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Wanted some fun started tooling this in my overalls, and had to stop to slop the hogs and after this is done may have some wildcat. Not joking.

The coal miner is finished, this piece has meaning to the family as they have worked in the coal industry.

Working on a piece 14" x 10.5" for the wall. Gini's father went down in the mines as an engineer and a cousin retired from the mines -strip. It is a big thing around here. This is an older generation with the carbide lamps. Finding my passion, with leather tooling. A fun trading card

So cool

Some trading cards and a swivel knife wrap.

Anthony Hopkins is such a good actor, I can still hear "Clarice". A 2 1/4 x 3 inch trading card using the small pieces. A 2.5 x 4 inch trading card from a Rex Goulet pattern.

Thank you for the detailed response, I messed up when my resist spray was almost empty and tried to squeeze this one out. The antique looked muddy to me in the background, chalk it up to learning. Your points are valid and appreciated. His couch had better be commfortable, it's going to take a while. I do overthink sometimes yet being critical of one work helps me push forard. The thoughts of others help help with different perspectives. My Precious trading card this morning.

Testing out my new readers, on a fun piston caricature. I am not old enough yet, though they made it much better.

I was looking at the piece and something was gnawin at me about it, It didn't look right, decided to try something that would ruin it or make it look better, used die to try it over the finish coat. It is blotchy and buffed out no coat over top again. Did I mess up?

The Cowboy helped me learn shading better, it was also fun.

In the short rows now.

Did some more today.

Started a cowboy tooling, this is the most detailed skull to date. And it is a challenge.

This was a fun challenge, now back to Al Shelton's piece.