Froghunter Posted August 28, 2008 Report Posted August 28, 2008 My wife and I are going to a get together with some new friends this holiday weekend. Since the hosts are telling us "not to bring anything" we decided that a hand made token would be nice. I decided on the wine bottle carrier becasue they are cool Thanks to Tina for the inspiration!! a little backgraound to explain the design... 1) it's for wine 2) He is a Boat Captain 3) I like mermaids! Let me know what you think! Quote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pounding on dead animal flesh, who woulda Thunk it!
TomSwede Posted August 28, 2008 Report Posted August 28, 2008 Very good looking Frog! The tooling and colouring looks great so he's gonna be a happy captain. It's a very generous gift! But it makes me feel bad since I wanted to do a toolbagstyle carrier for the president of our whisky society who's turning 40 tomorrow and I just have to finish off the queline I have, being sick and all. Feel so much like doing it! Tom Quote Confucius - Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. --------------------------------------------- www.1eye1.se blogg.1eye1.se
Ambassador leatheroo Posted August 28, 2008 Ambassador Report Posted August 28, 2008 nice work, lucky friends!! Quote "]http://leatheroo.blogspot
King's X Posted August 29, 2008 Report Posted August 29, 2008 nice work! Quote Greetings from Central Texas! The Grain Side Up blog #TheGrainSideUp
Members BradB Posted August 29, 2008 Members Report Posted August 29, 2008 Nice work Frog!! Did you sew a round on the bottom? I am thinking about making one for my friend who makes mead, some of the best mead I have ever tasted.... Hoping if I give him one of those I might get a bottle of mead lol. Quote
Froghunter Posted August 29, 2008 Author Report Posted August 29, 2008 Thanks everyone! I really enjoyed doing this one, I may have to do more!!!! Nice work Frog!! Did you sew a round on the bottom? I am thinking about making one for my friend who makes mead, some of the best mead I have ever tasted.... Hoping if I give him one of those I might get a bottle of mead lol. Brad, Yes I added a plug in the bottom and if you look closely, you can see the stitch lines along the bottom frame of the design. Basically just over cut a round, skived it down, cut some relief "V"s in it and sewed it in. I'll try to get a pic uploaded tomorrow of it. Mmmmmm, mead good! Quote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pounding on dead animal flesh, who woulda Thunk it!
Contributing Member Crystal Posted August 29, 2008 Contributing Member Report Posted August 29, 2008 Perfect gift! Very nice job! Crystal Quote Black Dog Custom Leather
ArtS Posted August 29, 2008 Report Posted August 29, 2008 Cool design. I like it! Is it insulated? ArtS Quote Art Schwab "You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him discover it within himself." – Galileo Galilei
Members custom79 Posted August 29, 2008 Members Report Posted August 29, 2008 Frog. That is gorgeous. I would love to have a stencil of the art you used on your carrier. Cheers. C79 Quote
Froghunter Posted August 29, 2008 Author Report Posted August 29, 2008 Art, no insulation except the 8/9 oz leather! That should do for short time, how long does it take to drink a bottle of wine???? C79, pm me you email and it's all yours...... Quote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pounding on dead animal flesh, who woulda Thunk it!
Members Tina Posted August 29, 2008 Members Report Posted August 29, 2008 I Love it, and what a Perrrrfect gift to bring:-) Quote "He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands, and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands, and his head, and his heart, is An Artist" http://vildkorpens-laderlya.deviantart.com http://tupali.deviantart.com/
Members JohnnyCarver Posted December 17, 2008 Members Report Posted December 17, 2008 Nice job! I like the mermaid! You did a good job all around (carving and all!) Say i've been lookin to do a double wine tote with room for 2 glasses and cork screw....any ideas? Quote
Members Rayban Posted December 17, 2008 Members Report Posted December 17, 2008 Frog....hope you don't mind that I'm ripping off your idea...wine making friends of ours are moving away and this would be a perfect gift for them....I was all caught up with the notion that the carrier had to have a top on it and couldn't figure that out....now I see that it looks great w/o a top. I won't attempt carving like yours...my mermaid would turn out fat and ugly.....but grapes, I may try. Great looking job...thanks!! Quote Raybanwww.rgleather.net
MADMAX22 Posted December 17, 2008 Report Posted December 17, 2008 Nice job! I like the mermaid! You did a good job all around (carving and all!) Say i've been lookin to do a double wine tote with room for 2 glasses and cork screw....any ideas? You may wanna look into more of a case type setup. If you havnt allready I would check out al stohlmans three volumes on case making. Im thinking of making one of these for my jym beam bottles but with a little hook eyelet so I can hang it under the counter Quote
Members Butch Posted December 18, 2008 Members Report Posted December 18, 2008 Very cool. Can I invite you and your wife to a get together. Quote Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction. Facebook
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