A Peter Main Original

[leatheroo]

Marlon, i missed him on his last visit, but he did bring me some tools and books which he posted from sydney. i am having trouble finding where and when he will be here...do you have dates?

[JohnD]

Marlon, Very impressive from both of you. The dying is beautiful as well. Very nice.

John

Luke just have to say that rifle is gorgeous. Impressive kill with a flintlock.

[Beaverslayer]

Marlon, beautiful work by both you and your wife. And the addition to your collection is very nice as well.

Talent runs in your family.

Ken

[TomSwede]

Your wife too!!! Man, I don't know if you're in trouble or just plain lucky, lol.

Beautiful stuff from all of you.

Tom

[TwinOaks]

Very nice work Marlon and Anne! I haven't tried any embossing since I half embossed a dog portrait a while back, but I think this may be enough to inspire me to pick it back up.

Go ahead and invest in some tools for her. Worst case scenario is you end up with some spares. Best case scenario is that you partner up on some projects and turn out some masterpieces. Can't you hear the conversation at the dinner table? " pass the oil dye please...."

Mike

[Rawhide]

Marlon, i missed him on his last visit, but he did bring me some tools and books which he posted from sydney. i am having trouble finding where and when he will be here...do you have dates?

Roo,

I don't have any dates, but I think he told me he would be there for about three weeks. I think he has to pack up the studio he has there.

To all: Thanks for the comments. I can really see my work improving. (practice practice practice, right???)

M.

[bustedlifter]

Looks super! Which one was Peter's again?

[HorsehairBraider]

Looks super! Which one was Peter's again?

Yeah, really! I could not tell the difference until I enlarged them, and I gotta say - that's a pretty terrific job! You guys have real talent, and this Peter Main guy must be some kind of teacher!

[Gremlin]

Beautiful pieces Marlon, all three of them. And to be able to add one of Peter's to your collection must have been a thrill.

[Rawhide]

Beautiful pieces Marlon, all three of them. And to be able to add one of Peter's to your collection must have been a thrill.

Absolutely!

He's one of the best and it's a pleasure to learn from him. Plus he'll tell you anything he knows. I probably asked 20 questions that had nothing to do with embossing and he would answer them with no hesitation. I have run across people that don't like to tell you their "secrets".

Peter also showed some generosity to a leatherworker that came to the store. He was a pretty good lw from what I could see, but he couldn't! He was blind. Yes blind. His wife would do the carving, and he would do the cutting, assembly, etc... We couldn't believe it, and were all amazed. Peter gave the couple his newest book. I thought that was very nice of him. They didn't know who he was, but were touched by his gift.

Also, we got a visit from George Hurst. He came in after lunch time, and sat next to me and just observed for a while. This is another gentleman with an unbelievable amount of leather knowledge and carving ability. He can carve flowers with no tracings what so ever. We had a great time.

Marlon