Gift For A Friend

[Colt W Knight]

My friend is finishing up her Masters degree at the University of Arizona and was recently accepted to a Veterinary program at Kansas State. I made this for her

She said elephants were the reason she decided she wanted to be a vet

School logos - I am new to painting leather, but I am learning

Inside

I recently started making felt bags for all my leather work - I think it makes a classier presentation when someone opens up a felt bag instead of paper box or plastic bag.

A picture of Emily from a trip we made out to the desert to go shooting last week.

[Rohn]

Looks like you did a beautiful job. I like it a lot.

[Colt W Knight]

Thanks Rohn.

I have been using cheap Tandy (on sale) leather for all my leather work, and as my tooling has improved, I am thinking about moving into higher quality leather.

[Rohn]

I buy almost all my leather from Weaver. I buy Hermann Oak. I have also bought leather from Wicket & Craig, they also have very nice leather.

[Colt W Knight]

I buy almost all my leather from Weaver. I buy Hermann Oak. I have also bought leather from Wicket & Craig, they also have very nice leather.

Do you have to have a business account to order from Weaver? I tried a while back, and if I remember correctly, they didn't sell to the general public.

[camano ridge]

A few months back Weaver sarted a retail site. They sell to the public as well as business accounts. They raised the 1st order minimum for new business accounts to $500.00.

[Rohn]

I forgot about having to have a business account for Weaver. Yes I do have a business account and have been doing business with them for quite a few years now. Like CR stated they do now sell retail as well.

[Troy Burch]

Thanks Rohn.

I have been using cheap Tandy (on sale) leather for all my leather work, and as my tooling has improved, I am thinking about moving into higher quality leather.

That's where I'm at Colt, got my first HO back today and $560.00 worth of Barry King tools. I've been tooling for about 8 years and kinda quit improving, hopeing this will take me to the next level. Little worried about the HO it has a white streak right down the middle, tanning solution I guess. Anyone know if this hurts the finish product? Troy

[Colt W Knight]

That's where I'm at Colt, got my first HO back today and $560.00 worth of Barry King tools. I've been tooling for about 8 years and kinda quit improving, hopeing this will take me to the next level. Little worried about the HO it has a white streak right down the middle, tanning solution I guess. Anyone know if this hurts the finish product? Troy

I am jealous as hell. Wish I had some BK tools. I use Tandy stuff, and as everyone knows, its not real great.

[Troy Burch]

Colt, unlike Tandy leather I'm not going to knock crafttools, their very good for figure carving which is about all i've been doing but they aren't for floral carving. Hopefully now I have all the right tools for any kind of tooling I want to do. I also read a post Hidepounder wrote on caseing leather about a year ago and since I've been doing it that way my tooling greatly improved even with Tandy leather. Happy carving Troy Oh by the way I like that you carve your letters in stead of stamping them.

[Colt W Knight]

Colt, unlike Tandy leather I'm not going to knock crafttools, their very good for figure carving which is about all i've been doing but they aren't for floral carving. Hopefully now I have all the right tools for any kind of tooling I want to do. I also read a post Hidepounder wrote on caseing leather about a year ago and since I've been doing it that way my tooling greatly improved even with Tandy leather. Happy carving Troy Oh by the way I like that you carve your letters in stead of stamping them.

I don't want to sound snobby, but I am trying to get away from traditional designs as much as possible. I have nothing against traditional. I used to really love it until I got Al Stohlman books and saw that 90% of stuff I see tooled in leather came from one of those books. Even the alphabet stamp set I have is a copy of font from the Stohlman book. Now I am being stubborn and learning the hard way by just trying new stuff.