Leather2 Report post Posted January 22 I recently finished up this shave kit. Let me know what you think, and any critique on construction and tooling will be appreciated. Thank you, JC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DieselTech Report post Posted January 22 That's Sexy!!! Nice work! Beautiful piece. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Basically Bob Report post Posted January 22 Wow! That looks amazing … thanks for sharing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomE Report post Posted January 22 No complaints. That's top drawer craftsmanship. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rleather Report post Posted January 22 That is BEU T FUL! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bruce johnson Report post Posted January 22 It all looks great. The only critique I’d have is the orientation of the basket stamping. Running slightly downhill to the left. Early on one of the best stampers I know gave me advice to make my basket stamping rows come out parallel with the edge top and bottom. There is a tutorial somewhere on the forum here I did several years ago how to set and maintain that angle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlZilla Report post Posted January 22 (edited) I'm not qualified to offer any criticism of that bag. I am qualified to say I love the little detail of the zipper pull. Overall, just a "wow" piece! I don't recall being clean shaven in about 40 years, but a bag like that might make me take it up again.. The tooled part is obviously veg tan. What kind of leather is the rest? Edited January 22 by AlZilla Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leather2 Report post Posted January 23 1 hour ago, bruce johnson said: It all looks great. The only critique I’d have is the orientation of the basket stamping. Running slightly downhill to the left. Early on one of the best stampers I know gave me advice to make my basket stamping rows come out parallel with the edge top and bottom. There is a tutorial somewhere on the forum here I did several years ago how to set and maintain that angle. I’m not sure I understand. Are you meaning that running a basket weave horizontally is better than angled? 1 hour ago, AlZilla said: I'm not qualified to offer any criticism of that bag. I am qualified to say I love the little detail of the zipper pull. Overall, just a "wow" piece! I don't recall being clean shaven in about 40 years, but a bag like that might make me take it up again.. The tooled part is obviously veg tan. What kind of leather is the rest? the base is veg tan as well, the gusset is chap leather. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert03241 Report post Posted January 23 JUST WOW!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrdunn Report post Posted January 23 29 minutes ago, Leather2 said: I’m not sure I understand. Are you meaning that running a basket weave horizontally is better than angled? I think what @bruce johnson was saying is that you determine the correct angle for a given basket weave stamp. The idea (or ideal) is to set your angle up so the bottom corner of your stamp starts at your bottom border for each line of stamps. Bruce, feel free to correct me if I am mistaken. JM2C, Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leather2 Report post Posted January 23 3 minutes ago, jrdunn said: I think what @bruce johnson was saying is that you determine the correct angle for a given basket weave stamp. The idea (or ideal) is to set your angle up so the bottom corner of your stamp starts at your bottom border for each line of stamps. Bruce, feel free to correct me if I am mistaken. JM2C, Jim Ok, That makes since, thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NatesLeatherGds Report post Posted January 23 Just plain awesome. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cattleman Report post Posted January 23 That is one amazingly beautiful bag!!!$ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarshalWill Report post Posted January 23 (edited) Looks great! The tooling and BW stamping is good. Bruce's suggested adjustment would make a slight but nice improvement to the BW. As AIZilla mentioned, the blood knot on the zipper pull looks good. Edited January 23 by MarshalWill Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bruce johnson Report post Posted January 23 Here’s the quick tutorials I did several ago for angled basket stamping. Still pinned at the top of that forum section but the pictures seem out of order. May have been because of the meltdown the forum had sometime back then. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leather2 Report post Posted January 23 5 hours ago, bruce johnson said: Here’s the quick tutorials I did several ago for angled basket stamping. Still pinned at the top of that forum section but the pictures seem out of order. May have been because of the meltdown the forum had sometime back then. Thank you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
