JayEhl
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Totally. This is an absolute subjective art. Go for whatever makes your heart sing -- and with whatever tools you have! But if you want to emulate the masters, then yes, as @chuck123wapati said, you'll want to follow the instructions and study their final piece. TBH, I did that at first to learn but from then on, I add a little of all my favorite artists to make it into my own.
Not sure if it's a 'style' but it's my house!!
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Hi all.
I wanted to revive this as it's pretty upsetting that I lost a side of leather because of how chrome tan rubbed off. Is there any way to ensure the chrome tan hide I do have is fully cured? Do I set it in the sun or can I leave it hanging in the garage? With the cold weather around the corner I didn't know what would be best or how to go about accomplishing this. I hadn't contacted Tandy yet (where I bought both the chrome tan and veg tan) to see if anything can be done but guess I'm needing to do that.
As an experiment I cut off a damaged piece with the oil and applied some regular olive oil on it to see if would kind of match. That was last night and as of this morning, it kind of matched and another smear might help. I don't know. I guess if anything I can use the leather around the spots (the oil won't continue to weep, will it?) and use the chrome oil parts as practice pieces. In the photo you can see the damage. The second photo I show the cut out of the roll and it's about half of the original.
Any thoughts?
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1 hour ago, Samalan said:
lost his testicles because of a loose apron
1 hour ago, Samalan said:all of my connections are Velcro
notes to self in designing shop aprons..... velcro is a great design option
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On 12/5/2021 at 2:34 PM, Hardrada said:
I've always wanted to make myself an apron—I even got the pattern for one—but the amount of leather required makes it prohibitive.
Springfield leather had a pretty good sale on a half cow, all black. Wouldn't have been my first choice for a color for an apron but hey, for $65, I decided to go for it. Interestingly enough, that same day i went by Harbor Freight and they had these denim apron also on sale for $5 so I thought that would make a great guide/template for mine.
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sounds a bit big but best way is to make a wallet with your logo and ask around .
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On 10/19/2021 at 7:22 PM, YinTx said:
Well that was fun! Thanks for the challenge. I'm sure I could do it more justice if I tried again. Just grab some pieces of scrap out of the bin, and cut away. Those designs you put up are almost tailor made for finger carvings! So to answer your question, yes you could do them with just a swivel knife. I'm really digging the last horse.
YinTx
Some fancy carving there, for sure!
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22 hours ago, Hardrada said:
I got one of the wooden gauges sold by Tandy: it's good for a rough idea, but if you're skiving or paring leathers to precise thicknesses—for things like watchbands, fine wallets, et al—you definitely need a gauge or calipers
Right, I only use it as a rough gauge and it works for me. I don't do much fancy wise but maybe down the road once I get into doing more flat work.
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I bought this one from Tandy and I use it all the time:
https://tandyleather.eu/products/leather-thickness-gauge
The site link above is Tandy Europe. I tried a site search for Tandy US but couldn't find it. I see you're in Texas. If you're near H-town I found mine on the west side Tandy store
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21 hours ago, Hardrada said:
Oh, no, no, no. @ ~5oz, that's super thick for this project, and so stiff the wallet wouldn't fold. That's the stuff I use for patterns.
oh, didn't see on their site that it's 5oz! yea, that's way too stiff. The stuff that lady gave me was like a stiff nylon/carbon material but thin about like cardboard from the back of a spiral notebook.
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A lady gave me a roll of Bontex awhile back. I'm sure that will work great. Found this but it's probably more than you need : https://tandyleather.com/products/bag-stiffener
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In the most recent issue of leather crafters Leather Crafters and Saddlers Journal an article was written about how you can easily take apart those office binders and taking some scrap leather that's long enough to wrap the inside of the clamp, punching a couple of holes for the levers (or whatever you want to call it) and put it back together. I've made a bin of different sizes of these. Works great.
I also found this on the omnicientweb: https://www.instructables.com/Leather-Workshop-Binder-Clips-two-Minutes-Hack/ -
Hi,
A few weekends ago I purchased some chrome tan leather from Tandy while I was visiting my folks out of town. (Tandy was practically around the corner from them which made it an easy pit stop) Anyway, I put it up until the other night when I was ready to use it. Then come to find out the oil had spread to my veg tan rolls!
Question: Is it normal for the oil to bleed off like this? Can I let it out in the sun to cure it or something? Should I take it back to Tandy?
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There is a market place for selling these further down in the forum. You will need to post pictures, though.
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We need to see the steel!!
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On 11/12/2021 at 3:45 PM, Seagrove59 said:
Japanese chisel - 9” in length was the first one completed and after delivering it to him he has been wearing it everyday (first photos below)
That's one of the things I enjoy most about this craft, it's about giving joy to someone from something that came from your work.
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shop turned out great, dude!
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13 hours ago, Hags said:
I live on the Olympic peninsula of Washington state
Sounds peaceful.
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Hi, thanks @chuck123wapati that makes sense. I wet form, let it dry then add dye and finish?
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Hi,
Cruising through this thread I am experiencing the cracked leather from a bend in a belt I just put together for the wife. The leather is a belt blank from Tandy and I skived the bend on the flesh side to about half to make it easier to fold. After dyeing a couple of coats of Eco-Flo black dye and a couple of coats of resolene it is now cracking. Did I put too much resolene? Can I go back and add dye and try to reseal. Should I have used a conditioner as mentioned in this thread before I tried to bend it?
I have attached a photo to better explain. (don't mind the dog -- he's my hangaround)
I appreciate and value your knowledge and thank you in advance.!
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3 hours ago, Spyros said:
watched a youtube by Corter Leather showing how to saddle stitch without a clam or stitching pony
HI, I've watched several videos where he hand stitches without a pony while building something but don't believe I've ever seen a show and tell of how to do it, (properly). I'll have to check that out.
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Hi,
Welcome to the forum. Most folks are understandably hesitant about clicking on links that takes them offsite so you may not get much of a response. For folks have difficult posting pictures because most phone picture sizes are way too big. I've learned to take the picture on my phone and text it to myself to make the image size smaller to post. Others here will have other and probably techniques.
But, I did take a peek at your images on reddit. Pretty cool and comfy looking, especially the low top Inca style.
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3 hours ago, OldCanuck said:
and rediscovered the fun and satisfaction of doing something that didn't require a network connection or an operating system.
Absolutely THIS!!
And, welcome to the forum.
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Hi, this is some really neat craftsmanship. Can you share about how many hours in total it took to create this? Not including the design time, just from (about ) the time you rolled out the leather until you made the final touches.
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Oh, I had plans to go that but work cut into my plans. DEFINITELY planning on it for next year.
~JL
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where are you located?