I Have Been Doing This For 3 Weeks. Be Kind.

[Zacharyc]

Made a belt for a friend. I dont think its too bad. Wish I actually has people to do this with. Makes learning a lot easier. ( to me at least)

[immiketoo]

Not bad Zach. Guide lines would help you with your stamping alignment, as will practice. There are plenty of tutorials around on the web. Also, basketweave is pretty difficult so dont worry.

Keep toolin!

Mike

[TwinOaks]

Good work for 3 weeks out of the gate. Basket weave stamping takes a good bit of practice to run straight and like Mike said, some very lightly scribed guide lines will help out. Also, for the camo stamps along the edges, I've found it works well to have a guide line for them too. When you run the BW along the edges, tilt the stamp so that you don't get a full impression along the edge, and do the BW first. That way the camo stamp will cover the lighter impression of the BW. A border line, whether it's stitched or just creased into place gives a nice look.

[mikesmith648]

I have been stamping leather for 40 years. Haven't done much basket weave though. Yours look better than mine. But I agree with the other comments too.