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Ed, what type of colors or dyes do you actually use to produce those colors?

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Hi Everybody,

Thanks again! Pete, I don't always do it the same way,,, but usually, the front & back piece is pretty mush the same size as the Notepad,,, plus the width of the stitching seam, on three sides. Then the spine cover, I cut one edge to match the pattern, plus a little reveal, then wrap it around, to get the width, with matching the pattern on the other side. Of course, it's a good thing to add in a little "fudge" factor,,, don't want it to be too small. Make any sence?? But, you may want to check in with Bob,,, he does a lot more Binders than I do, so I'm sure he'd have better insite into those,,, & most everything else too.

Rusty, it's 5oz/6oz from Zack White's Leather. I've had good luck with them, & they're close enough, so that I get my orders withing 2 days.

Troy, all the colors are done with mostly Fiebings Spirit dye. In this case though, after I applied the colors, I had to tone them down somewhat, with some finish & antique.

Ed the"BearMan"

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Ed, I've been admiring your work for a while now. This one is yet another piece that is beautiful and inspiring. I love the depth you get in your tooling - whatever the colors ;)

Peter Ellis

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Wow Ed, that is really beautiful. I love the "patchwork" basketweave. Is that an "SW" incorporated into the design on the front or just some vines that look that way? Your friends daughter should be very proud of that.

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Ed, another stunning piece of work.

ETW Grumpy said:

Is that an "SW" incorporated into the design on the front or just some vines that look that way?

Looks to me like it is "SLW" worked into the design, but I could be wrong. Ed really got them to flow with the vines. Whoever paid for this work got their money's worth and then some.

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Hi Everybody, Thanks for all the wonderful comments!! I forgot all about this post,,, so sorry about taking so long getting back. Yes,,, that is SLW, intertwined. Basically I just Overlaid the letters, Duchess font, Resized them, & then just had to redraw a couple areas,,, slightly. I won't find out how the Daughter likes it, until April 1st, when she gets it for her Birthday.

I really like designing the Basketweave sections on the back. The whole thing was designed using a cookie tin lid. All the Radii (archs) are the same,, except for some small areas, just to join the archs. Thanks again,,, Ed

Ed the"BearMan"

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Hi Everybody,

Ever had a project, that just seemed to fight you ALL the way??? Well,,, here's mine!! hehehe But I think I finally won!! It's a Notepad Holder for a friend's Daughter. He told me he wanted "Muted" Fall colors on it. After getting the front tooled,,, & started the dyeing process,,,, I soon realized that even as hard as I was attempting to get "Muted" colors,,, they were still to bright for him. Soooo what I did was,,, after I got done with the dyeing,,, & it dried completely. I kind of Scrubbed it with my NeatLac replacement, which I knew would remove, some of the Depth of colors. That helped,,,, but it still was a "little" too bright still. Soooo I smeared on a good coat of Antique,,,, & kept wiping it off until I got the colors, that I knew he was wanting. Of course I topped it with some Tan Kote, over the Antique. The coloring process, only took about 15 hours of work. About 2 1/2 times longer than normal. I had to make the spine cover 2 times. I made the inside flap a second time when I found out his Daughter is a Real estate Appraiser,,,, that uses a calculator "all the time".

Of course, while working on this,,, I just had to make the "Rapid Repeater",,, & make 3 more Mauls. So,,, needless to say,,,, I'm glad this battle is over! Now,,, just 10 Mauls to make before the 15th,,,, Ed the"BearMan"

hi Bearman;

i was just cruising as they say. I have a customer that would like a portfolio case with insides and i like your idea for the inside. Just wanted to know if i could use your idea and send it to this person to see before doing the project? I love the colors you ended up with. He wants a sheriff's badge put on his or i would use your whole idea. Thanks for the work you put on the posts.

Craftt

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Hi Craftt,

Sure you can use that if You'd like.

Ed the"BearMan"

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http://tinyurl.com/BearMauls "The Best tooling mauls available today!"

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