AndyL1 Posted May 3, 2009 Report Posted May 3, 2009 Man, that is gorgeous. Aside from all the intricate dimensional tooling I really love the simple and elegant swivel knife work on the handles and the inside rim of the lid. That's just a beautiful detail in my book. Thanks a lot for sharing this and all the other cases you do. Truly inspiring! Cheers, Andy Quote Blackthorn Leather on Etsy • Blackthorn Leather on Facebook
JohnBarton Posted May 3, 2009 Author Report Posted May 3, 2009 Man, that is gorgeous. Aside from all the intricate dimensional tooling I really love the simple and elegant swivel knife work on the handles and the inside rim of the lid. That's just a beautiful detail in my book. Thanks a lot for sharing this and all the other cases you do. Truly inspiring!Cheers, Andy Thank you and it's my pleasure to share these with you. The tooling on the inside of the rim was inspired by Peter Main's belts where he tools the inside of the belt. Quote Support Quality. We are all humans. Buy the best no matter where it's made. That way everyone lives in harmony. Nature knows no flags.
JohnBarton Posted May 3, 2009 Author Report Posted May 3, 2009 John, that is one good looking cue case! I especially want to thank you for introducing us to your team. We are fans of your whole team, and we love seeing what you folks are doing. Thank you for sharing! Please tell them all that we appreciate the hard work and skill that goes into their creations, and that they rock, however you say that in Chinese idiom. Johanna You are welcome. I will tell them what you all have said, I might even make a poster and put everyone's encouraging comments on it and have them translated. I want to tell you all another story that is dear to me. Since I started this workshop three of my employees and the pattern maker in the bag factory I consult for have taken up leather working. All of them make small leather goods and sell them on the Chinese version of Ebay and Taobao to supplement their incomes. I have banned the word "might" in my shop. The Chinese are quite fond of refusing to do things because they fear what "might" happen. In my shop I have told them that they should always follow their ideas and try it - build a sample, work it out, revise and then they can see if their idea works or not. I firmly believe that it's because I promote this attitude of being creative and innovative that has inspired the fledgling leather workers to start making things on their own. I am so proud of my people and how they have grown to be able to build to my standards. Now if I can just master the many things to learn here and convey it to them......who knows what we will be able to do? Quote Support Quality. We are all humans. Buy the best no matter where it's made. That way everyone lives in harmony. Nature knows no flags.
Members sdkid Posted May 3, 2009 Members Report Posted May 3, 2009 (edited) I have banned the word "might" in my shop. The Chinese are quite fond of refusing to do things because they fear what "might" happen. In my shop I have told them that they should always follow their ideas and try it - build a sample, work it out, revise and then they can see if their idea works or not. I firmly believe that it's because I promote this attitude of being creative and innovative that has inspired the fledgling leather workers to start making things on their own. Good advice for all of us to follow when we're not sure how it will turn out. I can't add to what has been said before, except...Thanks for sharing this beautiful piece of art with us. Truly a treasure to be passed down to the next generation. Edited May 3, 2009 by sdkid Quote
JohnBarton Posted May 4, 2009 Author Report Posted May 4, 2009 That's a great case, lots of cool stuff on it. The painting on the flowers is a nice touch, does Zhen Hail Lee do that also? I think the one in the center of the lid is my favorite. Congrats to all involved on a job well done! Zhen Hai did all of the tooling and painting. Originally we had planned to use only spirit dyes but we went with acrylics because we need another 10 years to absorb Peter Main's lessons on coloring with spirit dyes :-) and we also felt we could make the details on the orchids stand out more with the ability to contrast that we get from using acrylic paint. The flower in the center of the lid is a lotus and is very special to my customer. This one was taken from a tattoo that he has on his neck. We were able to reproduce it fairly accurately and he was well pleased with it. He has sent me a long letter explaining the meaning to him and it makes me feel really good that we were able to capture the feelings he has about this in the case. Quote Support Quality. We are all humans. Buy the best no matter where it's made. That way everyone lives in harmony. Nature knows no flags.
Members SteveBrambley Posted May 4, 2009 Members Report Posted May 4, 2009 Hi John, That is a truly spectacular case! I am in complete awe of your teams work! Steve Quote
Members Spider Posted May 4, 2009 Members Report Posted May 4, 2009 I love this case. It truly makes me want to strive for better. Quote From the insane mind of SPIDER... http://spiderflesh.com Myspace: Spiderflesh Facebook: Spiderflesh George
Members BigTattoo Posted May 20, 2009 Members Report Posted May 20, 2009 Hi All, I want to say many Thanks to John for this nice Case. Now he build me a new Monster Case Ralf Quote
Members TheTrooper Posted May 20, 2009 Members Report Posted May 20, 2009 (edited) Hi John, sorry for my late reply on this topic. The case is gorgeous. I mean, all this flowers are not my cup of tea. But the coloring and tooling of this case is really impressive and just from looking at it you can learn a lot. Cheers, Marcel P.S: I can not await the next monster you´re creating for BigTattoo !!! Edited May 20, 2009 by adamant-leather Quote FKA adamant-leather Feel free to visit my site adamant-leather.de
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