus (8415). There was an elephant (8467). All of these stamps area out of production but can be found on Ebay from time to time.

Seems the lacing is in danger of being cut by the edge of the blade. Did you put is an extra layer of leather along the side to protect the lacing from the edge?

The leather was too wet and therefore mushy. The leather should return to "normal" color after wetting before you tool.

The case is obviously wet molded. Do you tool the case while on the mold? or do you have some other neat trick?

Very clean. Nice even stamping. Well done.

Reminds me a bit of a 3d stamp