Cactusman Report post Posted January 15, 2023 Started 3 years ago on retirement. Having a great time learning, mostly by trial and error... lots of those. Joining to learn smarter... by learning from others, too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TJ959 Report post Posted January 15, 2023 Great carving. I have tried it a few times and can use a lot more practice on the knife work and the tooling too. It's never too late to start this stuff. I did my first piece several years after I retired. Wish I had started sooner too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DustinSmith Report post Posted January 15, 2023 That's actually really good, if you want to make those details really pop put a resist on it and use a dark brown antique on it, either way great work! Love the details Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doubleh Report post Posted January 15, 2023 That looks pretty darn good to me. I started long ago when the written word and drawings was the only knowledge available. I found Al Stholman's leatherworking books and everything in them worked. Even today with the internet I would recommend obtaining any of them available as the are easy to understand and spot on with the information they contain. Leather working has never been a cheap hobby and it certainly isn't today. However they are still good tooling leathers available and tools to do it with. I let my hobby lapse for around 20 years and just got back to it last year. I was quite surprised at the increases in costs. I wanted a couple of great grand daughters to have a belt made by grandpa. Boy oh boy, was I rusty plus having developed essential tremors during the time away. I have most of the rust removed now and with enough medication my fingers go where they are supposed to and I am enjoying making some things again. Got a holster in the works at this time. I started it before Christmas but Santa Clause brought me two gifts, a case of flu and covid at the same time. I'm in pretty good shape again and will get back on it during the coming week. Keep on toolin'. I look at every project as more practice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert03241 Report post Posted January 15, 2023 very nice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bawarrior Report post Posted January 15, 2023 That bag is awesome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrampaJoel Report post Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) WOW! that big horned mountain goat has a lot going on. So now that you are retired, you can become a master of leather. You have lots o& time. Joel Edited January 16, 2023 by GrampaJoel Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ElliotKennedy Report post Posted January 16, 2023 Woah thats an amazing work mate!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PastorBob Report post Posted January 16, 2023 The detail is phenomenal. Must have taken hours. Sure to turn heads. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfago Report post Posted January 17, 2023 an exceptional job and the details are very accurate. if you still have this hand after 20 years off, you'll do wonders in a while... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handstitched Report post Posted January 17, 2023 Man, thats so good, very impressive , great detail, I've worked in sheep shearing sheds, and the lines on those horns are spot on On 1/16/2023 at 1:31 AM, doubleh said: Leather working has never been a cheap hobby and it certainly isn't today. I won't go off topic, a discussion for another thread, but hear hear HS Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
