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  1. 11th March 2010, 02:17 PM #1
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    Default Leather Take 2

    had another play with the leather on the weekend

    Small Workshop Pencil - Camphour Laurel Tips, Chrome Tanned Leather Middle

    used a thicker leather this time, about 3-3.5mm

    leather is softer and more plyable than wood so when the tools touch it, it sort of moves away from the tool, you just have to use a sharp tool and let the tool do the work and not get carried away pressing harder , you tend to chew the wooden ends away real quick, this happened on the first one

    when i got down to almost size i used a fair bit of CA to stabilize and then this turned really well

    the finish is CA, lost count of the coats filling up the grooves between the leather pieces

    thanks for looking
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    That's cool

    Would suit a chippy with one of those older style leather handled hammers

    I imagine you went through half a bottle of CA on that pen, but the results aer worth it!

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    Look good from here
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    I keep telling people that if I can drill a hole in it I can make it into a pen hehe, not sure if that's entirely true but close enough Thats another example pushing the boundaries well done indeed, cheers ~ John
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    Hey Mik,

    Great job, the box keeps gettin' bigger, I'll never get out side it,

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    Nice one... one of Lisa's belts is looking better and better each time I see a leather pen

    (I don't think she will notice one going missing)
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    I don't believe I have ever seen a leather pen..radical dude!
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    Quote Originally Posted by corbs View Post
    Nice one... one of Lisa's belts is looking better and better each time I see a leather pen

    (I don't think she will notice one going missing)
    You don't need the whole belt... just a series of 'designer' holes. If she gets mad at the additions (subtractions??) on the belt, just tell her that to buy a belt like that would have cost a fortune

    Lemme know if you get away with it

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    corbs i think you will find it much easier on the life style if you head down to the op shop and pay $5 for a belt

    on the other side of the fence Ebay normally has people selling off cuts of usable size, just make sure that its not 1mm or less, this leather is generally upholstery leather which you will find is way too soft

    occasionally a belt manufacturer will put up 3Kg lots for about $10 which are all the edge pieces and man there is a lot of pens in 3Kgs

    thanks for the comments
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    I like it, looks great, Well done. it;s nice to try different materials and techniques.
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