Straight from my casket garden

[Roger]

cool piece tom!

i like it just the way it is. nice little details in the tooling

[TomSwede]

Thank you all!

I'm not a leftie but placed the notepad like this to have some more support to my right hand when writing with it in my lap.

Good idea with the lining Ken! Think I've got it. Just didn't have ant time to work more with it it. probably redo it later.

Well, I'm off to Scotland now! See you all next week!!

Tom

[indypbear]

Tom,

That looks good. You beat me to the punch on the coffin notebook. The stamp looks good also. you'll get the hang of aligning it with practice. I think Brother Freak is really observant. You are a southpaw (lefty). That was the first thing I noticed

I've been working on the shop putting new lighting, doors, two windows. Maybe soon I'll settle down to working in it regularly. Gotta make that Toro 3000 pay for itself. Have a good trip to Scotland.

John aka Indy

[TomSwede]

Thank you John!

Bye

Tom

[leathernut]

that came out real.cool!!!.gonna have to make me one..also thanks for the link...cool site..

[Myriam]

Wow, neat looking pad, Tom! Love it, love the design, as well as the old finish you gave it. Great job!

And now I know what to do if I want an old looking piece like this, I'll just wrinkle the leather while humid to get all those depressions and ridges. Cool!

[Spider]

Wow Tom,

This turned out cool. I usually use a lighter to get rid of freying edges. I will have to make one too but maybe as a wallet. I can see a few of these turning up soon because they are soooooo cool looking. Good work brotha.

[TomSwede]

Oh thank you Spider. Missed your reply because of the Scotland trip and hard to catch up with all things at home and such. Got plenty of labourful hours ahead now.

Smart tip with the lighter. This one was so fun to do and the motifs were a blastful of fun to carve and tool.

Tom

[Annied]

Nice work, but I wish I'd seen this post sooner, especially before your trip to Scotland. Do you know about Hewits, the bookbinding supplier just outside Edinburgh? They sell off what they call "low value skins", skins with small holes or other flaws in them. You can pick up some great stuff at a fraction of the normal price.

[TomSwede]

Thank you Annie!

I haven't heard of Hewits and know nothing bout bookbinding but I sure want to look into it someday.

We landed in Prestwick and from there it was af fast as possible journey to the the paradise island, Isle of Islay.

We had a 15 min break in Inveraray at that's about all mainland sightseeing we had. I rushed to the wc and than back to the bus, got my camera just in time to hear the busdriver call us in, sigh.

The journey home was the same tour, without stops.

It's a great country!

Next time Annie!!

Tom

Edited June 23, 2008 by TomSwede