Members DoubleKCustomLeathercraft Posted January 13 Members Report Posted January 13 (edited) I finished my customer's order with the moose carved holsterthat I posted about a week ago. I ended up having to make the elk holster a second time because I forgot to adjust my pattern for the suede lining. I figured it out right away, and the entire time I was making it i thought something was off. The phone case was my first that I've been commissioned to make. My customer was absolutely ecstatic about it. Mainly I think he was more excited about the grizzly. The knife sheath is for a little damascus pattern skinner. We decided to go with the snapping turtle leather inlay because it's such a small window to carve on. I still have some of the leg leather left from a couple of tail inputs inlaid orders. Elk holster- Ruger P85 Moose holster- SCCY CPX2 Grizzly- Galaxy S+ series/size phone Snapping turtle inlay- unknown knife maker, small skinner Edited January 14 by Northmount FIXED TITLE TYPO Quote
Members DieselTech Posted January 13 Members Report Posted January 13 Nice work. They all look great. Did you do a gusset on your phone case around the sides & bottom. Thanks. Quote
Members DoubleKCustomLeathercraft Posted January 15 Author Members Report Posted January 15 On 1/12/2025 at 8:11 PM, DieselTech said: Nice work. They all look great. Did you do a gusset on your phone case around the sides & bottom. Thanks. Thank you. I used 4/5oz Water Buffalo along the sides. The water Buffalo will show for some stretch if necessary. I really like working with that leather. Extremely durable while being soft to the touch. The body is one piece of leather. I skived the bottom where it folds to make it easier to form since I did use a 9/10 oz veg tan. I also skived the cover flap with a slight taper from the fold to the tip. I'm very well practiced with my skife since I primarily work with heavy leather. I also took a small "finger" plane and set it up in a way that I can take any imperfections from skiving and flatten them out. Something i haven't seen anyone do, but it does work with some adjustments to the blade angle. Quote
Members DieselTech Posted January 15 Members Report Posted January 15 1 hour ago, DoubleKCustomLeathercraft said: Thank you. I used 4/5oz Water Buffalo along the sides. The water Buffalo will show for some stretch if necessary. I really like working with that leather. Extremely durable while being soft to the touch. The body is one piece of leather. I skived the bottom where it folds to make it easier to form since I did use a 9/10 oz veg tan. I also skived the cover flap with a slight taper from the fold to the tip. I'm very well practiced with my skife since I primarily work with heavy leather. I also took a small "finger" plane and set it up in a way that I can take any imperfections from skiving and flatten them out. Something i haven't seen anyone do, but it does work with some adjustments to the blade angle. Thanks. Most excellent work. Quote
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