Western Purse (work in progress)

[dikman]

That is a LOT of work!!!

[rktaylor]

There's a lot to like about that. Can't wait to see the final product. 

Randy

[Cattleman]

54 minutes ago, dikman said:

That is a LOT of work!!!

 

Lol... Thats why I'm charging $750 + shipping.

23 minutes ago, rktaylor said:

There's a lot to like about that. Can't wait to see the final product. 

Randy

Thank you. I'm getting excited to see it finished too.

[Cattleman]

Dye and resist completed...

 

Once the resist dries I'll antique.

[BigBore]

Stunning work. Appreciate you taking the time to bring us along with the progress pics. 

[bladegrinder]

That looks awesome!

[Cattleman]

12 minutes ago, bladegrinder said:

That looks awesome!

Thank you.

If it looked awesome before antique, it should look even better now...

 

Now all the little details really jump out and give it some real depth.

1 hour ago, BigBore said:

Stunning work. Appreciate you taking the time to bring us along with the progress pics. 

Thank you, and my pleasure.

[Cattleman]

So today I managed to get both the main body panels lined and the front body panel sewn to the gusset. It's finally starting to resemble a bag!!!

[AlZilla]

@Cattleman, is the white on the flowers dye, or paint?

The antiquing definitely brought out details in the flower petals. It's a pretty versatile but unpredictable thing, in my limited experience.

[Cattleman]

8 minutes ago, AlZilla said:

@Cattleman, is the white on the flowers dye, or paint?

The antiquing definitely brought out details in the flower petals. It's a pretty versatile but unpredictable thing, in my limited experience.

No dye or paint on the flowers or vine work... Your probably seeing the light reflecting off the top coat.

[AlZilla]

27 minutes ago, Cattleman said:

No dye or paint on the flowers or vine work... Your probably seeing the light reflecting off the top coat.

Interesting. Between this post:
https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/118068-western-purse-work-in-progress/?do=findComment&comment=749613

And this one:
https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/118068-western-purse-work-in-progress/?do=findComment&comment=749627

The flower petals turned white. But apparently, they didn't. The surrounding background turned brown.

Fun lesson.

[Cattleman]

2 hours ago, AlZilla said:

Interesting. Between this post:
https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/118068-western-purse-work-in-progress/?do=findComment&comment=749613

And this one:
https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/118068-western-purse-work-in-progress/?do=findComment&comment=749627

The flower petals turned white. But apparently, they didn't. The surrounding background turned brown.

Fun lesson.

Lol... Funny how when you're focused on a particular feature, the rest just kinda disappears... Until it changes.

[Cattleman]

It has officially become a bag...

Still have some edging and dye work to do, as well as a buckle and strap. But I'm currently waiting on some hardware I ordered.

[AlZilla]

There's a lot to like about that purse.  I'll suggest that maybe the backside of the strap get some kind of treatment. It's the only piece of raw leather I can see.

Also, if you get another one, interior pockets always seem to be a big hit with the wimmin. Cell phones, pens, that sort of thing.

Very nice project. Thanks for the blow by blow report.

[Cattleman]

1 minute ago, AlZilla said:

There's a lot to like about that purse.  I'll suggest that maybe the backside of the strap get some kind of treatment. It's the only piece of raw leather I can see.

Also, if you get another one, interior pockets always seem to be a big hit with the wimmin. Cell phones, pens, that sort of thing.

Very nice project. Thanks for the blow by blow report.

Thank you.

I did consider dying the back side of the strap, but decided against it as I dont want the dye to transfere to the tooling. I instead slicked it with some tokonole, as it will not be visiable most of the time. The shoulder strap will however be dyed on both sides.

[DoogMeister]

stunning piece of work.  Your step by step pics are greatly appreciated.

[Cattleman]

1 hour ago, DoogMeister said:

stunning piece of work.  Your step by step pics are greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

This is after slicking and dying the rest of the edges...

 

I'm currently working on the shoulder strap... 2 layers of 6/7 veg tan cemented together, with a little detail cut end to fancy it up some... Pics to come soon.

[bladegrinder]

That looks great!

[Cattleman]

Shoulder strap, nothing super fancy.

 

It's pretty much finished, except the hardware. Which consists of grommets and clasps to attach the shoulder strap, and a buckle for the closure strap. Also getting a rivet domer to gussy up the copper rivets a little.

[Cattleman]

Finally received the hardware!!! Just finished it.

And the inside...

 

[SUP]

That's very beautiful! 

[Cattleman]

14 minutes ago, SUP said:

That's very beautiful! 

Thank you. This one is going to be a little hard for me to put into a box and ship... It just turned out so nice. I could look at the tooling for hours.

[SUP]

I can imagine. All that hard work and the beautiful results.

It is heirloom quality.   

[AlZilla]

I wondered how you were doing the strap.

Nice work, I enjoyed the follow along.

Maybe the money will make it easier to box it up! 

[Cattleman]

25 minutes ago, AlZilla said:

I wondered how you were doing the strap.

Nice work, I enjoyed the follow along.

Maybe the money will make it easier to box it up! 

Lol... That definetally helps. Just wish I could spend more of iton something other than bills.