New to leather work, my first practice piece :)

[edwardmorris]

Hello, I recently joined the forum and this was my intro post 

 

 

I got some good advice and pointers and will be getting a few more tools to try and accomplish my goal. In the meantime, I have been practicing with the basic tools I have from Tandy on some scraps. This was the best piece among the scraps and I attempted to turn it into a coaster. I'm a big fan of Resident Evil so naturally, Umbrella Corp Logo  . I didn't have a swivel knife (on its way) when I did this so its all just beveler, no cuts. I tried to leave a bead between the sectors and it is obviously all over the place, but hey, I'm practicing!

[tsunkasapa]

That is quite nice. Well done.

[rleather]

Nice use of scrap, that no long can be called scrap! Good job.

[edwardmorris]

Thank you gents! I have bit the bullet and ordered some mighty expensive Barry King tools, will have some more to share once they get here.

[PastorBob]

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[AzShooter]

Great work for your first piece and a good use of some discarded leather.

[JayEhl]

Very impressive for a first time.   And when you start to use your BK tools, you'll understand why they're top notch.

[edwardmorris]

So a quick update, I had emailed BK this picture

 

along with the type of leather I'm working with (Tandy's Superior Oak 8-9oz) and they recommended #2 Edge Beader and #2 Push Beader for the beads and rounded border. The tools arrived today and I tried them out on a small piece, and now I'm worried #2 might be too narrow  Thoughts? If I need the next size up, I hope I'll be able to exchange them....

 

[Klara]

I lnow nothing about tooling leather, but out of curiosity: Why do you want to make an exact copy down to the thickness of individual lines? Unless you are trying to start a career in forgery I would have thought some variation desirable...

[edwardmorris]

8 hours ago, Klara said:

I lnow nothing about tooling leather, but out of curiosity: Why do you want to make an exact copy down to the thickness of individual lines? Unless you are trying to start a career in forgery I would have thought some variation desirable...

The variation I'm after is to make the belt TV accurate :) . When bought, it didn't even come with a leather strap, and when looking at options to buy one pre-made, I just got inspired and excited about making one myself. Same thing happened to me a few years ago with my motorcycle :D, went looking for a vintage, ended up restoring one from the frame up myself and learned a lot in the process.