Bustin' Loose

[Rusty]

Another one of my "try it, and see how it works"

This was a hurry-up job for my niece's birthday - yep, she loves buckskin horses.

I made this one into a refrigerator magnet by gluing the finished product to an old advertising magnet, let it set up, and then, with an exacto knife, trimmed off everything but what you see. With the magnet behind everything, it doesn't curl while hanging.

Rusty

[wolvenstien]

Very cool.

[Cecil]

Another one of my "try it, and see how it works"

This was a hurry-up job for my niece's birthday - yep, she loves buckskin horses.

I made this one into a refrigerator magnet by gluing the finished product to an old advertising magnet, let it set up, and then, with an exacto knife, trimmed off everything but what you see. With the magnet behind everything, it doesn't curl while hanging.

Rusty

The tooling and colors are great. It has to be the most original refrigerator magnet around.

[Froghunter]

nicely done!

I agree the colors are great and yes, it is original!

[leatheroo]

very nice, your niece will love this for sure..

[SCOUTER]

Rusty, Again another BEAUTIFUL job! That "rope" job is wonderful! Just wondering how big (or small) is the piece? I love it!

[Rusty]

On the coloring - I used Fiebing's Tan Antique Finish and Fiebing's Black Leather Dye.

As to the size - I used the Stohlman patter found on page 25 of The Al and Ann Stohlman Personal Patterns Portfolio - Volume Two - nice patterns in there if you're into tooling horses. The pattern measures approximately 5 by 8.

I attached a couple of other magnets that I made from the Al Stohlman pattern on page 24 of How To Carve Leather - they measure approximately 4 by 4. I used different shades of brown with the light areas being plain.

For some reason, when I scanned them, they took on a reddish tint - don't know why, but, then, most things about this computer are pretty new to me.

Anyway, as with anything new, this magnet thing is kind of cool.

[Spider]

And then we find a new use for leather. AWESOME RUSTY!!! These look great. Did you get the magnet strips or is it a sheet?

[Rusty]

And then we find a new use for leather. AWESOME RUSTY!!! These look great. Did you get the magnet strips or is it a sheet?

Spider, back when I called myself being in business, I had yearly magnetic calendars and other magnetic advertising made up to give to customers - always some left over each year, and they'd just wind up in a corner someplace (hate to throw anything away). So this is a way for me to utilize them as well as use up some of the pieces of scrap leather in my scrap box. Not a bad idea, huh?

Rusty