BarryS Report post Posted April 27, 2010 Hello all, Well about a month ago I recieved a request from one of my wifes friend for a scrapbook album. She started of by stated that she likes the western floral designs she sees on the internet sometimes. That started to get me excited and thinking I could go to town on it. However, then she kept going into saying that she loves peace signs. This is where I had the WTF moment, because I knew it was coming. She states that she wants the two elements combined somehow. As I stood there in astonishment and bewilderment I was completely lost as to what to do or say. About a week later I finally told her that I would start working on something, I didn't know what but I would start trying. About 2 more weeks went by and while I was at work one day I grabbed some paper and started sketching. Well a whole day of drawing and the opinion of a local gun engraver later the photos are what we came up with. I have never been so bewildered by a design in my life. I really had to step out of my comfort zone for this one. I think that the final product was a good compromise though and to fill the rest of the cover I used the small crescent shell stamp from Barry King. To get into the specifics of it the outsides are made of 4/5 oz HO and the lining done with 2/3 oz HO with the binding portion done with 1/2 oz thoroughbred. The finish on it is the traditional sheridan finish - neatsfoot oil, WyoSheen, Sheridan brown antique and then Tan Koted. The edges were slicked and Fiebings chocolate brown was applied, then skidmores bees wax. Oh yeah the conchos on the back cover weren't suppose to be there, that is until I got into a hurry and accidentally punched all the way through both layers. That was my fix, it doesn't look horrible, but not the look I originally started out looking for. All in all I feel pretty proud of this one, not just for being able to figure something out but overall the tooling isn't to shabby. Please let me know what you think. Thank you and have a great day. Thanx, Barry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MADMAX22 Report post Posted April 27, 2010 I think you nailed it Barry, cant think of a better way to combine the two. Great tooling and colors. Im sure she will love it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whinewine Report post Posted April 27, 2010 Superb! She'll love it! russ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildrose Report post Posted April 28, 2010 That's beautiful! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BarryS Report post Posted April 30, 2010 (edited) Thank you for all of your kind words. I am glad to see that I was not skewed in my thinking that I did pull this off. It is nice to see others think it looks nice and that it the final product worked out. Once again thank you and have a great day. Edited April 30, 2010 by BarryS Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
