New member, first project

[chaoticart]

My name's Art and I've been lurking for awhile. I want to thank everyone for the all of the advice you offer to beginners. It's been a Big help!

This is my first leather project and would appreciate any advice for improvement. I'll be attempting a sporran with a Celtic design next.

[Sawyer]

very cool! love the design, is it your design?

[ArtS]

Really nice job. You sure have a great start! You're going to be doing some beautiful things.

Art

[chaoticart]

It's adapted from a silver pin.

Here's the pattern I made if you're interested.

[Casey Jordan]

Very nice work. I like your pattern. The only thing that would make your pattern stand out more is if your background was darker, about the color of the knife handle.

I have that problem sometimes too.

Casey

[Beaverslayer]

Great looking work for your first project, you'll do very well with leather from what I see. Did you also make the knife?

Ken

[chaoticart]

Great looking work for your first project, you'll do very well with leather from what I see. Did you also make the knife?

Ken

I made the handle, but the blade I got on ebay as a blank. I don't have the equipment or know how for making damascus steel. Maybe someday once I get the leather tooling and wood carving down better.

[dbusarow]

Really nice work on both the sheath and the knife handle. I like how your thread seems to match the leather color perfectly.

Dan

[chaoticart]

Really nice work on both the sheath and the knife handle. I like how your thread seems to match the leather color perfectly.

Dan

Thanks Dan, Love your holsters bro!

[wildrose]

That is absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing the pattern too. I do alot of Celtic stuff and am always looking for nice designs. I don't do anything high volume, so please don't think I'm going to put it on bunches of stuff...just once in a while someone might ask for a thistle pattern.