thefanninator Report post Posted October 5, 2014 (edited) I had a small piece of gator just sitting around. I glued it to a piece of calf skin from Springfield. Cut it out, stitched it and painted the edges. It needed a shine so I used Fiebings yellow soap and buffed it. Not sure if it's supposed to be used on gator but it looks much better. Darkened a little and shined up nice. You can see the original color and a few other projects I did with this gator skin here: http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=53554 Edited October 5, 2014 by thefanninator Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MonicaJacobson Report post Posted October 5, 2014 Sweet! How are you going to close it? I want some alligator, too! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thefanninator Report post Posted October 5, 2014 Not sure yet. Had a few ideas. I thought about punching holes and putting a thin shoelace in to tie it up. Too late now but a thin metal strip between the calfskin and gator could have helped close it by bending it around the wrist. Might have to just stitch on a few other pieces with a buckle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silverbullet Report post Posted October 6, 2014 As strong as the thin magnets they sell now I think they would be good for these. Strip magnet real thin sewn in and a sheet metal strip in the other side . Anyone ever try it I'm thinking on trying but haven't yet . Gary Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
