Advice re finger carving

[PastorBob]

It could be imperfections in the tanning process where some of the chemicals they used remained on the leather.  I have never tried it, but have heard use of deglazer can help remove the surface impurities.  Another thought is to wet all the leather pieces and allow them to dry.  I recently made a pocket humidor and its been drying for 3 days in front of a fan and is still not completely dry.

[johnnydb]

10 minutes ago, PastorBob said:

It could be imperfections in the tanning process where some of the chemicals they used remained on the leather.  I have never tried it, but have heard use of deglazer can help remove the surface impurities.  Another thought is to wet all the leather pieces and allow them to dry.  I recently made a pocket humidor and its been drying for 3 days in front of a fan and is still not completely dry.

Wet forming leather...I'm always impatient when waiting for it to dry and checking in on it to see if it has.  What kind of jig/mold are you using?  

[PastorBob]

24 minutes ago, johnnydb said:

Wet forming leather...I'm always impatient when waiting for it to dry and checking in on it to see if it has.  What kind of jig/mold are you using?  

I have a hard plastic tube made for storing cigars I use to form the shape when the leather is wet.  As soon as the shape is formed, i remove the tube and set the wet leather pieces in front of the fan. This piece really needs to dry.  It is dyed, then laser engraved.  If not completely dry, it is too dark to really see the engraving on it.

[johnnydb]

57 minutes ago, PastorBob said:

I have a hard plastic tube made for storing cigars I use to form the shape when the leather is wet.  As soon as the shape is formed, i remove the tube and set the wet leather pieces in front of the fan. This piece really needs to dry.  It is dyed, then laser engraved.  If not completely dry, it is too dark to really see the engraving on it.

One last question...how are you removing the leather smell from the leather?  Usually cigars stored in a leather pocket sized holder retain the leather smell (because of the chemicals used in tanning the leather) 

I've seen a bunch lined with wood or something else to reduce the scent of the leather....

And the retail for leather cigar cases is sweet too. (I am not interested in selling my crafts...just curious) 

[PastorBob]

1 hour ago, johnnydb said:

One last question...how are you removing the leather smell from the leather?  Usually cigars stored in a leather pocket sized holder retain the leather smell (because of the chemicals used in tanning the leather) 

I've seen a bunch lined with wood or something else to reduce the scent of the leather....

And the retail for leather cigar cases is sweet too. (I am not interested in selling my crafts...just curious) 

In my uses, I either leave them in the cellophane wrapper, or they are not in their long enough to be affected by the leather "aroma" - lol.  I mainly use them when heading to an event and don't want to risk crushing them in transit.  When traveling for several days, I will take my herfidor (small, pelican style case), then transfer them to small leather humidor for an outing.

[chuck123wapati]

On 10/15/2021 at 8:43 AM, PastorBob said:

In my uses, I either leave them in the cellophane wrapper, or they are not in their long enough to be affected by the leather "aroma" - lol.  I mainly use them when heading to an event and don't want to risk crushing them in transit.  When traveling for several days, I will take my herfidor (small, pelican style case), then transfer them to small leather humidor for an outing.

check these out they are for wood turning, similar to pen making but i think you could cover them with leather also they are pretty cool i would try one but i gave up the gars a while back.

https://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/p/55/6539/artisan-Cigar-Case-with-Cutter-Punch-Tip-Kit?term=cigar+case&term=cigar case

[PastorBob]

18 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

check these out they are for wood turning, similar to pen making but i think you could cover them with leather also they are pretty cool i would try one but i gave up the gars a while back.

https://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/p/55/6539/artisan-Cigar-Case-with-Cutter-Punch-Tip-Kit?term=cigar+case&term=cigar case

pretty cool.  Wish I had the room and equipment to do wood.  Always fascinates me to watch wood turning.  some cigars I buy have a thin cedar wrap around them.  I could probably find some of that if necessary. Have had no complaints thus far.

[johnnydb]

On 10/15/2021 at 6:41 AM, PastorBob said:

It could be imperfections in the tanning process where some of the chemicals they used remained on the leather.  I have never tried it, but have heard use of deglazer can help remove the surface impurities.  Another thought is to wet all the leather pieces and allow them to dry.  I recently made a pocket humidor and its been drying for 3 days in front of a fan and is still not completely dry.

I discovered the reason why....it wasn't exactly a good reason either. 

I had cased the leather and that indeed was the reason...but not the only reason. The leather had shrunk so much that it concentrated the dye. And also because it shrunk so much it is now unusable for the intended purpose. 

 

So I've done another.... and it looks better than before...

So I'd post a picture up of the better version but the photo resizer isn't working anymore....I hit the button and it does nothing. 

[johnnydb]

Found another one...

[PastorBob]

Very nice.  Practice is paying off.