Members Queina Posted March 7, 2015 Members Report Posted March 7, 2015 Amazing work ! What are you using to obtain this "dark" almost black effect on your tooling marks and cuts ? Quote
Members chriscraft Posted March 7, 2015 Author Members Report Posted March 7, 2015 Queina, I am using Fiebing's leather products. They make an Antique Finish that comes in a paste. Fiebing's offers these in a handful of colors and size containers, I used the BLACK colored antique finish on this project to get these results. Quote
Members Queina Posted March 8, 2015 Members Report Posted March 8, 2015 Thank you very much. I thought the leather would be colored black/grey while using black antique finish, that's good to know ! Love the effect Quote
Members chriscraft Posted March 20, 2015 Author Members Report Posted March 20, 2015 I'm working on a classic Salmon fly pattern on one of my fly box cases. I upgraded my wooden mold to a solid T-6061 aluminum block that I made. I spent many hours building this aluminum block, cutting, hand filling and sanding to get it right. I hand tool after wet molding and this aluminum block is a good solid base for my tooling. Made this block a standard fly box size so I will get many years of use from it. Chris Quote
Members chriscraft Posted March 21, 2015 Author Members Report Posted March 21, 2015 1800's Classic Salmon Fly Pattern detail. Quote
Members eglideride Posted March 21, 2015 Members Report Posted March 21, 2015 I'm with Colt- I feel like a third grader (skill level carving)- BEAUTIFUL WORK! Quote
Members Redochre Posted March 23, 2015 Members Report Posted March 23, 2015 You're a wizard..... Quote
Members JAZZMAN Posted March 23, 2015 Members Report Posted March 23, 2015 I too get a bit disillusioned when i see work of this calibre , absolutely stunning. Quote
Members chriscraft Posted March 24, 2015 Author Members Report Posted March 24, 2015 Thanks, I haven't been doing leatherwork as long as some may think. I do have many years of experience in many other art mediums and most of those skills apply to leatherworking. Still need to build up my figure carving tool assortment as I still feel limited by what current tools I have. I'm getting good results and sometimes less is more as it applies in this case. Chris Quote
Members DoubleC Posted April 1, 2015 Members Report Posted April 1, 2015 Chris, beautiful work. Cheryl Quote http://www.etsy.com/shop/DoubleCCowgirl
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