Members AzShooter Posted November 21, 2021 Members Report Posted November 21, 2021 WOW!!! What beautiful work all around. Someone is going to be very happy with that and so will your grandchildren in the future. As others have said, the basket weave is dead on. The carving is outstanding as well. How long did it take you? Quote
rktaylor Posted November 21, 2021 Author Report Posted November 21, 2021 On 11/21/2021 at 2:17 AM, AzShooter said: WOW!!! What beautiful work all around. Someone is going to be very happy with that and so will your grandchildren in the future. As others have said, the basket weave is dead on. The carving is outstanding as well. How long did it take you? Expand Thanks. I think I have about 3-4 hours in tooling. I finished the oak leaves and deer one evening, covered it up and did the basket weave the next day. I took a couple break during the basket weave, but it took about an hour and a half of tooling. On 11/21/2021 at 2:00 AM, TonyV said: Really, really nice! It will improve the looks of any jeep or saddle you care to strap it to. It would have to be a mule deer and maple leaves in my neck o'the woods, though. Expand It's oak leaves and white tail down here. It might be a little fancy for my Jeep. Randy Quote
MikeRock Posted November 22, 2021 Report Posted November 22, 2021 Randy, How many guide lines did you use for the basket weave? God bless Quote
rktaylor Posted November 22, 2021 Author Report Posted November 22, 2021 On 11/22/2021 at 1:56 PM, MikeRock said: How many guide lines did you use for the basket weave? Expand The short answer is 2. The centerline down the bend is a straight line. I used that to set my angle (I wanted the stamp to be even along that line). I drew a reference line across the area to be tooled at the predetermined angle. Then I work both directions from that line. I try to stay focused on keeping the stamp relative to the centerline. Let me know if that helps. Otherwise, I can probably take some pictures to illustrate the process. It's nothing earth shattering and is used by a lot of people. Randy Quote
Members Dwight Posted November 22, 2021 Members Report Posted November 22, 2021 On 11/22/2021 at 2:42 PM, rktaylor said: The short answer is 2. The centerline down the bend is a straight line. I used that to set my angle (I wanted the stamp to be even along that line). I drew a reference line across the area to be tooled at the predetermined angle. Then I work both directions from that line. I try to stay focused on keeping the stamp relative to the centerline. Let me know if that helps. Otherwise, I can probably take some pictures to illustrate the process. It's nothing earth shattering and is used by a lot of people. Randy Expand Honestly . . . I got lost in the description . . . and after seeing yours . . . it makes my arm and head hurt to think some day I'll take a whack at one similar . . . but I keep trying to talk myself into it . . . for my Marlin lever action .44 mag rifle. Any help is always appreciated . . . and I am definitely a newer novice when it comes to basket weave stamping. May God bless, Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
alpha2 Posted November 22, 2021 Report Posted November 22, 2021 (edited) Outstanding! I'm slowly working up to doing some scabbards. I've got a few lever actions that could use one. I've got an old book that shows how to do the pattern. What did you line it with? Jeff Edited November 22, 2021 by alpha2 Quote So much leather...so little time.
MikeRock Posted November 22, 2021 Report Posted November 22, 2021 Patience and accuracy. Key to most things. That was 'almost' the answer I expected, but I thought maybe another guideline scratched in every eight or ten rows, just as a micro check on straightness. Darned fine job!! God beless Quote
Members TexasJack Posted November 23, 2021 Members Report Posted November 23, 2021 I'd like to post a unique and different comment, but I'm afraid that I just agree with everyone else. Really, really nice job. Looks fantastic. Quote
Members thawk8541 Posted November 29, 2021 Members Report Posted November 29, 2021 That looks really nice! Quote
Members noobleather Posted November 29, 2021 Members Report Posted November 29, 2021 This rifle scabbard is just WOW. Thankyou for posting the pics! Great work on the stamping, basket weave is so sublimely tricky and you have pulled it off and then some.The pics make me want to get out there and do something similar. thankyou for posting Quote
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