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[Chris88]

I cut a piece 13 & 1/2" long by 9 & 1/2" wide. Then cut the corners round. I use a nickel or a penny to mark the corners. Once i round the corner i trace that on to a thinner weight leather , like a 2 - 3 oz. then cut about a 1/2" out of the middle of that. On the piece where the pad goes i come down 1" and cut a line 5 & 1/4 " long. I like to punch a hole at each end of that line. This will also allow you to slide the clip on the pen in that same slot, making it a pen holder. The other side i cut in half at a slight angle, making one of the pieces longer then the other. THat will give you the two pockets for the other side. Hope that made sense. If you still can't get it i'll try to draw out a pattern for ya.

Thanks my friend I will give it a try. I hope it's like riding a bike. I put up my leather tools some time back. Then I came across this web page and it got the fire going again.

[CitizenKate]

Lovely work, ya FREAK! Very nice! Wow!

Kate

[Johanna]

Yep, it's gorgeous and practical. I want one too. Make sure you spell my name right.

You rock, freak!

Johanna

[Colman]

Freak,

AWESOME work!

The varying depths of the leaves and cross really make it stand out.

Johnny

[Spider]

Sweet looking work dude. Very cool

[sodapop]

thats righteous freak...you really nailed the whole layered/3D concept...its a beaut!!

darryl

[LarryB]

Very nice. I like the cross and leaves across the top and behind. Like someone else said you made them look in front and behind by the depth you tooled. Sometimes I'll get carried away tooling and forget to keep that in my mind.

Anyway... I really like it. Thanks for sharing,

Larry

[freak]

Thank you all very much. I appreciate the kind words and support. It feels good when you pour your time and soul into something and have freaks peers of the craft accept it. Especially when i consider many of you to be at a leave i aim for but,still know that when i fall short of that mark i'll still having something i'm proud of. This notebook took me longer to tool then it did anything else i've done. I worked alittle this nite and a lil the next nite and so on and so on. Anyway again thank you all very much for your comments and for your teaching.

This is the busy time of the year for me and life has been just flying by the year. I log on , have a quick look around and i'm off to bed. I'm gonna have to change that. I miss the live chat room with ya bunch of freaks !!!

[leatheroo]

sweet sweet work, i caught this piece over on deviantart...loved it there...love it here