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Hi Everybody,

Here is the latest Christmas present I just finished. It's a Journal, for my Mother -in-Law, to continue writting her memoirs. This was one of those projects, that seemed to take forever to complete. Of course only being able to work on it for a couple hours at a time slows things down also. It measures about 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 1 1/4". It's a two piece cover, using 6/7 oz, with brushed pigskin as a lining, & 3/4 oz for the inside flaps. All the colors are with spirit dyes. The back also has some antique applied. It's all finished with a NeatLac type of finish. It's all stitched using 7spi,,, & the edges are done using Bob Parks method.

Just before starting this project, I received a couple swivel knives & blades from Henley. They are well worth the wait, & the money! They came to me very sharp, & ready to use. I believe their blades are some of the best around!

Thanks for looking!! Ed the"BearMan"

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Ed the"BearMan"

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thats spectacular!!!!

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Thanks Ben & Tracy!!

Ed the"BearMan"

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

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holy smokes!!!!!!!!! love it! an the bird, wow

Duke

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beautiful piece of work.

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Ed, I really like this one. Sheridan isn't really my cup of tea but the colors really make this jump.

The idea and execution of the back of the cover is great, has a very organic feeling to the basket weave openings, almost biological.

Is the stitching by hand or machine? I have some covers to make for my nieces' and nephews' Quads (Mormon stack o' bibles & books in one) for Christmas and this gives me loads of inspiration.

Thanks for sharing,

Chris

Chris

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What a beauty , great Christmas gift.

Greets jo-quarter

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Hey Ed,

Could I become one of your family members so I can be added to Xmas list. :blush:

Very nice work.

Butch

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Good Morning Everybody,

Thanks for all the wonderful comments!

Chris, yes all the stitching is done by hand. The "organic" layout is really pretty easy to do,,, I usually just start with a mirror image, or a a copy of the overflap design from the front, & then build off of that. It's basically done with circles of different sizes. The "tricky" part is balancing the negative & positive spaces, to get close to the old "fibonocci" scale.

Butch,,, sorry,,, I have too many on the "list" already!!

Ed

Ed the"BearMan"

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