Leather pictures

[mran1126]

I did a few leather projects this winter. First time working with leather. Holster is for Vaquero .45 colt. Thought you might like to see them.

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[NorEaster]

Nice work! For your first time that is excellent!

 

[Dale53]

mran1126;
It looks like REALLY nice leather! I enjoyed the photo, also!

Good work on BOTH fronts!

Dale53

 

[Ruger Packer]

Nice work!! For you that do leather work, do you stitch by hand or use a heavy duty sewing machine?

 

[robertkirksey]

nice work and those are some really classic hunting knives. Robert

 

[mran1126]

I do the stitching by hand. I use a groover to mark the stitch line. Then I mark the stitches with a set of dividers. I then Drill the stitch holes with a drill press and 1/16 th drill bit...then use a saddle stitch to hand stitch. It's not that difficult...just time consuming and I just have basic tools...groover is really the only thing I had to buy special.

 

[41manor44]

Looks like you put your time to good use. Great job on all. You say you mark your stitches with dividers, Tandy sells "over stitch wheels" which will evenly space your stitches. They come in 4,5,or 6 stitches to the inch. I think they now sell them all in one package.

 

[NorEaster]

Went to the Tandy page and couldn't find the lacing chisel that I bought from them years ago; but I use one like this:
http://paulssupplies.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=228
I also use the Tandy groover:
http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/home/department/Tools/Stitching-Lacing-Tools/8074-00.aspx
And their edge beveler:
http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/search/searchresults/8076-03.aspx
I like the finish to an edge that the edge beveler does.

 

[Kevin]

very nice. I love the color. Did you dye them yourself?

 

[alaskamace]

Good work! Pretty hard to beat the feeling of using something you made.

 

[mran1126]

Yes I dyed them myself. The dye is Tandy's canyon tan. I used their Acrylic Resolene finish. I might get an over stitcher if I keep doing more. But the dividers worked pretty well for me too. Thanks for all your comments.

 

[hapjack12]

Excellent! Puts my feeble attempts to shame. I guess you probably could sell some but that would take care of any spare time and to make money would require even more. You could make one for me though, couldn't you?

 

[Snyd]

Wow... nice job!

 

[BearStopper]

Thats not just nice that is outstanding work!

 

[PackinPreacher]

Thanks for sharing. Nice work!

 

[jimbo1096]

For the first time I'd say you did exceedingly well. Very nice work.