New Bag-Work In Progress

[SteveBrambley]

Very Nice!

Steve

[AndyL1]

Andy,

Woah. I'm in awe. I love the closures for the side pockets. The coloring is great, too.

When you tooled the front, did you bevel all the areas around the fine celtic lines before backgrounding? (Even into the backgrounded spaces?) It appears that the background lines are very clean - even in the tight spaces. Some of that really narrow lining work is killer to get right!

Yeah I beveled all the edges on everything before backgrounding. The parts I had trouble with were the very small triangles in the smaller parts of the knots. But I think it came out pretty good. Overall they blend right in. I had a little trouble with the lines flattening and spreading out on the over/under parts of the fine lines. Anybody have a tip on how to solve that problem?

Thanks for the compliments Steve! (and everybody else too of course!)

Cheers,

Andy

[Excell]

I had a little trouble with the lines flattening and spreading out on the over/under parts of the fine lines. Anybody have a tip on how to solve that problem?

Solve it, no, but I'm working on a project right now with similar knotting. (Which is one reason I'm so impressed with yours!) I went with a little wider knife work right at the overlaps and even tried a slight undercut to help bury the beveling work. Then (besides being super careful w/ the beveling) I have spent a lot of time with a modeling tool and a handmade carving tool a little like a pro-petal trying to keep the edges on the overlapping pieces sharp. I don't know how well it is turning out. I might post pics later if I don't screw it up too bad. . .

Thanks again SO MUCH for sharing this piece. I showed the pictures to my wife, and now I know what I need to do before her birthday comes around. That piece is GORGEOUS.

[AndyL1]

Thanks again SO MUCH for sharing this piece. I showed the pictures to my wife, and now I know what I need to do before her birthday comes around. That piece is GORGEOUS.

HAHA! Sweet! Glad I could inspire you for your wife's birthday. Be sure to post some pics of your project when you're done too. Thanks for the kind words everybody.

Cheers,

Andy

[ericluther]

Andy that thing is SAWEET!! I've been wanting to make one for myself.

Did you habd sew it or a machine? and if so what kind??

Thanks and great work!!

Eric

[AndyL1]

Hey Eric,

thanks Man! It is all sewed by hand. No machine yet, but I'm saving for one... my fingers can't take much more of this. :-)

I thought I'd be able to get this thing finished and some photos of the bag up, but the new baby has other plans for my time. HAHA!

-Andy

Edited May 26, 2009 by AndyL1

[ericluther]

Hey Eric,

thanks Man! It is all sewed by hand. No machine yet, but I'm saving for one... my fingers can't take much more of this. :-)

I thought I'd be able to get this thing finished and some photos of the bag up, but the new baby has other plans for my time. HAHA!

-Andy

well great job!! and congrats on the baby!!

[rhall]

That is nice work ,good finishing job too! I know exactly what you mean about the hands..I stuck my self to the bone again last week..got pissed and called Steve at the Leather Machine co. and ordered a Cobra Class 4..so now Iv'e made the big jump...