Checkbook Cover

[Rawhide]

Wolvenstien suggested I post a picture of some of my work, so I will. This is a checkbook cover I made about a week or so ago. It's posted also in a How do I do that thread also, as I was trying to illustrate how I lace.

Marlon

[Kevin King]

Thats really nice. I wish i had the time to learn that floral stuff

KK

[Rawhide]

Me too! I'm still learning.

Thanks for the compliement.

Marlon

[BillB]

Nice piece of work. Keep it up.

[wolvenstien]

That is nice work Rawhide.

Tell about the color and finish.... Antique or straight dye?

[Beaverslayer]

Marlon, that looks great, I love the lacing.

Ken

[Rawhide]

Thanks guys,

That definitely means a lot coming from some pros like you.

I used Antique stain - Medium Brown, but I put about 3 coats on, because it just didn't look even. Then I used Lexol conditioner, then two coats of leather balm with atom wax, rubbing really briskly (like burnishing except with a clean t-shirt type cloth) between coats and after the second coat.

Marlon

[abn]

Really nice. Congrats!

Alex

[Rawhide]

Thanks Alex,

BTW I still cannot get the results of All-in-one that you get on your belts.

Marlon

[howardb]

Really nice tooling. I don't know much about lacing, but it looks good to me.

Brent