garypl Posted July 1, 2017 Report Posted July 1, 2017 Made a cigar case and a case for a cigar cutter today for my friend's birthday tomorrow. Used 4 oz embossed veg tan for the cigar case and lined it with pig skin. The cutter case is plain 4 oz veg tan. I dyed the cases with a base coat of tan and followed with chocolate oil dye - both sprayed with air brushes. Sprayed resolene (2 coats) followed by atom wax. I used 3/4" dowels to form the case. I'm learning how to use my CB4500 and it is great how much time it saves me compared to saddle stitching. i appreciate any comments or criticism! Quote Cowboy 4500, Consew 206RB-4
bikermutt07 Posted July 1, 2017 Report Posted July 1, 2017 Great job. I'm curious as to why you didn't use the embossed leather for the cutter? Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Members HideCreekLeather Posted July 1, 2017 Members Report Posted July 1, 2017 Wow those colors are truly beautiful and go well with the rugged texture of the embossed leather! What airbrush did you use as I was considering getting one to due gradient dying like you did? Quote
garypl Posted July 2, 2017 Author Report Posted July 2, 2017 21 hours ago, bikermutt07 said: Great job. I'm curious as to why you didn't use the embossed leather for the cutter? Thanks Bikermutt - I would have used the embossed leather for the cutter case, but I couldn't start it until yesterday afternoon when I received the cutter and I needed to finish it this morning. The embossed leather is harder to work with because it is so rough/irregular and I didn't think I would have it finished in time for the party! 17 hours ago, HideCreekLeather said: Wow those colors are truly beautiful and go well with the rugged texture of the embossed leather! What airbrush did you use as I was considering getting one to due gradient dying like you did? Thanks HideCreek - I used a $10 airbrush from Harbor Freight. It works great for spraying dyes or Resolene. I have a $150 airbrush that I rarely use because it is more difficult to clean and I really don't need the precision when spraying dye or finish on the entire piece. 8 hours ago, kiwican said: that looks really cool Thanks Kiwican! Appreciate everyone's comments! Quote Cowboy 4500, Consew 206RB-4
Members HeartlandLeatherWorks Posted July 9, 2017 Members Report Posted July 9, 2017 Excellent idea, you did a great job on this concept. Keep up the great work my friend. Quote
garypl Posted July 10, 2017 Author Report Posted July 10, 2017 10 hours ago, HeartlandLeatherWorks said: Excellent idea, you did a great job on this concept. Keep up the great work my friend. Thanks very much! Quote Cowboy 4500, Consew 206RB-4
Members kiwican Posted July 11, 2017 Members Report Posted July 11, 2017 I keep coming back to this cigar case. I really like how it looks. Have to get me some gator embossed hide Quote
garypl Posted July 11, 2017 Author Report Posted July 11, 2017 1 hour ago, kiwican said: I keep coming back to this cigar case. I really like how it looks. Have to get me some gator embossed hide Thanks - it does look nice - but its a pain to cut a straight line because its so bumpy. On the plus side it is a lot less expensive than real alligator! Quote Cowboy 4500, Consew 206RB-4
Members kiwican Posted July 12, 2017 Members Report Posted July 12, 2017 hmmm I didn't consider the cut but yes I can now see how that would need to be done carefully Quote
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