croc inlayed/celtic eyeglass keeper

[TomSwede]

Way to go Darryl but I never doubted that. I'm impressed with the clean lines in your carving!

Good going with the corner, it's only hard when you think about it, sort of...you know what I mean.

About that overstitcher, you can use it whenever it fit's the width of your lace. I use it for alot of my lacing. The Laila purse was about 1/10" lace and I used the wheel that is about 1/5" to space it. That's not a tight as it can be but since the background is dark/black I used that width to save time and lace, mostly time. I think there's quite a difference in making a really tight basketweave and a little looser one and also I wanna keep something for one off special work to dazzle a bit extra with.

Looking at that braided bracer I put up recently I used same overstitcher size but about 1/8" lace and same size for the holes and the braid got a much more snug look than Lailas purse but don't compare them side to side, Lailas purse is the simplified basketweave.

Experiment a bit back and forth with hole sizes and spacing and you'll get it.

Tom

[sodapop]

hey tom...i appreciate the info with the overstitcher...just got it today as a matter of fact...so i'll have to fart around with it...glad ya like my tooling...i'm getting more comfortable & "oneness" with the tools...so i'm able to relax/calm down a bit while doin it...sure makes a difference...imo it about "finesse"...now just to get my overall construction & braiding with the same smoothness i'll be in business lol

darryl

p.s i do tend to overthink things ;0)

[carr52]

I really like the whole project. I like the Celtic design. Mainly because of it's degree of difficulty and it's olde world charm. I would like to learn how to do that type of lacing. It looks nice.

Tom

[chocolateducttape]

very cool! I like the Celtic designs.

[sodapop]

tom & choco...thanks for compliments on my tooling/design...the antique really sets the tone with it...that celtic pic reminds me of something you would expect to see on a very old leather book from waaaaaaaaaaaay back in the day...

darryl

[Crystal]

Great job, Darryl! The celtic design is really nice.

My first lacing came out half decent entirely by accident - I accidently picked the right spacer.

Keep up the good work!

Crystal

[Hammerhead]

inlay i've not tried yet, looks cool, it's nice to splice and use up the little pieces, and you dont have to pull 5 feet of lace to do one stitch

[sodapop]

thanks much crystal...now that i know what i need to do with spacing etc...hopefully my next braid attempt will be a little prettier...and no more using the hand drill...i have a dremel and tried that for the holes and works mucho' better/cleaner...but hell just gettin the braid done in a finished format was a milestone for me lol

appreciate it hammer...imo inlays just add that lil extra element to pieces, even if its small...something i'll probably incorporate quite often in my stuff...& i agree with the splicing...cuz its annoying as hell pulling a hundred inches though every pass/over/under & through keeping it from gettin twisted uhhggg

darryl

[ETW Grumpy]

Good looking case. I did that same Celtic dog pattern for a seatmaker in Ohio. Yours looks better. Nice clean lines. Very nice work.

[steveb]

dang darryl - your inlay is smoking, love it - i am more impressed that you had the guts to try it - inlay aint so easy - and your first attempt came real cloe to nailing it, next one will be even better - i also like that your really working clean and careful...bodes welll for future work....

what else ya got?