I know its an old thread. As I read through it, it made me laugh at times, and even wince a few. Can anyone tell me the type of material Bob's tools are made from? Stainless, High Carbon? Thanks a bunch!
Those look really nice and would be relished by anyone in archery. You're not too far from me either. I reside in Carthage MO. Just a couple hours away. May have to meet up at SLC sometime.
Saw some on Etsy the other day and thought I would take a crack at it. More tooling and stamping...no stitching.
This one has an arrowhead concho attached.
When I first started in leather, I had a long distance mentor who suggested I practice my carving and stamping on tumbler wraps. To this day, I still like to make these. Here are a few I have made recently.
File size limits....here are a couple more
at one time, i had access to the glow forge and was able to download free images from the web. Don Gonzalez has several free patterns on his site as does Jim Linnell. Not sure what their thoughts are on selling the items though.
You are much more artistic than I. I struggle with cutting out pieces of leather and sewing them together, much less detailed carving / painting. Kudos.
Have fun with the sewing machine. I could have sold you mine. I have had no luck with it AT ALL. Sometimes, you get what you pay for. In this case it's true. Saving for a real one now. Or may just keep hand stitching.
I have one of those stamps from Sergey. His stamps are awesome quality. Looks great. I just started a rig for my own piece using that style of pattern, except on this one, the pattern is a bit larger and cut by hand. Hopefully it turns out nice enough where I can share some pics. Nice work!!
practice, practice, practice. Even after a few years, i am still making rookie mistakes. I would rather try and learn from it, then not try at all. Keep up the work, you WILL continue to get better. Thanks for sharing your progress.
+1 to painter's tape. I keep a 1" and 2" roll of the stuff in my shop. I have noticed if you peel it immediately after stamping, it peels easier without too much fuzzing.
really like how you added the moon (i guess that's what it is) to the inside of the lettering on the back as well as you workmanship on the front cover. Nicely done padawan :-)