RockRash

Just finished up the last one. I had intended to make my wifes strap purple but a mishap whith the dye left me no option other than black lol.

Thanks for all the kind words. I finished another one tonight in black. I'm going to make a brown one then my wife wants hers purple.

I got them from Weaver. I ordered them about a month ago and they had plenty of different sizes. I went back to order some more a few days ago and they only had a few sizes left. If I decide to make some next year I'll order them in the summer.

I decided I'd try painting on a scrap piece before I did anything to my big strap. After I toold it I decided to make a smaller strap out of it. I wish I would have positioned the holly leaf's better but l didn't intend to actually make anything. I'll swing by tandy tomorrow to get a buckle for it tomorrow.

Thanks! I thought I uploaded the picture after I dyed it there is a mess lol apparently it's to big to post.

Excellent. I'm really excited to see how it turns out. I'm definitely going to be making one.

I decided to make some sleigh bell straps for the family for Christmas. This is a work in progress. I have made the pattern and ordered the bells from weaver 2.5" ,2" and 1.5". I'm using a 3" brass ring so they can hang them from a door knob. It's a work in progress I'll update as I go. So far I've made the patter, punched the strap and did some tooling to the first one. Excuse the mess on the bench. Lol

Dang that's a good idea. I have about 20 pipes and keep them in a Tupperware container I'm definitely going to bo making one of these. It looks great btw.

I got a medium size stingray today from a friend. I cut a small section off the end and man is it tough. How do you finish the edges on them? This is totally out of my wheelhouse. Please post any projects you have done with stingray I need some ideas lol.

You have inspired me to make a wallet for my wife with a full harness on it. Good job it looks great.

Funny you should mention that. I just made this for my wife. She drives/trains percherons I had a mirror cut to fit and put it in. She hasn't decided where to hang it yet so its living in the spare room with the dogs beds. ETA: I didn't make the collar I found it at at a garage sale here in town. Maybe one day lol

Thanks for the kind words. You guys and all the information on this forum have been extremely helpful.

Spent the weekend making this notebook cover for my mom. I've only been at leather work a few months. This is my 4th tooled project. The vine work got away from me a bit on the stump on the top flower I salvaged it best I could. My knife work and beveling need more practice but I'm thrilled with how it came out. What do you guys think?

I'm having issues resizing the pictures to post. Sorry for the poor quality I'm having to screen shot the actual picture to post them. I need to figure out how to do it properly.