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

Randy

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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.

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Dye and resist completed...

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Once the resist dries I'll antique.

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

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That looks awesome!

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12 minutes ago, bladegrinder said:

That looks awesome!

Thank you.

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

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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.

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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!!!

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@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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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It has officially become a bag...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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...

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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.

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That looks great!

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Shoulder strap, nothing super fancy.

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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.

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Finally received the hardware!!! Just finished it.

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And the inside...

 

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That's very beautiful! 

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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.

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

It is heirloom quality.  :) 

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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!  :)

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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.

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