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[Rawhide]

@Sam,

Ice cream land has slowed quite a bit, but it's to be expected. As for the maul, gotta give credit to Mr. BearMan, Ed LaBarre. This thing is freaking fantastic. Very well balanced and I can tool with it for a long period of time. I love it.

@ Randy.

She did love it. I managed to keep it hidden from her until I completed all the coloring. She was quite the happy camper.

[electrathon]

Marlon,

What are you using as a lacing punch? Nothing but positive input on your lacing. You are doing a great job on the layout, the biggest issue I see most often is people use a punch with too much space between the slots, making the lacing too spaced out. Here is an example if the punch I use and the result: http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=23530&st=0&p=150196entry150196 Your angles are greater than mine, just curious on whick tool you used.

Aaron

[Rawhide]

Hi Aaron, I don't use a punch, I use nippers and and overstitch wheel. The only thing I use a punch for is the angle. I mark my guideline, then use a #7 overstitch wheel with 1/8" lace, and a #8 with 3/32" lace. I then take an angled punch (doesn't matter which size) and lean it so that only one finger of the punch is on the leather and use it to set the angle of the holes. I mark each location by pressing the punch with hand pressure just to get a mark. then I punch each slit with nippers. It takes a little longer, but I like the look. I also bevel my lace on the flesh side so that the edges lie flat against the surface when I tap the laces down.

I hope this kind of makes sense.

Marlon