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I'm still no Bert & Ernie at figure carving . (thanks guys for the help) I tried a few things on other parts and really like the way they came out. I spent over a week trying to fix the first one i did. It seemed everytime i touched the leather, i messed it up and then would make it worse by trying to fix it. ARRRGGG !!!! Sometimes the hardest thing to do is just walk away. Anyway here's a few pics.

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Whoaaaa. Niiiiice! This can't be the "messed up" one... it's gorgeous.

Brent

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ASWUM........... : :thankyou::cheers::thumbsup::clapping:

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Thanks !! No this is not the messed up on . That thing GOT FREAKED OUT !!! I'll use it for dye testing in the future.

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You always come up with the neatest stuff Freak. I really like what you did on the back with the 2 different kinds of basketweave. That's just cool! The natural roo lace really sets it off too. Sure glad the finish turned out. I was scared to death something would go terribly wrong and you could blame me.

Now get busy on that Lioness for the challenge!!

Clay

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Bewteefull!

I don't know how you did the leafs as part of the backgrounding, but they are cool.

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Freak

I don't know much(nuthing) about carving, tooling but that looks very nice. Especially the leaves and the background.

Mike

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Bewteefull!

I don't know how you did the leafs as part of the backgrounding, but they are cool.

I was so worried that would not show in the pics or that no one would notice that.

It was very simple really i love the effect it gives. I first stamped here and there with leaf stamps L930 & L929 .

Some using the whole stamp and many titling the stamp one way or the other it just get a partial stamp. Then i

used the back ground tools E294-04 & E294 around them and over them lightly. Those always make me think of

leafs. I just thought it fit.

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Excellent job Freak! That rocks! I LOVE the coloring! Very nicely done! :notworthy:

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Freakin awesome, man...great coloring...great tooling...excellent!

--Phil

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I'm still no Bert & Ernie at figure carving . (thanks guys for the help) I tried a few things on other parts and really like the way they came out. I spent over a week trying to fix the first one i did. It seemed everytime i touched the leather, i messed it up and then would make it worse by trying to fix it. ARRRGGG !!!! Sometimes the hardest thing to do is just walk away. Anyway here's a few pics.

Really neat! Where did you get the cool letters? I LOVE the "stuff" in the middle of them. Could you post a close-up of them!?

pete

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Clay, havent you realized by now that we blame you for everything.....

Freak... well done... did you create this from scratch? or pattern it after something?

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Muey Muchos amigos !! I appreciate the kind words.

Freak... well done... did you create this from scratch? or pattern it after something?

Pattern for the notebook itself or the deer ?? I saw a lot of notebooks like this at the Ifolg show . I also have a Chan Geer notebook that i won there. As for the deer it's a pattern that comes in the flask kits. I just scanned it and made it bigger. The leafs are the ones JohnD drew up and posted here. Thanks John !! The Back i just went at it with paper and pencil then filled the boxes. I used a stitching groover after the dye for the border lines.

Pete the letters are a font i came across and really liked. Wasn't sure i could pull them off. I'm not that great at the small detail stuff , but i think i pulled it off for this one. The font is called royal-initialen and you can get it from here . I hope i don't have to do them again but at the same time i really like the font . ARRRGGG !!!! I hate to do a close up and show how bad they really are. LOL but here goes.

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Freak, Awesome! That's like a Viennese hour for Leatherworkers! A little of everything! All good!

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sweeet!!

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:thumbsup: Nice, very,very nice. I like.

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Be Proud Freak, it's Awesome:-)

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i dunno freak, this is a tricky font to begin with -

lots of narrow swoopy things and swirly fandanglers and finery - arrgh - a toughie

and your dye job is sweet - havent seen that before...coolio!

and i dig the tri-weave and basketweake mix with wood inlay - you did great man

- and their are lots of straight lines and tight corners...fark! i hate tight corners and stright lines!!

i give you major props for even trying it, and ya knowe it came out pretty damn good...

i'd give yourself a major pat on the back and send ya back to do it again - cuz I guarantee

if you just dig in right after the first one...the second one ALWAYS comes out smokin...

not that i'd know much about smokin mind you...ha

but you get what i mean...dig in again and youll have a freakin winner

my .02

steveb

btw - i aint even gonna begin talking about the MAJOR messup i had with a wallet when i was dying it

...i totally fracked it because i was being a smarty pants and thought i was better than i am..had a reality check there...

and I didnt have the time to do it over - so blew a whole weekend....putting even more work on for next weekend..oy

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Freak,

Just awsome!

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........................umm...............hang on a sec............

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Really nice all the way around Freak. The deer is even smiling about it! LOL, JUST KIDDING! It looks really good and I love the woodgrain on the back.

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I dont know where to start, I'm speechless.......that thing is....hang on, gotta think of the right word..........

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