Tim Schroeder Report post Posted December 24, 2022 Finished just in time. Christmas present for my daughter. She's been carrying my wife's old one but has since gotten married. She needed one with the correct initials. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck123wapati Report post Posted December 24, 2022 Tim you are really good that is some exquisite tooling. How many years have you been working leather? i will never live long enough to get that good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tim Schroeder Report post Posted December 24, 2022 Thanks Chuck. Started tooling in the 7th grade. The teacher let me make him a belt and we entered it in the State fair, and it got second. My dad and his friends always had tooled wallets from kits from Tandy. My daughter walked in with this the other day. One of the first things I made not from a kit. I thought that tooling was good at that time. When I found Leatherworker.net I saw some of Hidepounders work and new I wanted my tooling to look like his. I tooled the same pattern every day for 6 days until it started to look something like his. Carl Chappell, may he rest in peace, gave me a lot of pointers. He said he judged a lot of competitions. He would always look at a piece for 5 or 10 minutes and then find some fingernail mark somewhere and ask me what tool I used to make that mark. He gave me the tip about rounding over every edge with a modeling tool. He said with out that everything looked flat. I do have 40 or 50 Barry King stamps and 2 Leatherwrangler swivel knifes. IMHO Paul makes the best blades. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bawarrior Report post Posted December 24, 2022 Great looking bag. Awesome tooling Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rleather Report post Posted December 24, 2022 The pattern is spot on for that project. I must say , your tooling is magnificent! I too was introduced in the 7th grade shop class. I am so grateful that they taught trades in school back in the day. IMO they need to go back to it again. I did not keep up with tooling over the years, but I am now finding myself being drawn back to it lately, thanks for the inspiration and have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. P.S. Your daughter is going to be doing some BIG TIME bragging on her Dad! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DwightT Report post Posted December 24, 2022 That is a truly gorgeous bag, and as mentioned the tooling is exquisite. I am in awe of the work. Side note: when my first wife passed away our daughter took her bag. She won't let me do one with the correct initials because she wants to keep that one for her mother. /dwight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chipster99 Report post Posted December 28, 2022 Absolutely beautiful. Phenomenal tooling! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrampaJoel Report post Posted December 28, 2022 As said by everyone before me. Excellent work! you attention to detail is good too, and I like the handle snake ‘D’ rings. Joel Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doubleh Report post Posted December 28, 2022 Beautiful work. I made my wife a tooled purse long ago and she carried it for a time and then put it up. I asked why and was told it was too heavy. "No, Honey, it's all that stuff you put in that makes it heavy". To this day she continues to buy purses that become too heavy with all her junk and fall apart. I offer to make her one that will last every time the new purse hunt subject comes up and still get that "too heavy" answer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cattleman Report post Posted August 8 On 12/24/2022 at 7:15 AM, Tim Schroeder said: Finished just in time. Christmas present for my daughter. She's been carrying my wife's old one but has since gotten married. She needed one with the correct initials. @Tim Schroeder Do you have a copy of this tooling pattern, that I could get from you? My aunt wants me to make a tote bag for her and i think this pattern would work perfect. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrdunn Report post Posted August 8 @Tim Schroeder, How did I miss this? Your work is beautiful! As has been stated. I wish I was half that good. Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigBore Report post Posted August 9 Same as above…not sure how I missed this post. This is a stunning work of art. True craftsmanship. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tim Schroeder Report post Posted August 9 Matches her dancing boots. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrdunn Report post Posted August 9 1 hour ago, Tim Schroeder said: Matches her dancing boots. Well, of course it does! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CJJ Report post Posted August 9 WOW! That's really beautiful Tim. How long did the tooling take you? It's really impressive Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarshalWill Report post Posted August 9 That's really outstanding work. The boots, too. Did you make those as well? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Littlef Report post Posted August 9 Holy Mackerel those boots are incredible. - The purse is as well. I need to re-think my whole game. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
