Members Jim Finn Posted November 13, 2013 Members Report Posted November 13, 2013 I have made about 55 of these functional and decorative fireplace bellows. The tooled leather is inset into the wooden bellows and glued in place. I started by carving the images into the wood but found inlaying leather much quicker and easier to get in more detail. Bellows are 15" long. Quote But that is just my opinion...I may be right!
Members Cogs Posted November 13, 2013 Members Report Posted November 13, 2013 Very cool indeed! You don't see many of those anymore. Nice work. Quote Leather has it's own natural flaws... So does the artist! :}
Members dakotawolf Posted November 23, 2013 Members Report Posted November 23, 2013 Very nice. I was just considering making myself one of these for campfires and those times I'm trying to hurry up the charcoal for the grill. Did you find a pattern, or make your own? Quote "An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it."-Col. Jeff Cooper
Members Jim Finn Posted November 23, 2013 Author Members Report Posted November 23, 2013 I made my own. I used, as a guide, a hand carved bellows I bought in Norway when I was traveling through there in 1984. Quote But that is just my opinion...I may be right!
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