Tooled Purse

[hidepounder]

Here is a project recently finished for the gear show in Elko. Made of 5/6 oz Hermann Oak and lined with 2/3 oz. Panels and bottom of gusset all have 4 mil styrene stiffeners.Shoulder strap lining, gusset exterior and interior lining all are finger carved. Sewn with 69 nylon thread. Sterling silver is from Silver King in CA . All critiques welcomed as always.

[MarkB]

Bob

Very Nice Thanks for sharing it with us. Your work makes me try harder.

Mark

[Houlihan]

Here is a project recently finished for the gear show in Elko. Made of 5/6 oz Hermann Oak and lined with 2/3 oz. Panels and bottom of gusset all have 4 mil styrene stiffeners.Shoulder strap lining, gusset exterior and interior lining all are finger carved. Sewn with 69 nylon thread. Sterling silver is from Silver King in CA . All critiques welcomed as always.

Bob

That is some of your best work yet, thanks for sharing. I hope to be half as good someday.

Wes

[BondoBobCustomSaddles]

Bob,

As always, I love to look at your work. It only serves to make me work to get to the next level with my tooling. Thanks loads for sharing, wish you were located up here in this area so we could collaborate on a saddle together!

Bob

[Ferg]

Here is a project recently finished for the gear show in Elko. Made of 5/6 oz Hermann Oak and lined with 2/3 oz. Panels and bottom of gusset all have 4 mil styrene stiffeners.Shoulder strap lining, gusset exterior and interior lining all are finger carved. Sewn with 69 nylon thread. Sterling silver is from Silver King in CA . All critiques welcomed as always.

Bob,

I choke up every time I see another of your creations. I sit and study your work and cannot believe the attention to detail. I shall not live long enough to become

the Leather artist you have become.

Thanks again for your kindness when answering my many questions.

ferg

[wvcraftsman]

Well, since your asking for crtiques, here it goes....

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I can keep going if needed.

Seriously, as always Bob, your work is simply amazing!!!

[Shelly]

Hi Bob -

Beautiful work, as always - just when we think you have reached the top, you surpass yourself!! I do have a few questions - you mentioned that you used #69 nylon thread - what machine are you sewing it on - only the interior, or all parts, including the outside panels? How many stitches per inch?

I would love to make a trip to AZ and come learn something from you! Wish I still lived there sometimes...I was raised in the Phoenix area, and moved to NM in 1986, then to OK for 3 years, in 1995, now in Mineral Wells, since 1998....this area reminds me more of AZ than any other, just don't have the saguaros, barrel cacti, etc - we do have some cactus. Lots more humidity, so that's the trade-off for having grass!

Thanks!

Shelly

[DaveJohnson]

Great piece Bob - agree with all the previous comments on the quality, detail and inspirational value - the swivel knife detail is to be envied !! But I can hear you saying "it comes with hours and hours of practice" !!

Thank you for sharing and inspiring once again.

Just one question - with the dyed and burnished top front panel edge in contact with the natural inner lining of the flap, do you get a coloration line on the inside of the flap over time, or is there a way of sealing and preventing this ?

Cheers Dave

[Glock21]

That is simply stunning! Very inspirational to me as a newcomer to this form of art. I will probably never be that good with a swivel kniofe but I will try hard!!!

Here is a project recently finished for the gear show in Elko. Made of 5/6 oz Hermann Oak and lined with 2/3 oz. Panels and bottom of gusset all have 4 mil styrene stiffeners.Shoulder strap lining, gusset exterior and interior lining all are finger carved. Sewn with 69 nylon thread. Sterling silver is from Silver King in CA . All critiques welcomed as always.

[JustKate]

Well, since your asking for crtiques, here it goes....

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I can keep going if needed.

Seriously, as always Bob, your work is simply amazing!!!

Kate