Beret Report post Posted October 15, 2014 (edited) Hello there! My first passion is dogs. I also have a mild (ahem), generalized leather collar lust. I've always fawned over and appreciated the beauty and craftsmanship of leather collars. And I had always admired from afar. However, I recently got bit by a crazy bug to dive in with my own hands and really learn the craft for myself. So, I promised myself that I can't buy any more custom leather dog collars until I've learned how to make my own. I've always been creatively-minded and not-terrible when it comes to artistic ventures. My primary interest here is tooling/carving. I've been actively lurking on the forum, reading everything I can. I recently picked up a deluxe starter kit from Tandy and have slowly been working my way through all the projects in an effort to teach myself how to use the basic tools and to become acquainted with the medium. So far... I'm hooked! Anyways, just wanted to pop in and say hello. Hopefully before too long, I'll have a piece to be shown off here. But until then, it's practice, practice, practice and read, read, read! Edited October 15, 2014 by Beret Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Itch Report post Posted October 15, 2014 Nice to have you around.. Keep practicing and it will all fall in to place Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dwight Report post Posted October 17, 2014 What he said ^ ^ ^ ^ That is except for basket weave, . . . you can do it, . . . or you can't. I can't, . . . gave up trying, . . . some day the tools will go to my rifle range for targets. But other than that, . . . yeah, . . . tooling is sometimes a lot of fun. May God bless, Dwight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Troy Burch Report post Posted October 18, 2014 What he said ^ ^ ^ ^ That is except for basket weave, . . . you can do it, . . . or you can't. I can't, . . . gave up trying, . . . some day the tools will go to my rifle range for targets. But other than that, . . . yeah, . . . tooling is sometimes a lot of fun. May God bless, Dwight I had trouble with doing a nice basket weave also, just couldn't seem to keep it properly in line. Then I watched a Chan Greer video where he showed his way of doing it and bingo, it made a hella of a difference. I can't believe with your talent your not capable of doing it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
