Leerwerker Report post Posted March 31, 2008 (edited) My son had his birthday recently and I wanted to make him a simple cover for the Bible - any book has a hard time staying intact under a teenager's hand! The tooling went well, but of course the stitching and gluing of the cover to the Bible, was done into the late hours of the night so that it would be ready for him on wake-up...! I used my favourite cross design for the front with some fancy font for the writing and the spelling was very deliberate! I used a wood grain effect in the cross and repeated that on the back of the cover. JOhan Edited March 31, 2008 by Leerwerker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
outcast Report post Posted March 31, 2008 Nice! I like it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skipj Report post Posted March 31, 2008 Very nice. How do you hold the Bible in the cover? SkipJ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beaverslayer Report post Posted March 31, 2008 Johan, that's nice looking, I always like that color. I also would like to know how you hold the Bible into this. Ken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pet Report post Posted March 31, 2008 That's a very nice cover!! Your son will love it!! I have a question for you:How did you do the embossing? I use a kind of awl with a ball in its top to do all my embossings (sorry for the explanation but i don't know the word in English for 'buril') Did you make by hand or with any kind of machine??? Very nice work!!! ^_^ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leerwerker Report post Posted April 1, 2008 Very nice. How do you hold the Bible in the cover?SkipJ Skipj, I wanted the cover not to be too bulky, as with a slip-on cover, so this one is glued on to the actual hard cover of the Bible itself. I glue the front cover, leave the spine unglued, and then glue the back of the cover. This helps the book open up and the piece of leather that covers the spine can fold back and allow the book to open. JOhan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leerwerker Report post Posted April 1, 2008 I have a question for you:How did you do the embossing? I use a kind of awl with a ball in its top to do all my embossings (sorry for the explanation but i don't know the word in English for 'buril') Did you make by hand or with any kind of machine??? Pet, The design was put on by free-hand stamping (called leather carving, in America, even though nothing is carved out, but some parts of the leather is pounded down deeper, same as what you probably do with your ball pointed tool). Does anybody have a link to a web page that shows simple leather carving that we can point Pet to? JOhan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dbarleather Report post Posted April 1, 2008 Very nice!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Don101 Report post Posted April 2, 2008 Hi Johan welcome to the forum, i love the tooling on the old style writing great job, Don Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Bill46 Report post Posted May 6, 2014 Nice work, As beaverslayer says, I always like the color as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
St8LineGunsmith Report post Posted May 7, 2014 NICE! Great Job, I like it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
