RockRash Report post Posted December 20, 2023 Not me but my son. He's 17 and wanted to make a wallet as a Christmas gift for a girl he likes at school. He wants to put her name on it and a teddy bear. I gave him some instruction and let him play around with my tools. He still has a way to go but I think he can pull it off before Christmas. All the leather is ready to tool and assemble. I'm proud of him for spending hours practicing and wanted to show off his work. The letters are really rough but he knows that. The bears are numbered and I think he is definitely getting better. He's in the garage now pounding away. I'll post the progress in the next few days. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DieselTech Report post Posted December 20, 2023 (edited) Looks good! Better than I could do. Lol I would need a tracing pattern. Are them letters swivel knife cut & then beveled? If so I would say they look fairly good to for just picking up the tools. Well a project like this speaks from the heart & should win her over! Or at least make her lean towards him more. Congrats on the great work. Edited December 20, 2023 by DieselTech Misspelling Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RockRash Report post Posted December 20, 2023 (edited) 23 minutes ago, DieselTech said: Looks good! Better than I could do. Lol I would need a tracing pattern. Are them letters swivel knife cut & then beveled? If so I would say they look fairly good to for just picking up the tools. Well a project like this speaks from the heart & should win her over! Or at least make her lean towards him more. Congrats on the great work. He drew up the bear up himself off a picture he found on line. I showed him how to transfer it to leather. He did use a swivle knife and beveler to do the letters. He has 4 or 5 hours of practice on this piece of leather. He's on Christmas break so he plans to get out tomorrow and get on practicing knife work. He wants to tool the wallet Thursday. Thanks for the kind words he will appreciate the encouragement. ETA he go his license a while ago and will be off probation next month he plans to ask her to dinner and bowling once he can legally drive her. I hope he makes some headway with this gift. Edited December 20, 2023 by RockRash Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handstitched Report post Posted December 20, 2023 1 hour ago, RockRash said: ETA he go his license a while ago and will be off probation next month he plans to ask her to dinner and bowling once he can legally drive her. I hope he makes some headway with this gift. I do hope all goes well for him I do like the bear, did a good job on that HS Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert03241 Report post Posted December 20, 2023 He's doin a fine job and gifts that are hand made are from the heart mean much more then store bought. I wish him luck in his quest Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DwightT Report post Posted December 20, 2023 Looks pretty awesome for somebody just starting out. He's off to a great start. /dwight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
