Members Kani Posted February 25, 2009 Members Report Posted February 25, 2009 Thank you for posting this. I now know that I also need to sharpen my swivel knife some more. I also noticed the way he was holding it. That helps alot. Quote
Mike Craw Posted February 26, 2009 Report Posted February 26, 2009 Hey Jessica! First, welcome to Leatherworker.net. I haven't seen a question asked yet that somebody on here can't answer. The only problem you may have is getting multiple (different) answers, since some of us are a little set in our ways... If you can find a Tandy near you, or can shop online, any book by Al Stohlman will have line drawings and "photo-carve" pictures of how things should look. I'd venture a guess that if anybody took a poll, over 90% of us on this site started with, or at some time referrred to, Stolhman's books. If you stamp for a while and decide this is for you, you might want to go on a site called ranch2arena and check out a carving video by Jeremiah Watt. He's a fantastic saddle maker and has put out as good, complete, and understandable a teaching video on leather carving, layout and design as I have ever seen. It ain't cheap, but it's worth the money in my opinion. Have fun, and don't be hesitant to ask questions. Mike Quote My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference. Harry S. Truman
LNLeather Posted July 17, 2010 Report Posted July 17, 2010 Posted 16 June 2007 - 06:55 PM Hey I was just looking around and found this video.. http://www.westernfo...le_Maker.HI.wmv It has some carving in it and also some beveling shown... ------------------------------------------------------------------- I was wondering if anyone has a link to this video that works? I can't seem to get it to work, and have spent quite a bit of time trying to find it on the web. Any help will be muchly appreciated. Quote ~Cheryl There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart... pursue those...
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted July 17, 2010 Contributing Member Report Posted July 17, 2010 book with lots of pictures regarding leather carving? Al Stohlman's book "Tech Tips" is one of the clearest I've seen. That one must be 50 years old, and is still available for less than $10. Saw it at a Tandy store a couple days ago, same book I bought back in the 80's. A hundred people have "written" books since then, each "borrowing" and duplicating his "tech tips". While I'm not promoting any one guy's work, I will say that this book is very clear and detailed and the information is still valid. That said, I have TWO recommendations: 1.) Don't waste alot of time and money buying books (or videos) by people who want to get paid for telling you what was already said in other books. Save your money for the leather. Experience is THE best teacher. 2.) I'm with Johanna on this ... there's no substitute for seeing it done, if that's possible. Just a thought ... you didn't say what type of projects you were wanting to make. but for $150 you could buy half a dozen books OR you could buy a side of leather large enough to practice carving a wallet - about 75 times. Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Members hivemind Posted July 19, 2010 Members Report Posted July 19, 2010 She's in New York, but she's still 4-5 hours from the only Tandy in New York, up in Syracuse. Leather resources in NYC/Long Island are pretty hard to come by... Quote
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