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great 1st try. all you need is more practice at this point. Knife practice, getting a smooth flowing design is the first step, make sure your knife is sharp so it runs smooth, keep it straight up, get some scrap and practice. Use a background of some type or if just beveling then work on smoothness all around your outline. i bevel with my mallet trying to get good even hits then i take my beveller and by hand smooth out any rough edges all the way around Dying is somewhat of an art in itself, you can dip dye or use an air brush for even look or a natural sponge if you want the mottled look. block dyeing is another option or you can use a brush and paint on coats of dyes like red for your flower . i have never had good luck dyeing with wool dauber.

good luck to all you good folks!!!

lol forgot one Pastor https://www.internationalleatherclub.com/

beautiful work my friend.

we call it throwing the bs flag.

i did too until one day out hunting i sat down to eat lunch and filled my barrel with dirt. now i know why old working holsters were usually sealed up top and bottom lol. btw duct tape saved the day again. but with your cross draw that shouldn't happen.

Man those are stunning to say the least. your right on the combo!

very nice work!!

lol i see, that high polish took some time and i was trying to keep the cost down yet still make a finished tool that needed no additional work before use. The design is a good one feel free i copied myself, that bottom rounded edge is kind of tricky to create. They work very well and much smaller than my original i'll be using it quite often.

find out if you live where you can just go out and pick it. The species of Salicornia are widely distributed over the Northern Hemisphere and in southern Africa, ranging from the subtropics to subarctic regions. There is one species present in New Zealand[10] but the genus is absent from Australia and South America.[8]

what a cool idea, those rock my friend!!

oh yea that is nice!!

omg what a beauty that is!! that is so cool i would drive it to the mail box every day lol just for the fun if sitting on her.

very cool indeed what a great idea to fancy up that military pattern. Tell us more , leather , dye etc...

thank you ! I'm glad you like it give er heck and let me know if there are any problems at all.

How thick of leather? i use different blades for different thicknesses. on real thin stuff just scissors.

if your going to be doing a lot of quilting i would suggest the stamp or stamps, if not its takes more time but it can easily be done without one. As seen on this thread you need two for square or diamond but by hand you can do any four or three, five cornered quilt pattern without being held to just two more exacting shapes.

Put in plenty of power outlets and maybe some 220. Electricity is an expensive part of your building but much cheaper to do it in the beginning than later on.

that's pretty fine work there indeed.

thank you Pastor.

Heck no and I actually made three so far two are being tested as we speak. They look a lot shinier in person too.

thanks I'm sure it will get a good patina too, that hammered brass pommel will look sharp with some age

thank you ! i love simple it makes it harder to screw up.

you sure were those are awesome!!