Moderator bruce johnson Posted December 23, 2007 Moderator Report Posted December 23, 2007 Bill asked me to post this little deal on stamping a rope border. I whacked this out in a couple minutes one morning. I do a lot of western things, and this rope is my most requested border. This is all done with Tandy stamps. I used the #957 rope stamp and a modified #803 beveler. I took a small circular stone on the Dremel and ground out a curve on the toe of the stamp to fit the curve of the rope border. Takes about a minute. I have attached an impression of each stamp, the linear pattern and then how I handle corners. It is pretty self explanatory. Any questions. fire away! Quote Bruce Johnson Malachi 4:2 "the windshield's bigger than the mirror, somewhere west of Laramie" - Dave Stamey Vintage Refurbished And Selected New Leather Tools For Sale - www.brucejohnsonleather.com
Members Kevin Posted December 23, 2007 Members Report Posted December 23, 2007 Bruce, that is beautiful, especially the beveler but how do you keep a good angle on the rope tool? I might get an inch of rope I like and then it just goes wrong. Thanks, you are a big help, Kevin Quote
Moderator bruce johnson Posted December 24, 2007 Author Moderator Report Posted December 24, 2007 Bruce, that is beautiful, especially the beveler but how do you keep a good angle on the rope tool? I might get an inch of rope I like and then it just goes wrong. Thanks, you are a big help, Kevin Kevin, Thanks, I think the beveling really sets this off. I used to see this stamp used with no beveling and it looked like the rope was pressed into the mud. I never liked it much. Ropes are dimensional. I have done this so much now I go by eye. I scribe an outside border line lightly first. I set the first impression and line the next one up on it and eyeball the border lines. I have taught a few people to do this type stamping. The big key is to maybe stamp 3-4 impressions, back off and look to make sure the angles and borders are lining up. Kind of like setting posts. Back off and look at the whole line once in a while. You really can't get too far off in 3-4 impressions, and can slide the next couple back to whatever you need to get back in line. If you go a long ways, then it is pretty obvious. The big key is not to try fix a mistake in the next impression. Fix it a little on the next, a little more on the one after that until you are back to right. You can do two parallel scribe lines to keep the stamp lined up, but much like my basket stamping, I line up the angle and right side of the stamp. The left side just has to follow. I have also seen templates and devices (LCSJ article?) to line this stamp up. I would find them cumbersome and more time than they are worth. Like most basket and geometrics, train your eye to see the little places you are getting off before they become big things. This is one of those stamps that a little practice pays off. I can run one of these pretty fast and accurate. Even though there is a stamp impression of the rope and one bevel hit on each end, I can run it. This is among my "included-no upcharge" borders, like the cam/half round border stamps. I have had a few emails about this stamping today also. Mostly this question. I also stamp brands and initials with this stamp. I will work up a little tutorial on making curved corners, center ovals, and brands/initials. It is gonna be a few days, because of the holidays. Want to try something else cool? Try matting around a barbwire stamps. That makes what I consider a pretty overused and stale pattern (although popular) more palatable. It really looks like barbwire then. Quote Bruce Johnson Malachi 4:2 "the windshield's bigger than the mirror, somewhere west of Laramie" - Dave Stamey Vintage Refurbished And Selected New Leather Tools For Sale - www.brucejohnsonleather.com
Ambassador Don101 Posted December 24, 2007 Ambassador Report Posted December 24, 2007 Bruce thanks that looks great and what a nice finish with the beveler, Don Quote
Members Kevin Posted December 24, 2007 Members Report Posted December 24, 2007 OK, I'll give it some time and patience. Thanks for your time and tips. Kevin Quote
gtwister09 Posted December 24, 2007 Report Posted December 24, 2007 Bruce, Familiar discussion... :biggrin: Speaking of the barbed wire matting.... One of my friends is not much into carving at all but we have been working with him on a simple geometric design where he didn't have to do any "carving". He liked the barbed wire and so we started doing that but he didn't like the "flatness" of the stamping. So we tried the matting around it with some of the pebble tools from the Pro-Series and wham. He was off and running. He does that on almost every piece of leather that he touches now. Regards, Ben P.S. Will be interested in seeing what your new tutorial brings. Quote
Members Kani Posted December 25, 2007 Members Report Posted December 25, 2007 Can't wait to see the new tutorials. Thanks Bruce. Quote
Members Romey Posted December 25, 2007 Members Report Posted December 25, 2007 Good tips, thanks Bruce, merry christmas all Quote Romey Cowboy inc highcountryknives
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