DwightT Report post Posted June 17, 2022 Hello all and Greetings from Meridian Idaho. I'm not completely new to leather work - I used to do a fair amount of leather tooling (mostly belts, wallets, and purses for friends and family), but until recently it had been something like 30 years since I last swung a mallet. However even back then I wouldn't consider myself to be any type of expert. Now that I've retired I've decided to get back into it again. So far I've really only done a practice round to get used to the idea of tooling, and made myself a wallet from a Tandy kit. I'm not completely happy with the wallet (it's a bit thicker than I would have liked and next time I'll use a different style of letters), but it will do the job for now. One of the things that I want to work on is leather cases. I ride with the Patriot Guard Riders to stand flag lines at the funerals of veterans and I'm thinking about making a leather flag case. I have Volume 1 of the Stohlman book on cases, and I'm thinking of a case based on the fishing rod case in that book. However I'll probably start with the Dice Cup described in the book just for the practice. I look forward to getting (and maybe eventually offering) advice and feedback on hopefully many leather projects. /dwight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert03241 Report post Posted June 17, 2022 DwightT Welcome to the forum, looks like you have a good handle on tooling. Thank you for your PGR riding, I rode with the PGR for 16 years and just recently stopped due to health reasons, I miss it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suzelle Report post Posted June 18, 2022 Dwight, Welcome back to Leather and Welcome to the forum. Beautiful work you did there, thanks for showing us! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dwight Report post Posted June 18, 2022 Welcome to the forum . . . good looking work you do. And as stated . . . thank you for your PGR affiliation . . . it's good work. Also . . . for a moment I tried to figure out when I posted this . . . so I came to look at it . . . Turns out there are two of us on here . . . May God bless, Dwight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DwightT Report post Posted June 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Dwight said: Welcome to the forum . . . good looking work you do. And as stated . . . thank you for your PGR affiliation . . . it's good work. Also . . . for a moment I tried to figure out when I posted this . . . so I came to look at it . . . Turns out there are two of us on here . . . May God bless, Dwight Yeah, when I was signing up I tried for the username 'Dwight'. The site told me I couldn't have it. There aren't a whole lot of us out there. /dwight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DwightT Report post Posted June 18, 2022 (edited) Just for grins, here are some of the things that I did back before my hiatus. Maybe I'll be able to get back to this kind of stuff again. This was the panel on a briefcase that I used for many years. The briefcase eventually fell apart, but I liked the panel (even though it got fairly well stained over the years), so I kept it. Maybe I'll figure out something else to do with it some day. This is the clock that's in my office. I did several of these back then for family and friends, and I still see some of them being used today. This was a photo frame for an old-time photo my first wife and I did when we were first married. I lost her to cancer in 2010, but I'll keep this photo forever. Edited June 18, 2022 by DwightT Hit submit too soon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheilajeanne Report post Posted June 18, 2022 Nice work! And when I saw this topic header, my first reaction was: "Wait- Dwight QUIT leatherwork for awhile? WHEN??" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ferg Report post Posted June 18, 2022 I have at least one item I done a number of years ago on a piece of leather I had bought almost 50 years ago. I pull it out every once in awhile so I can see what I could do before all the Arthritis and other problems with being almost ninety years young. Nice work. Ferg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suzelle Report post Posted June 19, 2022 18 hours ago, Ferg said: ... being almost ninety years young. Nice work. Ferg YOU are AMAZING! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PastorBob Report post Posted June 20, 2022 Welcome to the Forum...never hurts to have 2 Dwights on here. Especially when they turn out such nice items. Looking forward to seeing more of your work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tugadude Report post Posted June 20, 2022 On 6/18/2022 at 9:01 AM, DwightT said: Just for grins, here are some of the things that I did back before my hiatus. Maybe I'll be able to get back to this kind of stuff again. This was the panel on a briefcase that I used for many years. The briefcase eventually fell apart, but I liked the panel (even though it got fairly well stained over the years), so I kept it. Maybe I'll figure out something else to do with it some day. This is the clock that's in my office. I did several of these back then for family and friends, and I still see some of them being used today. This was a photo frame for an old-time photo my first wife and I did when we were first married. I lost her to cancer in 2010, but I'll keep this photo forever. Sorry for your loss. Beautiful work, beautiful couple. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alpha2 Report post Posted June 20, 2022 On 6/18/2022 at 5:07 AM, Dwight said: Welcome to the forum . . . good looking work you do. And as stated . . . thank you for your PGR affiliation . . . it's good work. Also . . . for a moment I tried to figure out when I posted this . . . so I came to look at it . . . Turns out there are two of us on here . . . May God bless, Dwight Me too, I thought, "I didn't know Dwight ever left!" You know...a rod/flag case is just a really long dice cup! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
