knife sheath

[JoeS]

Hi everyone,

My 2nd attempt at carving. I used Wicket & Craig's chestnut (if russet is the natural) and thinking I should not have tried to antique it because it doesn't show as much contrast as it did when it was just oiled. The basic tooling pattern came from Leather Crafter & Saddlers Journal and the rest I winged just to see what would happen. The little knot on the back was where the bobbin ran out on me and was wondering how others would have handled that. What would you do to make it better?

Thanks,

joe

[MADMAX22]

Overall looks pretty good. Very nice design.

On the antiquing did you use a resist? If you use a resist on the high points then the antique wont color that portion and it will help keep the color lighter which will give ya more contrast even with the naturally dark chestnut color.

As far as the stitching I saddle stitch everything so dont know how to solve that issue.

Good work though.

[dirtclod]

I always check the bobbin to see how much thread is on it before i start to sew. Espically if it's a piece for a customer or something that really matters. The only other thing you could of done is pick out all of the stiches which i have done a few times then refill the bobbin and resew.

[JoeS]

Hey MADMAX22,

Thanks....I oiled, let it sink in overnight, applied 2 coats of tan kote, then tan gel antique, satin sheen and picard's. Now I'm thinking I should have used a darker gel antique unless the tan kote didn't resist enough. I really like the color of the chestnut leather for dark brown things and would like to get a finish down that works, so I'm not fumbling with it as much. I also think I like pecards better than aussie wax because it buffed out nicer. Whether one is better than the other or even needed, I don't know.

Hi dirtclod,

Believe it or not, I did check the bobbin and thought I had enough....lol....add another skill to learn. I should know from the mckay stitcher at work when the bobbin thread starts getting curly looking, it's near the end. I probably should have pulled the stitches or not been so cheap with thread. In the future I'll keep some full bobbins in the box so I won't be tempted to get lazy winding them.

Thanks guys,

joe