TomSwede Posted April 7, 2008 Author Report Posted April 7, 2008 Thank you Ken! This one is all about lacing, skipped decorative lacing on the main tube though, didn't want to overdo it. I'm thinking less is more on this one and I think that maybe the tooling should have been left out aswell but that is customers demand. One good thing about lacing is that I don't have to do that nasty edge finishing so much. No good with that..yet and it's not something I like really much. Lacing on the other hand is quite addictive and good therapy, lol. Tom Quote Confucius - Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. --------------------------------------------- www.1eye1.se blogg.1eye1.se
Members Myriam Posted April 7, 2008 Members Report Posted April 7, 2008 Thanks for the info on how you dyed it, Tom. I copied it in my tips file and will definitely give it a try. Quote Myriam Myriam's Leather Work Dakota Braiding and Leatherwork
TomSwede Posted April 8, 2008 Author Report Posted April 8, 2008 (edited) Dont get stressed if you get a big fat layer of black oil that is drying up on you, it sits on top and will come loose even the day after. Some black might wanna sink in to the leather when rubbing and that won't come off. You'll have to experiment a little with this to get the feel for it. I'm not all that good with it either but I do think this is a tecnique that will give itself after some dabbling and as always duing leather is very unpredictable. If you get some interesting results you're welcome to post in this thread in case you don't feel like starting a new one or PM me with the image. Half of lacing the main tube was done tonite, phew, 4 hours. I watched Alien VS predator and Species meanwhile. I like softmovies when working. Tom Edited April 8, 2008 by TomSwede Quote Confucius - Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. --------------------------------------------- www.1eye1.se blogg.1eye1.se
Members Myriam Posted April 8, 2008 Members Report Posted April 8, 2008 (edited) Black oil? I'm confused. You mentioned red oil and mahogany antique. The black comes from... Softmovies, eh? Not sure I wanna know what you'd call hardmovies! Edited April 8, 2008 by Myriam Quote Myriam Myriam's Leather Work Dakota Braiding and Leatherwork
TomSwede Posted April 8, 2008 Author Report Posted April 8, 2008 Black oil? I'm confused. You mentioned red oil and mahogany antique. The black comes from...Softmovies, eh? Not sure I wanna know what you'd call hardmovies! Ha ha I like horrormovies alot but that has to be viewed in my other house wich provides a more suiting atmosphere. Sorry for confusing you a bit. The antique dyes is two component and black (or very dark) oil is one of the components and mahogany brown the other. The brown will penetrate the leather and the black stays more on top, filling out indents and such when it's wiped off but the way I've done with this case is to get a heavier cote and leave some off the black on top (and some of it rubbed into leather). Hope I set things straight for you now! Tom Quote Confucius - Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. --------------------------------------------- www.1eye1.se blogg.1eye1.se
TomSwede Posted April 8, 2008 Author Report Posted April 8, 2008 Sneakpeak at the tube. Laced and temporarily fitted on to the innertube. Next pic post will be in show off when it's done, I got some stuff left with the cap and also will start with a purse tomorrow or so. Tom Quote Confucius - Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. --------------------------------------------- www.1eye1.se blogg.1eye1.se
Members Myriam Posted April 8, 2008 Members Report Posted April 8, 2008 (edited) Sorry for confusing you a bit. The antique dyes is two component and black (or very dark) oil is one of the components and mahogany brown the other. The brown will penetrate the leather and the black stays more on top, filling out indents and such when it's wiped off but the way I've done with this case is to get a heavier cote and leave some off the black on top (and some of it rubbed into leather).Hope I set things straight for you now! Ok, I'm even more confused now I know, I can be dense sometimes. You mix the mahogany antique with black oil? The mahogany antique itself already contains black oil? I've only used Tandy's antique finish so far. Is the antique you mention a different product? That tube is looking good so far! I'll be sure to keep an eye on the Show Off section! Edited April 8, 2008 by Myriam Quote Myriam Myriam's Leather Work Dakota Braiding and Leatherwork
Ambassador Beaverslayer Posted April 9, 2008 Ambassador Report Posted April 9, 2008 Okay Tom, your starting to act like me with the teasers and stuf...get it done and let's have a look, I'm so wanting to see this done as it looks so good so far. Sitting patiently in front of my puter, wondering what time it is in Sweden. Ken Quote Beaverslayer Custom Leather<br />Wearable Works of Art https://www.facebook...erCustomLeather
TomSwede Posted April 9, 2008 Author Report Posted April 9, 2008 Ok, I'm even more confused now I know, I can be dense sometimes.You mix the mahogany antique with black oil? Nope! The mahogany antique itself already contains black oil? Yes! I've only used Tandy's antique finish so far. Is the antique you mention a different product? Nope! That tube is looking good so far! I'll be sure to keep an eye on the Show Off section! Just go back to my original post 'bout this and disregard the other and experiment away. Thank you for showing interest in my work! Tom Quote Confucius - Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. --------------------------------------------- www.1eye1.se blogg.1eye1.se
TomSwede Posted April 9, 2008 Author Report Posted April 9, 2008 Okay Tom, your starting to act like me with the teasers and stuf...get it done and let's have a look, I'm so wanting to see this done as it looks so good so far.Sitting patiently in front of my puter, wondering what time it is in Sweden. Ken He he he We're some 6-9 hours ahead of you in time. Ok I'm also very anxious to get it done so I get to it, off course. BUT..last night when I transferred this pic something crashed the photodrive, bahh AND I recently had problems with my windrive SO I HAVE NO FREAKIN BACKUP OF MY PHOTOS CUZ THE BACKUP DISK IS CURRENTLY A SYSTEM BACKUP DISK...how annoying. I just thought no way in hell I would be so unfortunate that I'd get this at such a bad timing. Usually I have photodisk always backed up. A second backup disk has been planned for sometime but ehum leather is expensive here. This month I actually was gonna buy that disk BUT my cellphone BROKE DOWN and the carbattery too so I rescheduled that to next month and was going to restore my old photobackup someday this week. AAAAHhhhhh I'm so mad at myself. That disk has about 40-50 000 photos that I precious alot so I just gotta give it some time aswell, starting now. Only slept 6 hours last couple of days to have time for my family aswell, lol. Well,, performing some system repair now and take a powernap meanwhile and return to tube in the evening. Stay tuned and thanks for cheering me on, I'm just that kind of guy that really needs a kick in the butt to keep going sometimes! Tom Quote Confucius - Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. --------------------------------------------- www.1eye1.se blogg.1eye1.se
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