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mine looks like this lol.

Good luck!! A couple more questions if you don't mind. so, are you selling the machines or the stamps? or both? Does your course cover the legal and ethical problems of copying or using someone's intellectual property, trademarks, or logos? I see this a lot with the new lasers, printers, and such. Seems folks think because you buy a machine that makes copies and can google, then it's ok to copy or use anyone's work and sell it without permissions.

you can airbrush it with some acrylic, then seal it.

Apparently it's something so complicated it takes 19 weeks to learn plus big bucks!!! Good luck my friend.

but don't wet your leather too much, or the tooling may lose some of its definition. I, too, dye when the leather is moist. I think they may put structions on the bottles, but I've never looked lol.

Ok, are you peddling a hot stamping machine or what? Stamping in leatherwork is a different process from hot stamping with a machine. But a 19-week course to run a machine? no thanks.

Here's some more info on stanp making

you need to use a reducer to make it (Createx "transparent" paint ) transparent. White pigments don't have that ability. The only way to achieve transparency is to dilute the pigments, which means lower-quality paint. This is just acrylic paint with finer pigments and less viscosity, meant to be used in an airbrush. I use airbrush acrylics as well as regular artist's acrylics on leather with no problems. The only downside to painting on leather is the cracking issue in the case of this eagle pattern, that would be a non-issue as there is little flex in that area of the jacket. apply in light layers until you get the look you want.

checkering files would be a last resort, imo, they are short and hard to manage on iron. jewelers files, also called needle files. They work great and can be found in most hardware stores or Walmart, etc. I purchase stainless bolts to make stamps with iron will darken or stain the leather sometimes, that's why most stamps are chromed. I use them on my knives as well as making stamps and various tools.

A good deal of the old timers made their own stamps. This one could have been made with a file very easily.

Very good information; it always amazes me at the ability of the human eye and brain to pick out subtle issues that make a design appealing, even though we don't notice or understand why. I use the rule of thirds a lot when designing stuff also.

Acrylic paint is the only way to achieve an opaque white color on leather with satisfactory results.

I think it's copper.

that data should be easily accessible from your sales records.

someone could make that in minutes. That's how I would go.

This way, the zipper doesn't get ruined from being pulled apart when the bag is open. no stress on the zipper at all.

On all three, no two snakes are alike; they naturally don't have the same color or pattern.

looks like Python to me.

sheepskin parchment is what you want, it has been used for thousands of years. Google it, still being made.

I tested Darwin's theory in kayaks. Man, I love those little boats in a class four rapid. Then, I bought an old town when the wife and kids got tired of sitting on the bank, lol.

much more diplomatic than calling us Domestic violent extremists like the last Alleged president did.

What is it you're shooting for? A woman's handbag, a Black powder possibles bag, or some other usage? It's hard for me to comment on just an assumption.

lol so do I among other weird things not necessarily leather related.

Maybe you need a better butter knife lol. looks like thin leather and a lot of practice.

Finish as you would any other, the leather will darken naturally over time! faster if left in the sun.