Leathersmiths.....show us yer stuff, (#1) THIS THREAD IS NOW CLOSED

[cowboy316]

Santee
  Lookin good there pard i really like the pattern would love to have a copy of the carving pattern to play with
but all in all your doing great and like we all say PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE
     Cowboy316

[Dr. Bob]

santee,

Looks great to me! 

[santee]

Thanks!

[Ace Lungger]

Howdy my Friend Santee,
I think you did a GREAT JOB I had never seen that type of carving , Your knife control is absolutly SUPER
If you don't mind me asking, what blade were you using?

Santee, my Pard thank you for sharing, and with that type of knife control you will have no problem carving anything you want!
Later
ACE

[santee]

Thanks, Ace. I used the steel blade and polished it when it felt like it was dragging (Thanks Chuck Burrows and that great DVD).
Cowboy316, that is one of the tracing patterns Will G. put in the package. That would be the '49er holster pattern pack.

[Wiley Desperado]

Santee, looks good stay with it.
Wiley

[Gun Butcher]

  Santee, that is good looking work. Nothing to be ashamed of there at all.

Cowboy if your not careful you are going to flood the market   lookin' good man .  If you live in Laramie it was to cold to live on Tuesday

[cowboy316]

GB
  ya iwas was bout to cold to live here in laramie but i was nice and warm workin away on my leather work got a check book cover im doing now  ill keep ya posted with pic
    Cowboy316

[Johnny McCrae]

Howdy Santee,

That's a pretty good job you did there of carving! Thanks for sharing it with us.

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

Like Ace, I tried my hand at the swivel knife. There's a few boo-boos and choppy areas on this (I tried to do some of it without my spectacles).

                                          Beautiful work Santee

                                                  TW

[Irish Dave]

Lookin' good Santee.

[santee]

Thanks, fellas! However, this morning I was putting another coat of dye on, and I knocked the bottle over, spilling gobs of Fiebings Light Brown all over it.
So...now it will be much darker than I had planned!

[Ace Lungger]

Santee,
Pard I think you and I were born on the same night!! I feel for you , you work so hard and then in a blink of a eye something happens!
I hope it turns out better than you think!
ACE

[santee]

I'll let you know. Kinda funny, really.

[cowboywc]

Howdy  Santee
Don't feel bad, everyone I know has spilled a bottle of dye at least once on or off a project. (except me, knock on wood. but
my turns coming I'm sure.)
Years ago I made a holder for dye bottles from 2"thick foam, I cut the shape of the bottle out of the middle
of a 6" square. It holds the bottle with less chance of tipping.
WC

[Marshal Will Wingam]

I've done that.    More receltly, though I've knocked my lexol over several times. Now it's been transferred to a bottle with a WIDE bottom. No more spills since then.

You know, Santee, the darker color will look just as good as the lighter. Better, maybe. I never worry because darker is OK. It just adds more character. Be sure to post a finished pic.

[HorsePen Henry]

Santee, Ya dun good. I know a fella that knocked over a quart bottle of black Omega dye years ago. It was all over the granite slab and everything around it. That fella has been real careful ever since then when there is a open bottle around.

I like yer incised carving.
Horse Pen

[santee]

Haha! You guys are very supportive, and I appreciate that. I've got a little Chevy Chase/Dick Van Dyke thing happenin'. Always have been a clutz.
You know, now that it's all dry, it actually looks...good!

[Marshal Will Wingam]

You know, now that it's all dry, it actually looks...good!

That's good. 

[Pokey Packrat]

Santee, funny how some times mistakes we make lead to a different design than we have planned! I too. have made a holder

for my dye bottles after dumping them and creating a mess. Nice job keep up the good work