Greetings!

[immiketoo]

Hello all! Just caught the leather bug. I can't believe how addictive this craft is. It's only been a week and I have spent most of my free time and money working on a few projects. Here they are. Feel free to comment or critique.

Mike

[bluesman1951]

Nice job . Welcome to the site ! Look forward to seeing more of your work . Bill

Hello all! Just caught the leather bug. I can't believe how addictive this craft is. It's only been a week and I have spent most of my free time and money working on a few projects. Here they are. Feel free to comment or critique.

Mike

[immiketoo]

Nice job . Welcome to the site ! Look forward to seeing more of your work . Bill

Thanks Bill,

There is a steep learning curve, but each cut or stamp helps me learn, and I have already spent hours on the site soaking up information! Here is today's project. I was trying for an old and worn look, but I'm less than happy with the overall result. Mostly because of the tooling.

Edited September 8, 2012 by immiketoo

[bluesman1951]

No reason to be unhappy looks just fine to me . I once knew a wood craftsman who spent two years learning to sand before he thought of building something on his own . Day after day in that shop just sanding ,now he can write his own ticket name any price and get it . My guess is it would take a year or more to get anything off his bench these days . You are on your way so for now enjoy the work each piece is just a step on the ladder . Each piece will be better than the last one so have confidence and look down the road to piece number 10 . I enjoyed seeing this very much ,thanks for showing it to me . If you like the blues go to You Tube and type in the search bar : Keb Mo ,Better Man turn it up loud and enjoy ! Great words to live by ,helps me when I work . I need a dozen new bags all new ideas so I spent the day making patterns marking holes and thinking construction details in my head . Tough thing deciding you need a dozen new projects all in the 100.00 range .Make the patterns start cutting a bunch leather and believe from the first cut all will sell no doubt . I like wht you do and hope to see more .

Thanks Bill,

There is a steep learning curve, but each cut or stamp helps me learn, and I have already spent hours on the site soaking up information! Here is today's project. I was trying for an old and worn look, but I'm less than happy with the overall result. Mostly because of the tooling.

[immiketoo]

No reason to be unhappy looks just fine to me . I once knew a wood craftsman who spent two years learning to sand before he thought of building something on his own . Day after day in that shop just sanding ,now he can write his own ticket name any price and get it . My guess is it would take a year or more to get anything off his bench these days . You are on your way so for now enjoy the work each piece is just a step on the ladder . Each piece will be better than the last one so have confidence and look down the road to piece number 10 . I enjoyed seeing this very much ,thanks for showing it to me . If you like the blues go to You Tube and type in the search bar : Keb Mo ,Better Man turn it up loud and enjoy ! Great words to live by ,helps me when I work . I need a dozen new bags all new ideas so I spent the day making patterns marking holes and thinking construction details in my head . Tough thing deciding you need a dozen new projects all in the 100.00 range .Make the patterns start cutting a bunch leather and believe from the first cut all will sell no doubt . I like wht you do and hope to see more .

Thanks Bill. I am a huge Keb Mo fan! I play his stuff on my resonator all the time!

[KAYAK45]

Hi Mike and Welcome! You'll love it here, as reading and visiting is also addictive.

That is one impressive first project and you should be proud. I wouldn't even post my third.

Give me a shout sometime.

Illinois worker

Kevin

[Ferg]

Welcome to the forum.

Appears you made your holes with a drill or similar, too big.

Second effort. I would say you got in a hurry to do something and I'm sorry, you screwed up. Doesn't seem you had a definite design in mind

or someone interrupted your train of thought. You know this, don't know why I am telling you what you already know.

Just sit back, take a deep breath and study some carving by some of the folks on this forum. If you don't have any of the Al Stohlman books get some, they are encyclopedias of the leather craft.

Practice is the one thing that is required of this craft, and patience, lots of it, LOL

ferg

Hello all! Just caught the leather bug. I can't believe how addictive this craft is. It's only been a week and I have spent most of my free time and money working on a few projects. Here they are. Feel free to comment or critique.

Mike

[immiketoo]

Welcome to the forum.

Appears you made your holes with a drill or similar, too big.

Second effort. I would say you got in a hurry to do something and I'm sorry, you screwed up. Doesn't seem you had a definite design in mind

or someone interrupted your train of thought. You know this, don't know why I am telling you what you already know.

Just sit back, take a deep breath and study some carving by some of the folks on this forum. If you don't have any of the Al Stohlman books get some, they are encyclopedias of the leather craft.

Practice is the one thing that is required of this craft, and patience, lots of it, LOL

ferg

Thanks for the input Ferg, but could you be a little more specific? What's screwed up? You are right about the drill for the holes. It's all I had, so if that's what you meant about being in a hurry, you're right.

[David8386]

Welcome aboard. I like the design on the first piece on the second piece it looks like you just started tooling and did not really have the layout in your head that you wanted. That is not a bad thing but it is cheaper to do it on paper until you get what you want and then start to carve. Use the holsters or put them up and then compare them to what you are doing six months to a year from now and you will be very surprised I think. Anyway welcome and good luck. David

[bluesman1951]

Glad you enjoyed the music ,may I suggest on You Tube : Playing for change "Stand By Me " Good Vibrations" Tuba Skinny "Feel My Leg " Grandpa Elliot " Back door Man " and IZ "Ill be there for you " Imelda Mae <Proud and Humble That should keep your shop rockin for days . All the playing for change music is great they use all the money from the videos to make music schools for kids across the world,thats a good thing Bill .

Hello all! Just caught the leather bug. I can't believe how addictive this craft is. It's only been a week and I have spent most of my free time and money working on a few projects. Here they are. Feel free to comment or critique.

Mike