Members Funking Posted March 1, 2023 Members Report Posted March 1, 2023 New guy here. I have been making bottle openers mostly out of wood for a while. My opener blanks are stamped stainless 1/10" thick per my design made in China. (I have a lot of them). I thought tooled leather would make a cool handle, so I got some leather and started. With wood or other materials I would buff the edges polishing the edge of the blank. This is as far as I have gotten. Advise appreciated. Thanks for looking. leather.1+.pdf leather.2.pdf Quote
Members Tugadude Posted March 1, 2023 Members Report Posted March 1, 2023 You might want to put the photos in the post instead of .pdf files. Many won't want to open them for fear of viruses, etc. Welcome to the forums. Quote
CFM chuck123wapati Posted March 1, 2023 CFM Report Posted March 1, 2023 21 minutes ago, Tugadude said: You might want to put the photos in the post instead of .pdf files. Many won't want to open them for fear of viruses, etc. Welcome to the forums. Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
Members Funking Posted March 1, 2023 Author Members Report Posted March 1, 2023 Thanks and thanks. Not having much success adding my photos, I guess they are too large. Quote
Northmount Posted March 2, 2023 Report Posted March 2, 2023 4 hours ago, Funking said: Thanks and thanks. Not having much success adding my photos, I guess they are too large. Take a look through this thread for some helps. There are many more helps on the web for resizing photo files. Quote
Members Hags Posted March 2, 2023 Members Report Posted March 2, 2023 Photo Puma. Free And easy. Would love to see them. Quote Not so retired RN. Living on the Washington Peninsula.
Members Tugadude Posted March 2, 2023 Members Report Posted March 2, 2023 Personally I'd want the edges to be covered. That's just more to my taste. There are a bunch of examples on the web, this is just one that I found. Notice it also has a grommet so you can hang it on a peg. Not a deal breaker, but handy. Quote
Members Tugadude Posted March 2, 2023 Members Report Posted March 2, 2023 If you stay with the current design you have I would still address the exposed edges by burnishing them. There are a bunch of threads here that cover techniques, including this one: Some folks don't mind rough edges and I guess it depends on the item. Sometimes it can look decent, but I generally want edges to look "finished" and that can mean different things. It can mean simply burnished, no color added, or it could mean dyeing the edge and then burnishing. Or it could mean coating the edge with an edge finishing paint. Some incredible results can be had, it just depends on how much time you wish to invest. You mentioned tooling the leather. Any ideas on what you want that to look like? Leather stamps? Carving? Quote
CFM chuck123wapati Posted March 2, 2023 CFM Report Posted March 2, 2023 i think if you get the leather handle wet it will curl up and delaminate from the edges sooner or later. I also think that's why you don't see leather applied to handles this way more often. Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
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