Mablung Report post Posted December 16 Recently I made my first piece for sale. A random guy stopped me on my way out of Lowe’s (big chain hardware store in the US, for those not familiar) to ask me where I got my dog’s leash, since I had her with me. When I told him I made it myself, he immediately asked how much I would charge to make one. I worked up a quote and made him a leash very similar to my dog’s leash. Sadly, I took only this one picture of it before handing it over. Next project was a collar for my dog with her name carved in it. Very simple, no backgrounding, and somewhat messy lettering—definitely doesn’t hold a candle to what I’ve seen on here that I used for ideas; but it’s adequate for my uses. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DieselTech Report post Posted December 16 Nice work. I think they look great! What weight of leather is on your leash. It looks like a double layer of 9-10oz in the pic. Thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mablung Report post Posted December 16 (edited) 8 hours ago, DieselTech said: Nice work. I think they look great! What weight of leather is on your leash. It looks like a double layer of 9-10oz in the pic. Thanks. Thanks! It’s a single layer of latigo, a pre-cut strap I bought at Tandy. I think it’s 12 oz. Might be more like 16 oz. Edited December 16 by Mablung Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toxo Report post Posted December 16 Any job with a practical use is a good one in my book, well done. Sadly over here the advice is to just put a phone number and not the dogs name on the collar because so many are being stolen. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mablung Report post Posted December 16 59 minutes ago, toxo said: Any job with a practical use is a good one in my book, well done. Sadly over here the advice is to just put a phone number and not the dogs name on the collar because so many are being stolen. Thank you. Fortunately, I don’t have to worry about my dog being stolen, but if I did, I’d definitely do just my phone number. My dog loves all people and probably would go off with someone who approached her. Unless someone broke into my house. I don’t think she would be okay with that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toxo Report post Posted December 16 1 hour ago, Mablung said: Thank you. Fortunately, I don’t have to worry about my dog being stolen, but if I did, I’d definitely do just my phone number. My dog loves all people and probably would go off with someone who approached her. Unless someone broke into my house. I don’t think she would be okay with that. Good dog. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kgg Report post Posted December 16 13 hours ago, Mablung said: Recently I made my first piece for sale. Nicely done. My only suggestion would be sew a seam about 1/4" in from the edges with V138 thread not so much for adding strength but to help reduce deforming caused by stretching. kgg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mablung Report post Posted December 16 1 hour ago, kgg said: Nicely done. My only suggestion would be sew a seam about 1/4" in from the edges with V138 thread not so much for adding strength but to help reduce deforming caused by stretching. kgg A good thought. If I get a machine any time soon, I’ll add that in. Still doing all hand stitching at the moment, though, and that would add a tremendous amount of stitching. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
