Bible Cover

[Tim Schroeder]

Christmas present for some very good friends.

[Sicksteene]

Stunning, your friends will be thrilled.

[Havamal]

_{Wow... that is a wonderfull piece ... your friends are lucky people!}

[Chief31794]

Absolutely Beautiful. Very nice work.

Chief

[Ash]

wonderful done!

sure it will be apprecitaed!

thanks for sharing

can I ask you how did you burnish those edges?

Edited December 18, 2012 by Ash

[Anacott Steel]

Like Chief said....absolutely beautiful.

[Tim Schroeder]

I try to use the same method as Bob Park. His method is desribed in the How Do You Do It Forum. First I sand the edges with 150, 220, 320 and then 400 grit sandpaper wrapped around a block of wood. The only way to get anything flat or straight is to sand with a block and never with just your hand. Then wet the edges lightly, glycerine bar soap rubbed in and burnished with canvas with saddlesoap rubbed into it. Dye and then rub wax and burnish with canvas with wax rubbed into it. Then several thin coats of Wyo Sheen.

Sorry for the poor pictures. I will try to post some better pictures today.

Thanks to everybody.

[DoubleC]

absolutely beautiful. Cheryl

[immiketoo]

Impressive.

[Jimbob]

you da edge king!!....wonderful work!!

[skeeter]

Beautiful work! What weight of leather did you use?

[Tim Schroeder]

Thanks for the comments. The inside and outside are 3/4 oz.. Spent some time skiving the insides down so they were really thin. Sanding the edges up to 400 grit made the burnishing fast and easy. I burnish everything by hand. The block of wood really straightens everything out nice.

[Cogs]

Classy! Honor given to God's Word. Commendable work, Tim.

Bill

[bluesman1951]

Wow!!!!!! Mighty Fine Work !!!!! Superb !!!!! Thanks for sharing this with us . Bill

[LNLeather]

AWEsome Edges - Awesome tooling! & with all the above! Edited December 19, 2012 by LNLeather

[KingDominoQ]

I don't even own a bible, and I want it. Great job. Beautifully done

[OdinUK]

How is the bible secured to the cover, are there pockets on the inside? Fantastic work, I dont recall seeing edges done so well!