@Bax I think you are right! How much does yours weigh & how do you use it? I completed an eyeglass case yesterday, from a Tandy Kit.
Good job on the eyeglass case, Sara! It looks like you're proficient with the stamping and tooling! Yay! - Bax Oh, and my anvil is for farm use... general whacking and a little bit of blacksmithing. Sometimes it's just a place to put my drink, when I'm working on one of the tractors. ;-)
Thanks @Bax. I am almost done with 2 valet trays, made from scratch. Coming out nice, despite some mistakes made from limited experience.
I just completed the first of 2 valet trays. The second one is nearly done. Here is the one I made for my husband. It s made to honor Blackbeard’s lesser-known cousin, Brown Mustache; I should have used thinner leather, as it was hard to shape it. To get it into the desired shape, I put it in a vise & kept moving it along until it was bending where it needed to.
I took a trip to Lyndhurst todays & bought more goodies- some embossing wheels, a T-Rex stamp & some leather sheets. I took some soft, chrome-tanned leather and sewed a pouch for my nice brass caliper.
Not yet. Busy summer, and the older I get, the faster it goes! I'd still like to get up there, just don't know when.
Ok, just wondering. In the Lyndhurst store, we got very good customer service, so I will be curious how that is, in the other stores.
August 15 is National Leathercraft Day... https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-leathercraft-day-august-15/
Here is the document case I made. I cut a 13” x 24” piece of leather from a single-shoulder. Rounded the corners, punched holes, stamped, dyed, burnished, etc. Front; Close-up; Back;