Treed Report post Posted December 3, 2017 Tooling done...... figure out finish and a frame Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sanch Report post Posted December 3, 2017 52 minutes ago, Treed said: Tooling done...... figure out finish and a frame Very nice! Would love to see the back side and can you give some sort of size reference say place a dime next to one of the figures? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rodneywt1180b Report post Posted December 3, 2017 Wow! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rohn Report post Posted December 4, 2017 That is an absolutely carving! Real nice work! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alpha2 Report post Posted December 4, 2017 Amazing relief. I think the size can be determined by the maker's mark, assuming it's a common size. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
plinkercases Report post Posted December 4, 2017 Excellent and cant wait to see the rest of its evolution. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
retiredff Report post Posted December 7, 2017 Fantastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JD62 Report post Posted December 7, 2017 Some of the best horses I've seen, very well done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LederRudi Report post Posted December 7, 2017 Absolutely gorgeous! Is there repoussé work involved? Which thickness is the leather? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Treed Report post Posted December 7, 2017 On 12/3/2017 at 8:56 AM, Sanch said: Very nice! Would love to see the back side and can you give some sort of size reference say place a dime next to one of the figures? size is about 12x15 7 hours ago, LederRudi said: Absolutely gorgeous! Is there repoussé work involved? Which thickness is the leather? leather was a 8-9 oz and it was embossed from the rear and filled with leather paste Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Blea Report post Posted December 7, 2017 That looks great! The embossing works really well on the horses! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
battlemunky Report post Posted December 8, 2017 Yeah man! That is a really nice piece of work right there. You can almost see the weariness in the cowboy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LederRudi Report post Posted December 9, 2017 On 07.12.2017 at 4:22 PM, Treed said: size is about 12x15 leather was a 8-9 oz and it was embossed from the rear and filled with leather paste Thanks for the info! Your work prompts me to have another stab at figure carving! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lthrz Report post Posted December 23, 2017 Absolute, beautiful work! You mention using "leather paste" to fill-in the backside. Of what does the leather paste consist? Thanks, Lthrz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Treed Report post Posted December 23, 2017 8 hours ago, Lthrz said: Absolute, beautiful work! You mention using "leather paste" to fill-in the backside. Of what does the leather paste consist? Thanks, Lthrz The leather paste is made up of the fine dust made from sanding leather...... I just take scrape leather to the sanding drum and sand it down as far as I can and collect the dust from the floor.... Shoe repair shop are sanding leather soles all the time and just throw away the dust .... You then put the dust into a container and add rubber cement.... the rubber cement should be the type with a milky color or look to it, don't use the clear.... Add rubber cement to the dust and mix until you have a mixture that is the consistency of peanut butter ...... put rubber cement on your leather project and dry then back fill the embossing..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fire88 Report post Posted December 23, 2017 That is spectacular!!! Embossed figure carving really brings the piece to life. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MakerUnknown Report post Posted December 23, 2017 Yes, loving this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oltoot Report post Posted December 24, 2017 If you do this again, make it easy on yourself and only make two loops on the vertical run on the double diamond. I have thrown a lot of these useful hitches and never with more than two loops, usually only one. Not actually knowing how it is most often thrown, you did an absolutely amazing job figuring out how to picture the hitch and the top pack. Kudos for everything. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Treed Report post Posted December 25, 2017 22 hours ago, oltoot said: If you do this again, make it easy on yourself and only make two loops on the vertical run on the double diamond. I have thrown a lot of these useful hitches and never with more than two loops, usually only one. Not actually knowing how it is most often thrown, you did an absolutely amazing job figuring out how to picture the hitch and the top pack. Kudos for everything. I have spent a life time throwing double diamonds....... this was done for artistic appeal to give dimension to the rope for one and two to see if I could do a rope that small with twists..... The original artist had it drawn that way Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
