BlackDragon Report post Posted September 25, 2022 I made a purse for my sister out of veg tan dyed to a whiskey brown with dark brown accents and red suede interior. She took it to work and a coworker wanted one for his wife. I made that one black with whiskey accents. Please feel free to critique so I can improve Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leescustomleather Report post Posted September 25, 2022 Both of those are quite nice, The only changes I might make is to not use white thread because with use it starts to look a little dingey and I would also use oval holes for the buckle tang. These things are very minor compared to the quality of your work, I wish I could do as good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlackDragon Report post Posted September 25, 2022 10 hours ago, Leescustomleather said: Both of those are quite nice, The only changes I might make is to not use white thread because with use it starts to look a little dingey and I would also use oval holes for the buckle tang. These things are very minor compared to the quality of your work, I wish I could do as good. Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it. Why oval holes instead of round? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fredk Report post Posted September 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, BlackDragon said: Why oval holes instead of round? The buckle tongue goes thru the hole at an angle and in use it deforms the circular hole into an imperfect oval hole, which eventually looks not-nice. If you start with an oval hole there is virtually no deformation and the hole will still look better after much use Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck123wapati Report post Posted September 25, 2022 very nice work!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlackDragon Report post Posted September 25, 2022 6 hours ago, fredk said: The buckle tongue goes thru the hole at an angle and in use it deforms the circular hole into an imperfect oval hole, which eventually looks not-nice. If you start with an oval hole there is virtually no deformation and the hole will still look better after much use Thats great info thanks! 4 hours ago, chuck123wapati said: very nice work!! Thank you Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PastorBob Report post Posted September 26, 2022 Stunning. are you using a sewing machine or stitching by hand? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlackDragon Report post Posted September 26, 2022 1 hour ago, PastorBob said: Stunning. are you using a sewing machine or stitching by hand? Thanks! It's hand stitched. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gezzer Report post Posted September 26, 2022 Just wish I could do as good ! Nicely done Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlackDragon Report post Posted September 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Gezzer said: Just wish I could do as good ! Nicely done Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
battlemunky Report post Posted September 26, 2022 Well done! I would have maybe rounded the edges another size up but that is debatable if it would look better or just different. Is that your design? It looks great, both of them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doubleh Report post Posted September 26, 2022 Looks great to me but you might consider inside pockets. My wife, the shoe and purse lover, insists on pockets in her purses and considering all the stuff she packs around I can see why it would need to be separated to some extent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlackDragon Report post Posted September 26, 2022 3 hours ago, battlemunky said: Well done! I would have maybe rounded the edges another size up but that is debatable if it would look better or just different. Is that your design? It looks great, both of them. Thanks, I saw a similar design on youtube and did a couple of changes. 1 hour ago, doubleh said: Looks great to me but you might consider inside pockets. My wife, the shoe and purse lover, insists on pockets in her purses and considering all the stuff she packs around I can see why it would need to be separated to some extent. It has an inside pocket, more like a sleeve, that is removable. I used chicago screws to attach it and It's big enough for a large cellphone. I made some other purses without pockets and boy did I get an ear full! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JazzBass Report post Posted September 26, 2022 Good job! You might consider skiving the edges of the accent piece on the front, so there’s less of a ridge. I like the red thread on the black bag. The “Batman” combo is a winner on lots of things. I found that using cream colored, or beige, works well when you want a bit less white, but it looks good as is. I also agree completely regarding oval holes, but they take a lot more care to get them straight. I found that if, instead of just trying to line up the tool, I’ll punch a hole through a small piece of poster board to use as a template. You place the template over your mark, and when it’s straight, use hand pressure on the tool to mark the oval on the leather, then remove the template, re-index the tool, and punch through. The nice thing here is that you can see all the ovals in a line before punching, and make small adjustments if necessary, before punching them out Nice job! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlackDragon Report post Posted September 26, 2022 1 hour ago, JazzBass said: Good job! You might consider skiving the edges of the accent piece on the front, so there’s less of a ridge. I like the red thread on the black bag. The “Batman” combo is a winner on lots of things. I found that using cream colored, or beige, works well when you want a bit less white, but it looks good as is. I also agree completely regarding oval holes, but they take a lot more care to get them straight. I found that if, instead of just trying to line up the tool, I’ll punch a hole through a small piece of poster board to use as a template. You place the template over your mark, and when it’s straight, use hand pressure on the tool to mark the oval on the leather, then remove the template, re-index the tool, and punch through. The nice thing here is that you can see all the ovals in a line before punching, and make small adjustments if necessary, before punching them out Nice job! Thanks! I was looking at oval punches and at this point I not sure which brand or sizes I should get. The cheap ones, well they're cheap but some of the expensive ones have bad reviews as to quality so I'm leary about pulling the trigger on them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chipster99 Report post Posted September 27, 2022 Super nice! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toxo Report post Posted September 27, 2022 Nice job. Well done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlackDragon Report post Posted September 27, 2022 13 hours ago, Chipster99 said: Super nice! 13 hours ago, toxo said: Nice job. Well done. Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fredk Report post Posted September 28, 2022 On 9/27/2022 at 12:55 AM, BlackDragon said: Thanks! I was looking at oval punches and at this point I not sure which brand or sizes I should get. The cheap ones, well they're cheap but some of the expensive ones have bad reviews as to quality so I'm leary about pulling the trigger on them. These days you can no longer reckon that more expensive = better, cheap = poor. Nearly all my oval punches are from China. They each were a modest price. And all are perfectly ok. Some needed a wee bit of sharpening first but nothing too bad. Buy some modest priced punches. Buy just a couple of different sizes from one place. If they are ok, then buy more from them, but even that is no guarantee the next ones will be as good Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
