Covering handles for crops and other items

[leatheroo]

Drac, i did it, i did it!!! i now have a turks head on the end of my mallet! dinners burnt, kids are hungry but i have conquered the turks heads thanks to you!!!

[Drac]

leatheroo

yay! congrats! now me questions is... um... why on the mallet? is it to beat the hungry kids for burning dinner? *LOL* glad I was able to help. now if ya really wanna have your head explode, go look at victor's stuffses and try figuring it out. makes mine look like preschool knots in the hair. *L* oh yeah, and let's see some pics!

rawhide

thanks and no prob. your turn!

duke

nothing wrong with tandy in general or working there. from what I've heard toolers/carvers don't have any probs passsing along hints and tips, it's only in my line of leatherwork that no one likes to pass things on. this site is definitely a great thing! other than giving even more ideas, that is! *L* I'm sure you'll thoroughly enjoy making your flogger (including the hands cramping, picking up dropped tools, smashed fingers, poked hands) and it'll turn out great. pimp the site! *L*

[leatheroo]

leatheroo

yay! congrats! now me questions is... um... why on the mallet? is it to beat the hungry kids for burning dinner? *LOL* glad I was able to help. now if ya really wanna have your head explode, go look at victor's stuffses and try figuring it out. makes mine look like preschool knots in the hair. *L* oh yeah, and let's see some pics!

rawhide

thanks and no prob. your turn!

duke

nothing wrong with tandy in general or working there. from what I've heard toolers/carvers don't have any probs passsing along hints and tips, it's only in my line of leatherwork that no one likes to pass things on. this site is definitely a great thing! other than giving even more ideas, that is! *L* I'm sure you'll thoroughly enjoy making your flogger (including the hands cramping, picking up dropped tools, smashed fingers, poked hands) and it'll turn out great. pimp the site! *L*

drac, the mallet was the first thing i grabbed to practice on!!

[Grunt]

Drac,

Thanks for the great tutorial! I'm glad it has been moved to braiding, I would not have seen it otherwise. I may need to get access to the grownup area as well.

While the kind of things you make aren't the kind of stuff I make, the braiding instructions you did have given me ideas for other stuff to do. COOL!

Thanks,

Nick

[faceOdd]

Drac,

Thank you SO MUCH for this wonderful tutorial! I've been staring at a blank dowel for about two weeks, trying to decide how to cover it for a very special mask on a longerette that I've been thinking about. If you're familiar with Siouxsie Sioux, it'll be based on a white face picture of her with a red feather on the side. This is the PERFECT way to finish this particular mask. After I figure out how to actually do it, that is. It'll be a birthday gift for my best friend : )

Very few people are willing to share that level of detail, I've found. I always tell people who ask how I do everything, and even show them the 'tools' which aren't tools that I use. I'm frequently criticized by friends for 'giving away too much information', but all of the images posted in this wonderful board prove that even working with the same medium - and often the same techniques - we all create our own unique items.

Thanks again!

Tammy

Edited January 26, 2008 by TCLeathercraft

[rawhide1]

Drac

I think I better get alot better for I try showing anyone how to do anything!! Maybe we can talk Victor into doing one!

Mike

[Drac]

grunt

that's the problem with this site, ya get too many ideas here! *L* still not sure if I'm comfortable with this being moved to braiding since I consider my way kind of cheating (it's simple and easy) and nowhere near on par with the rest of stuff in this section, especially since this is all I know how to do.

tammy

I'm VERY familiar with Souixsie starting from back in her punk days. she's a littled distanced, but a nice chic. Budgie's a nice guy too. you definitely need to post a pic up when you finish the mask! and it's better to have just friends say you give out too much info than other crafters you do events with side by side. although I have noticed they're more than happy to get the info too. they just don't want to share theirs.

mike

it's always good to post up early work here so that peeps can give you tips on how to improve something. and I would LOVE to see a tutorial done by victor. ya hear that victor? your turn! *L*

[TomSwede]

Hey Drac!

MANY THANKS for this great tutorial, I won't be using it in the near future but man I gotta tell you, I been dreaming for years about having a fishing rod tube in just this style so I saved this topic to the old photography HD and Yes I do run backups for sure on that drive so hopefully one day it'll come true, that is if it is possible to do it in a larcer scale.

That'll beat those all luxury-equipment-makes-me-better-than-you-fishermen with their aluminum tubes for sure :jump:

Tom

[Paulanator]

Drac,

you rock.. I have been wanting to learn how to finish off my floggers like that for a long time...

Thank you so very much, I really appreciate your willingness to share.

Paul

[Drac]

paul

no prob. it's what I do... sometimes. *L*