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    6 hours ago, DieselTech said:

    Bill I can't answer your sticky question, but look into (Jim Linnel the art of carving leather.) Also check out Don Gonzales, Joe Mellings, Bruce Cheany, George Hurst, they all have good tutorials & training. There are a ton of other guys & gals I know I did not mention, that all have great content. 

    I will do a search on those names. I have read references to a couple of them as I have browsed.

     

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    19 minutes ago, Northmount said:

    Unfortunately, some items disappear off the web.  We have no control over that.  That being said, there have been a number of forum software upgrades over the years, and along with that, changes to internet protocols and browsers.

    I just had a look at the top pinned item.  Further down in the posts, the original URL was fixed.  I just copied that into the first post.  The person's own website is not available, and I can't fix that.

    As you find some of these problems, message me, and I'll see if I can fix broken links on this site, or recover from other sources.  It's not going to happen all at once as I have a life of my own to live.  I have fixed quite a number in the past.  Maybe more in the future.

    You have a lot of nerve wanting a life of your own.:) I beleve all of the threads referencing ClayB in the title have the problem.

     

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    New participant but off and on lurker for awhile. I have done a few archery related leather projects that mostly involved cutting, shaping and sewing. But I hope to pursue this leather working hobby a little more in depth. I particularly want to learn tooling and carving and various ways of coloring the finished project. I have a ton of education needed. I am in the senior citizen category (77) so the hands aren't as steady and the eyes aren't as clear as they once were. All that means is I have to work slower and more carefully. But I hope to manage to make something worth showing to someone else. Even if I don't I want to mainly just get quiet enjoyment from a new hobby in my old age.

     

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    I am about to try my hand at carving and tooling leather. Before I start I want to get educated. Several of the sticky threads above seem to be of interest to me. But when I open the thread and click on a link I get a message saying the topic is no longer available. This happens on a number of the stickies. Is it because I am new here and don't have the necessary permissions? Or is there another location where I can access the info? I am particularly interested in the use of the various carving tools, what to use for what purpose and techniques in using them. I will continue browsing this subforum but it would be nice to find a central source for "how to carve".

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    I have read a few different approaches to casing leather for tooling. My question is what is the best way to do it for a project that may take several sessions that might be separated by several days between each session? Will it maintain the proper moisture level by just keeping it in a plastic bag? It seems like if you had to rewet it that the already completed tooling would lose definition. By the same token would keeping it in a plastic bag with relatively high moisture also cause loss of definition. I am just about to begin learning and practicing on small pieces, maybe coaster size. But a project I will be working toward I will not likely be able to finish in one or even two sessions. And I will probably have multiple days between sessions. I am slow...especially if I want to do the best I can.

     

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