Members DwightT Posted December 31, 2024 Members Report Posted December 31, 2024 A friend of mine received a knife case for Christmas, and his wife asked me to make a case for it. I didn't get it done before Christmas, but I did get it done yesterday. Now I just need to get with them to deliver it. As always there were a few mistakes along the way, but hopefully only the people in this forum will notice. Overall I think he'll be happy with it. The inside of the case is lined with glazed pigskin to protect the knife from the hardware. And yes, I managed to forget to attach the belt strap until after I had glued the lining on, so the stitching is exposed on the inside. Doh! /dwight Quote
Members DieselTech Posted December 31, 2024 Members Report Posted December 31, 2024 Look good. Nice work. Quote
Members Mablung Posted January 1, 2025 Members Report Posted January 1, 2025 Terrific. Really looks good. Did you stamp or carve the initials? Quote
Members Brokenolmarine Posted January 1, 2025 Members Report Posted January 1, 2025 I especially like the tooling. Quote
Members DwightT Posted January 1, 2025 Author Members Report Posted January 1, 2025 Thanks all. 19 hours ago, Mablung said: Did you stamp or carve the initials? Yes. A little bit of both. First I stamped them, then I went over them with a beveler. Gives them a little more depth that way. /dwight Quote
Members DoogMeister Posted January 1, 2025 Members Report Posted January 1, 2025 very nice. What color/brand dye? Quote
Members DwightT Posted January 1, 2025 Author Members Report Posted January 1, 2025 (edited) 8 minutes ago, DoogMeister said: very nice. What color/brand dye? Thanks. That's Fiebings Pro dye. English Bridle for the main body, and Dark Brown for the edging. Plus Tandy Hi-liter to bring out the details. /dwight Edited January 1, 2025 by DwightT Quote
Members Mablung Posted January 2, 2025 Members Report Posted January 2, 2025 19 hours ago, DwightT said: Thanks all. Yes. A little bit of both. First I stamped them, then I went over them with a beveler. Gives them a little more depth that way. /dwight Ha! That explains why it looked like a mix: it was. I’m going to borrow that technique, because it really does give some greater depth. I like the look. Quote
Members SeaCitadel Posted January 3, 2025 Members Report Posted January 3, 2025 (edited) That's really nice stamp tooling for a molded object. At what stage did you do the tooling? If you did it before molding I'm very impressed because I don't see any distortion or stretching. And if you did it after molding I'm equally impressed because it looks nicely aligned going over the corners. Good job. And out of curiosity, what brand and type of stamp did you use? Edited January 3, 2025 by SeaCitadel Quote
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