Eylem Cengiz Report post Posted January 11, 2011 Hello. I am Eylem Cengiz. I am a hobbyist knife maker from Istanbul. Thanks to knife making, I am getting familiar with both leather crafting and making leather crafting tools. This is a knife sheath I have made. I hope you like it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rdb Report post Posted January 11, 2011 Welcome Eylem! Thanks for showing your work to us. You'll find lots of people sharing the same interests here. I always enjoy seeing a well made knife, too. I look forward to seeing those, as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGGUNDOCTOR Report post Posted January 12, 2011 Welcome to the group. You may also want to check out www.iforgeiron.com for some knife ideas. I am a member of that blacksmithing forum myself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King's X Report post Posted January 12, 2011 Welcome to the forum Eylem and greetings from Central Texas, USA. Thanks for sharing your picture! Happy New Year! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eylem Cengiz Report post Posted January 12, 2011 Thank you all. biggundoctor, I lurk around Iforgeiron from time to time and find it very helpful. Unfortunately, our local forums keep me so busy that I can not find enough time to visit many good forums. This one takes most of my time: http://www.bicaksanati.com/forum/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGGUNDOCTOR Report post Posted January 13, 2011 Eylem, I will have to check that out more sometime. Is there a way to bring the forum names up in English? One thing I found funny, is even in Turkey you have the faces too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eylem Cengiz Report post Posted January 13, 2011 (edited) Eylem, I will have to check that out more sometime. Is there a way to bring the forum names up in English? One thing I found funny, is even in Turkey you have the faces too. You can use the google translation of the forum. Unfortunately the translation is awful. Even people names are translated to English. This is the link for translation. Our history with the smileys started with the old days of e-mail. You know, ye olde ASCII only days. Culture is not so diverse through the world. The "frybread" of Native Americans is called "kolac" at my hometown (or "lokma", "gödek" * ) and I couldn't resist it when I was a child. Edited January 13, 2011 by Eylem Cengiz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tina Report post Posted January 13, 2011 Merhaba Eylem and most Welcome to this friendly place on the net. I will try the translater on your other forum but I do enjoy the pictures. I have been to Turkey a few times and always had a super nice time, friendly people, warm weather and delicious food :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Travis Fry Report post Posted January 14, 2011 Welcome to the forum. I got into leather like you, through knifemaking. I wasn't aware that knifemaking was such a big thing in Turkey. I've corresponded with Emre Kipmen a little on Bladeforums, and he seems like a nice guy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eylem Cengiz Report post Posted January 14, 2011 Welcome to the forum. I got into leather like you, through knifemaking. I wasn't aware that knifemaking was such a big thing in Turkey. I've corresponded with Emre Kipmen a little on Bladeforums, and he seems like a nice guy. Well, I think I like Internet forums. Our local forum is one year old and we have more than 350 members. I guess this population started increasing exponentially. The more we post the easier google points us. Emre is a great guy. Friendly and hardworking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
