Journal cover by g4ghb

[Man of Tanith]

Inspired by a nose through a certain buscraft guru's web shop i wanted a leather cover for my moleskine notebook. However I did not want to pay £30 to have their name on it. So I posted a wanted thread in the makers area here and Graham G4GHB responded that he was up for the challenge.
After a few PM's discussing what I was looking for, He set to work and i recieved this in the post this morning! To say i was pleased is to state the obvious. so here it is a personalised notebook cover which i shall be taking with me on all bushy advetnures from now on

cheers for a good job Graham

Sam

 

[drewdunnrespect]

thats superb and would definatly like something like that my self.

 

[Man of Tanith]

i am well chuffed with it Drew
pop G4ghb a pm see if he can do you one. he was brillaint at putting what i had in my mind into the masterpiece you see,
Cheers
Sam

 

[scrogger]

Very nice indeed.

Graham are you taking commissions for these ?

To say I am a tad interested is an understatement.

Andy

 

[g4ghb]

Glad you are pleased Sam, and thanks for the pic's - I like the keyring on the pen, my spacepen has a pocket clip on it so never thought you would use it for that!

 

[g4ghb]

thats superb and would definatly like something like that my self.

Graham are you taking commissions for these ?

I'm sure we can come to an arrangement guys - drop me a PM

 

[Man of Tanith]

Graham
thanks for the keyring a nice extra you threw in there.
i thought it looked too good to have my keys attached to it so lil bit of tinkering and voila
Sam

 

[drewdunnrespect]

hiya geaham thanx for the offer but there is a problem in that the one i want covering is an a4 ring bound artists sketch card pad so is bit bigger and i also want to burn the drawing thats on the first page of it on to the leather front, and if possible make it myself but were to get the tools and the actual leather is another problem cheers anyways drew

 

[g4ghb]

Graham
thanks for the keyring a nice extra you threw in there.
i thought it looked too good to have my keys attached to it so lil bit of tinkering and voila
Sam

cool - did you adapt the pen to take it then? - I'd like to see how if you did.....

 

[Man of Tanith]

no adapting the pen mate
my spacepen came on a long bit of leather to wear round neck but it bugged hell outta me so i removed it, the pen still had a lil metal loop on the top of it so i just threaded the end of the keyring through, then pushed the key ring through its loop so it made a kinda hitch over itself and locked it in place. if you look on first pic you can just bout make it out?
Sam

 

[g4ghb]

Ah I see - all makes sense now!

BTW Swmbo says your sig line is wrong! - it should read ..... 'when in doubt, eat chocolate!'

 

[Man of Tanith]

glad it made sense when i was reading back how i had explained it i confused myself and i did it!
my sig line is kinda a family motto faintest sign of something occouring the kettle goes on.
tho the chocolate idea aint bad but a brew doesn't add to the ever expanding belly
Sam

 

[g4ghb]

Think it is a woman thing though mate - i'm with you on the tea!

 

[firecrest]

Beautiful! Looks totally professional, and unlike a generic shop bought one, it is genuinely personal.

 

[Shewie]

That's nice Sam, lovely work Graham

 

[Man of Tanith]

Firecrest
That was why i asked for someone to make one. the quality of the workmanship available throught this forum is downright amazing.
and as you say so much more personal than buying one from a shop, and it has my name on it rather than a certain bushcraft guru's.plus having my name on it not there's meant it was a darn sight cheaper!
cheers
Sam

 

[Kerne]

That is one classy bit o' kit!

 

[Bushcraftsman]

Wow this looks amazing. MoT you should be very happy with that

 

[firecrest]

g4ghb's stitching is fantasitcally neat, I can vouch for his work, he was kind enough to give me a sheath to learn pyrography on

 

[Man of Tanith]

Bushcraftsman trust me i am well pleased with it.
had it in my jacket pocket today and shown it off to some collegues at work they all think it is very cool.
the stitching is so neat it could be machined
a brilliant personal bit of kit
i shall be taking it away with me tonight on its first night out
cheers
Sam