Not being able to do much physical work, I sometimes like to monkey around with an old hobby. Below is a wallet I made for one of the members on the forum, Wishlist. Sadly he doesn't get on here very often. The purse is one I made about 20+ years ago for my wife and it needed some fixing. I ripped out the old lining, which was rabbit fur, and put in deerskin. Soft for my wife's gentle hands. She has a problem with skin cracking open so the soft lining helps that. Of course that meant re-lacing too and I added a new strap. On the picture, especially the wallet. I know not why but when I take a close up, most times our camera will made the upper left look out of shape. Sorry it makes the picture look bad but it is what it is.
Dennis, very nice work. Do you make hatchet sheaths? I have a small kindling hatchet that could stand to use a cover with a strap/snap over it. If you do, would you be interested in a trade for one of my woodworking or forged pieces? I could make something custom made too. Just thinking out loud here.
Dang Dennis. Here we thought all you did was hoard wood. Very nice. The wabbit looks a little devious. I like the hummingbird.
Very nice work Dennis! That purse is amazing! Love the detail in the birds And the wallet is a classic look! Love the round on it
Jon, it has been a while since I've made one but it should be no problem. Would it be possible to cut out a block of wood and shape it like the hatchet? That works great for a form while making the sheath.
Great tooling there Dennis My mother and sister used to do a lot of leather work. Sister did an amazing, large, wall hanging of Jesus. I made some knife sheaths a long time ago but didn't do much tooling on em Tools aren't cheap, bet you have some $$ wrapped up in em
Really cool Dennis....... Ill need to keep this thread from the wife. She's been looking online at purses!
Use vegetable tanned leather and you wet the leather. Make the pattern you want, put it onto tracing paper and as the leather begins to dry out, trace the design onto the leather. Then the leather is cut with a specially designed knife called a carving knife. Then come beveling and many other tools one can use. You can make things simple or complicated depending upon how artistic you want to be. There are also some special stamps one can buy and I have a few animal stamps but those are quite expensive. I do mostly the carving. It can be time consuming but nice. Here is a small camera case I made for someone. The eagle was put on using one of the special 3D stamps. The border was a different tool and the initials were carved and stamped. One can stain the leather or leave it natural color. Of course you can use dyes if you like too but I don't do much of that if I can help it.
Yes. I shudder thinking of all the dollars I've wrapped up in this but it is something I like and I also taught one of my sons how to do this and he is better than I am. Naturally, when I am gone, all the tools go to him. Here is a picture that was taken many moons ago:
There's a lot of work in that clock great job Don't know where she got em but, My sister had 2 or 3 Revolving tool holders, similar to pic, was easy to grab the tool you want. Obviously some tools won't fit http://www.widgetsupply.com/product/XUJ4-31R.html?gclid=CKbCj6avp74CFeY-Mgodi3gAsw
