New techniques. Wet forming and baseball stitch

[Littlef]

A little practice on some new techniques.  I have my little Coehorn Mortar, and I keep adding new pieces to the Artillery Kit.  I just finished the bore swab, which obviously started off as a toilet brush.  It originally had a grippy rubber handle, and I ripped that off, and fashioned a wooden handle.  The remaining shaft is an odd tapered oval shape, and then there's a plastic ridge where the brush starts.  This was challenging to get the leather lay right, and form properly over the ridge.  I used binder clips to clamp it in place, and then as it dried, I used a paper folder to work the ridge until it held the shape.  The stitch line isn't perfectly symmetrical, but the shaft itself oddly shaped.  Its good enough for my purposes, and it was a good opportunity to try a couple things I hadn't done before.  And now, it more closely matches the aesthetic of the remainder of the kit. 

 

 

[Bert03241]

very cool