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Brief Introduction And Some Of My Projects :)

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Hello, my name is Martin and I am from Czech Republic.

My first leatherworking project was about a year ago. I did not have any tools and I worked with absolutely inappropriately thick leather, but it was fun and I loved the smell of vegetable tanned leather. Then in November 2014 I decided to make a belt for me and my friend. So I bought pre-cut strips of leather and alcohol based dyes, pricking wheel and awl, I worked on an old pastry board, for cutting I used a scalpel and my grandfather gave me revolving hole punch my grandgrandfather used to work with (he was a cobbler).

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I was happy with the outcome so it motivated me to work more with leather. I ordered some tools on Ebay from China and for the Christmass of 2014 I got a butt of 7-8 ounce leather. With which I made a few little projects, some bracelets and belts. On the picture is a atomizer sheath I made for my girlfriend.

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This year I really haven't had much time because of my study. I could only work on my leathercrafting about 1-2 saturdays a month. But during that time I was able to look into some books, I have seen a lot of videos and some posts on this lovely forum. So my knowledge slowly expanded. My lack of time for actually working with leather I compensated with buying more tools I thought I would need later. As here in the Czech Republic there are not many places to shop I mostly shopped online - definitely my most favorite shop is Leathercrafttools.com.

My most favorite leather project so far is this simple handbag (here without a strap) I made for my girlfriend.

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Lately I have tried some leather carving and stamping. Firstly I worked with chinese stamps but it was impossible to get a decent result. So after investing in a few of old Tandy stamps I attempted a floral design which I drew (drawing is a bit of a problem for me as you can see).

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I have just read Sheridan style carving but I haven't had much time for practice. Next week I will hopefully have some time to draw a neater design and some more "Sheridan style" stamps will arrive, so I hope the next outcome will be much better.

My latest leather projects are a wallet and a cardholder, which were really fun.

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Following two months I will have more time so I will be able to produce more and focus on larger projects I have on mind for a while. Also I will be able to read trough this wonderfull forum for a bit and get to know things that are not clear to me at the moment. What I like about leathercrafting is that I can see progress from project to project and with everything I have just done I know I can make it better next time.

One last thing I did this weekend was a stitching clamp, as I didn't want to spend fortune on it. I must admit that working with wood is much more difficult.

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If you read all this thank you for your time and I hope to see you around.

Have a nice day, Martin

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Hello Martin and welcome to the forum. Nice work.

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Same here Martin, welcome to the forum :)

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Welcome Martin, looks like you have good start on your projects, there is a huge amount of info here and don't be afraid to ask a question, I am sure someone here will have your answer. Keep going strong. Looks really good!

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Welcome Martin. Nice projects you have there. Keep it up. Cheryl

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