Portfolio for in-law

[Thor]

Made this portfolio for my brother-in-law's 60's birthday. He runs our family business and it seems to be his life, therefore the company's logo and a cross-section of one of our safety valves have been carved into the front. His name is on the back. Sorry forgot to take a picture of that 

The outside is 2 mm thick cow hide from Spain. The interior is made from suede pig skin.

The binder mechanic is covered with suede and the whole unit can come out. I used 3 neomagnets for the closure. Not sure if I would do that again. 

Was my first portfolio so far and the valve did give me some trouble.

[Wedgetail]

Epic! I love it.

I can see where  that would have given you some trouble... so many non-organic shapes, and the perspective angle too... you made a great job of it!

[bikermutt07]

Awesome.

[jstar61]

Looks Great.

[FJB293]

Awesome job!

[Thor]

Thanks all!

[Northmount]

Very good representation of a safety valve.  In my other life, have done a lot of work with safety relief valves.  Am familiar with your company name.

Tom

[Thor]

9 minutes ago, northmount said:

Very good representation of a safety valve.  In my other life, have done a lot of work with safety relief valves.  Am familiar with your company name.

Tom

Thanks Tom. He likes the portfolio a lot and praised the craftsmanship. That was the most important to me as it is very little to honor the work he does for the whole family and the families of our 100+ employees. 

We haven't really expanded to North America yet. How come you know the name?

[Northmount]

3 minutes ago, Thor said:

Thanks Tom. He likes the portfolio a lot and praised the craftsmanship. That was the most important to me as it is very little to honor the work he does for the whole family and the families of our 100+ employees. 

We haven't really expanded to North America yet. How come you know the name?

The name was likely on some equipment that was imported.  Over 50 years in the power/steam/petrochemical/process/ and control systems industries.  Hard to remember some of the projects and details.  I look back on some of my correspondence on some of these projects and think that guy was pretty sharp compared to me, then see my name at the bottom.  We sure tend to lose the detailed knowledge when we move on to other areas of work and specialization.

Tom