Today's leathercraft projects

[Eric_Methven]

I've been fairly busy with leather projects today. Here's some of what I've made.

First a couple of sheaths for a member. They supplied the knives and I made sheaths to fit.

Then I made a decent cover for my "Light my fire" toasting fork.

Then I made an A5 journal cover for a Scout I met last weekend up at Alnwick.
It contains an A5 spiral bound sketch pad.

Then I decided to pimp my other hip flask.

After some trial and error I discovered the best way to get the leather to hug the inside profile at the back of the flask was to use double sided carpet tape. It worked out OK.

Thanks for looking,

Eric

 

[EdS]

looking good.

The sheaths are spot on.

 

[Ph34r]

Showoff! Love the journal!

 

[gsfgaz]

Awesome work ....

 

[TJRoots]

brilliant

TJ

 

[milius2]

That is cool stuff!

 

[SOAR]

nice work as usual Eric!, nice looking knife by John Millington there aswell

 

[topknot]

That some nice work.

Topknot.

 

[Tengu]

Never mind the leatherwork, anyone who can do Celtic Knotwork is very high in my estimation

 

[g4ghb]

cracking as always Eric! what do you use to colour the 'pics' in , i'm guessing a permanent marker for the lines otherwise you have a real fine brush and an even steadier hand!!

 

[zeBarOOn]

Hey Eric, good stuff!

What do you use that triangular looking knife for? Looks interesting...

Joel

 

[Eric_Methven]

cracking as always Eric! what do you use to colour the 'pics' in , i'm guessing a permanent marker for the lines otherwise you have a real fine brush and an even steadier hand!!

I just use a regular gel pen for the lines (which is waterproof when it dries) and acrylic ink for the colour.

 

[Eric_Methven]

Hey Eric, good stuff!

What do you use that triangular looking knife for? Looks interesting...

Joel

I don't use it for anything. It's not mine. I just made the cover for it.

 

[EdS]

THe bladers are mine - the little one gets used for just about every thing. The shaped just made itself whilst we were forging some old Land Rover springs. Turns out is a very good shape for general work - kitchen, herb/garden gathering, scrapping, trimming. I've even removed 4-5" branches with it.

 

[snelgrave101]

very neat work indeed what tool do you use to do th carving work ? .

 

[dave53]

hi eric what do you use to stitch the leather machine or hand
regards dave

 

[Eric_Methven]

very neat work indeed what tool do you use to do th carving work ? .

I dampen the leather to soften it, I cover it with clingfilm to keep the moisture in then I place a drawing of the image over the clingfilm and tape it in place. Then I take a normal gel pen and go over the drawing outlines with a firm pressure. This transfers the image to the leather. Then I strip off the clingfilm and let the leather dry, with the impression permanently pressed into the surface.
Once dry, I go over the grooves again with a gel pen which is waterproof when dry. Then I add colour.
Finally, I go over the whole thing with neutral shoe polish, rub it well in and buff with the "taking off" brush.

 

[Eric_Methven]

hi eric what do you use to stitch the leather machine or hand
regards dave

It's all hand stitched Dave. I only use a sewing machine for making clothes.

 

[g4ghb]

I dampen the leather to soften it, I cover it with clingfilm to keep the moisture in then I place a drawing of the image over the clingfilm and tape it in place.

cover it with cling film! - why didn't I think of that!!! :togo: I have just been using the 'work quick before the paper goes too soggy' technique

cheers Eric, another top tip!

 

[Toadflax]

cover it with cling film! - why didn't I think of that!!! :togo: I have just been using the 'work quick before the paper goes too soggy' technique

cheers Eric, another top tip!

Yes indeed. I switched to using good quality tracing paper, which doesn't stretch like plain paper, but it does wrinkle up a bit.


Geoff