Tooled leather armband

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Tooled leather armband

#1 Post by Sabinus » Sun Nov 24, 2013 7:28 pm

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Hi everyone, just thought I'd post this - fairly pleased for my first attempt. The toggles are ebony, made from reclaimed piano keys. The tooling took all of a few hours in front of the TV on friday night (although I think the resultant noise may have spoilt the show my partner was watching!). I had no leather dye, but ended up using the 'Edge Kote' I had for sealing the edges, over the whole surface. An application of dubbin over the top and it seems to have come up ok. I'll keep posting these as I make them - I've no-one else I know to give them to, but if anyone has a similar surplus of selfbow making materials of any type, maybe some trading can happen!!!
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#2 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Sun Nov 24, 2013 7:41 pm

Congrats! That looks great and I really like the colour it has turned out. Very classy IMO.

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#3 Post by bigbob » Sun Nov 24, 2013 7:51 pm

excellent work.Pity I don't have any suitable billets for self bows at the moment.
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#4 Post by greybeard » Sun Nov 24, 2013 8:02 pm

For your first attempt you have done an excellent job, neat and clean.

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#5 Post by Gringa Bows » Sun Nov 24, 2013 9:12 pm

Lookin good :biggrin:
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#6 Post by stringnstik » Tue Nov 26, 2013 8:50 am

love heavy carved leather :) top job
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#7 Post by rodlonq » Fri Nov 29, 2013 6:17 am

Very nice mate.

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#8 Post by hardgainer » Fri Nov 29, 2013 7:42 am

Nice work...great leatherwork... recycled ebony piano keys now that's great. 8)

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Re: Tooled leather armband

#9 Post by Sabinus » Sat Nov 30, 2013 8:49 pm

Thanks very much for the positive comments everyone! Like I said, if any of you other 'crafties' would like one, give us a hoy. I'm looking forward to exploring this technique a bit, as well as the decorative possibilities the toggles present. I kept all of the ivory veneers from the same piano the ebony came from - laminated together into thick little billets it could be lovely to carve.
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