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So I haven’t posted in a while which means I’ve been busy. Business is going good I’m hoping if thing keep growing like they have this time next year I can quit my day job. Only time will tell. 
ok so this is a rifle scabbard I finished about 2 months ago. It was made for a Kentucky long rifle. The customer wanted something he could hike with up in the pacific north west cascade mountains. It was definitely my most ambitious job so far. I did a lot of head scratching trying to get all my assembly steps in order and plan out all my tooling designs. The hardest part was I only had measurements to go off of for the rifle. I never was able to find a rifle in my area to compare to my pattern. 
it was made from 8-9 oz w&c with a bark tanned shearling liner. Stitched with my cobra class 4 using 277 white bonded thread. Fiebings saddle tan dye, And dark brown antique paste using fiebings pro resist as my resist for the antique. 
please give me critique if you something I can improve on. 
thanks. 

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Well thats just beautiful :)

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Nice job! nice meander edge one question why did you not go around the corner with the edge work ? just a thought. But the case is beautiful !

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Very nice.

 

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beautiful!!! To nice to tote around in the woods lol.

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Those oak leaves look outstanding!  Fantastic work.

YinTx

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Very nice case - and carving really stands out nicely!

Gary

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Thank you all for your gracious comments. 
samalan: to your question regarding the boarder stamp I found that the particular stamp I was using didn’t like tight corners. Plus I kind of like the way it added some diversity to the pattern. I’ve seen it done somewhere else before and I thought it worked well I that situation. I later learned that if you run a beveler down the inside edge of the meandering boarder it’s helps a ton. 
yin: I spent a lot of time on those leafs. I drew them as rounded tips. I think if I ever do a pattern with that many oak leafs again I’ll go with a more pointed leaf tip. I do like the way they turned out though there’s a lot of depth in them. 

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That looks awesome. Love the shearling/saddle bark.

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With the D-rings it looks ready to put on the horse too.  Love it.

God bless

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Real nice product. Good luck with your business.

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Yes sir the beveler first makes all the difference in the world. beautiful job! 

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Outstanding!

 

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Salaman yes I recently upgraded my bevelers to bk steep bevelers and I noticed the difference right away. Wish I had done that 2 years ago. 
 

thank you all for your compliments. 

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Mighty nice. The owner will be as proud of the scabbard as of the rifle inside.

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That is awesome work!

I like what you did with the handle and the straps. I made one for my Grandsons Henry and the handle I attached turned out to be a nightmare to stitch. 

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