Simple Tube

[The Major]

Howdy all. Haven't been around much. But here is a tube I just completed for a customer in Canada. It is a document tube to hang on her belt. Measure 13" tall and 2.5" round. She didn't want any tooling, so plain it was. Whatcha think?

[rdb]

That's exactly how it's supposed to look!...Good job.

[Regis]

Very neat. I would like to see the stitch side.

[anne newkold]

Very sharp!

[Mike Craw]

I have always felt that plain was MUCH harder to do well. A lot of intricate carving can take the eye away from a lot of other shortcomings. You did a great job!

Mike

[Storm]

Very clean and nicely constructed. There is a craftsmanship in a good straightforward piece.

[Hilly]

Very simple and clean. I like it a lot.

[chocolateducttape]

That's really good looking! I feel like simpler stuff is harder to do because if you make a mistake, there's nothing to distract the viewer from it. But you did a really good job on that.

[Rayban]

Howdy all. Haven't been around much. But here is a tube I just completed for a customer in Canada. It is a document tube to hang on her belt. Measure 13" tall and 2.5" round. She didn't want any tooling, so plain it was. Whatcha think?

I like...did you use a core? I usually don't do plain either because it shows what a lousy dye job I do.....and all my other boo booz.....great looking piece.

[TomSwede]

Very nice looking tube and without tooling it should be easier to match up the pieces to sew it together, my recent experience tells me so anyway. I got some skewing towards the edges when it dried up.

The button tie down provides a much neater design than using a buckle I think.

Glad to see this one now that I finished my tube. I wasn't sure about putting a decorative groove where the cap meets the body. Afraid it'd mess up the long sleek design I was after but after seeing this I'm having second thought's about that. Maybe for the next one.

Tom

[The Major]

I need to take more pictures of this thing to answer all the questions. Will post more as soon as I have them.

But No I did not use a core. Between the 8oz thickness of the leather and me hardening it a little, it is fairly rigid.

Also the back is not sewn, I did a 1" lap seam secured with barge.

I'll get some more pics up soon.

Thanks for all the compliments everyone.

[Spider]

Nice tube. Line it with cedar and put some gars in it and waaaallaaaa.

[LBCOW]

The button tie down was a nice touch!

Nice tube

[Duke]

oh heck yea, that would be an awesome cigar case. mark it up as a job well done.

[Beaverslayer]

Very cool looking case Major.

Ken