Parts of My next cue case....

[TheTrooper]

Dear all,

I am already working on another cue case for me. This is the carving I have already done. I know I have to learn a lot more, but for the 2nd attempt I think it is OK. Especially the mistakes I have made while "walking" the tools are not nice, but I think this is all a matter of practice.

What do you all think ?!? Any hints from you ??

Cheers,

Marcel

[rdb]

I like that style of lettering. Looks kewl. I like that little monogram diamond too.

Yep, practice is always the key, one day it just clicks, and you are off.

People don't like to see carving done in black, they don't want to hide the carving...but in this situation it actually accentuates any mistakes. The reflection makes even minor things pop out at you. So don't be too critical of yourself.

Someone on this board said something to the effect that, if they didn't see improvements in each new piece, then they weren't doing things right...

[TomSwede]

Looking good, my kind of colours, runes are nice.

I taped the back to keep from curling up after tooling.

This looks alot like the tubes I've done.

Looking forward to see it finished.

It'll be slick.

Tom

[yaklady]

I have a hint for your lettering. It's perfect except for the halo around the letters. If you were to bevel to the inside instead, you would have no halo to worry about. I really like the font you chose. Can't wait to see the finished product!

Kathy

[TheTrooper]

THX a lot,

for the kind words and the hints.

The font I have used was "Aniron".

I got it from dafont.com.

This is great resource for fonts, almost free ones :-)

I also hope, that I can show up the finished product soon.

Cheers,

Marcel

[Spider]

If you can take a couple of "in-progress" shots I would appreciate it. This looks really cool so far.

[TheTrooper]

If you can take a couple of "in-progress" shots I would appreciate it. This looks really cool so far.

@Spider

here are some updates from this project. Currently I am sewing the backpart together.

On this pictures I already sewed the pouch and the patch. i also mounted the handle onto the case-body.

[fishguy]

Is the body of the pouch veg-tan or chrome tan leather? What weight did you use?

[TheTrooper]

Is the body of the pouch veg-tan or chrome tan leather? What weight did you use?

For the pouch I used 4oz. veg-tan leather. As far as I know on chrome tan leather tooling would not be possible.

Cheers,

Marcel

[TheTrooper]

So, yesterday evening I completed my case. Here are the first pictures of it. What do you think ?!?

Cheers,

Marcel