A Little Fun with Leather

Steven Long

Steven Long

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Lately I have become obsessed with leather working and have been practicing a lot of carving, tooling and coloring. I have so much more respect for leather workers now (not that I didn't have the highest of respect before :)).

Like making knives, I have become addicted to the craft. Here are some projects I have completed recently...

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And some leather trading cards I have been making. These have been great practice.

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Thanks for taking a look!
 
Nicely Done, Steven. I see you have had some good, and useful help from Mr. Stohlman via Tech Tips. That book is a wealth of information for anyone wanting to carve leather. Your are laying down your colors very precisely and that is a VERY good thing. It's also not the easiest thing in the world to accomplish.

Keep at it, your last name will carry your far!;):D

Paul
 
wow! stunning very precise and clean too... like paul said laying down the color like that is difficult
nice work
Gene
 
Paul Long, Steve Long, both from Texas, both good with leather...any relation?
 
sheathmaker said:
Nicely Done, Steven. I see you have had some good, and useful help from Mr. Stohlman via Tech Tips. That book is a wealth of information for anyone wanting to carve leather. Your are laying down your colors very precisely and that is a VERY good thing. It's also not the easiest thing in the world to accomplish.

Keep at it, your last name will carry your far!;):D

Paul
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Thanks, Paul! That color sure is tricky. I'm working on one with a lot of shading and can't quite figure it out yet. Made a few practice pieces to learn a bit before trying it on the piece I'm working on. Tons of fun!

Haha! People in the leather world have told me that before ;). Kind of fitting since I have learned most of my sheath making skills from your videos :).
 
IVANKERLEY said:
wow! stunning very precise and clean too... like paul said laying down the color like that is difficult
nice work
Gene
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Thank you so much, Gene! It's great reading that since I have only been doing this for the past few months. It's hard to judge your own work after staring at it for so long :).
 
Strigamort said:
Very very nice. I really dig..., well, all of it.

Any coloring tips you'd like to share will not fall on deaf ears.
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Thanks!
I am doing some more experimenting tonight and will get back with you about any tips I figure out. Slow and steady, quality brushes, layering the colors but waiting until the previous coat dries, and Tandy sells a great book about coloring. Will get the name of it for you once I get home. Has some great tips in it.
 
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