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Leather Sierra Pens

Leatherlass

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Great minds think alike Johnny5! :thumbs:

I pinched some of Kelvin's Sierra pen kits to practice on, but I didn't quite get my calculations right on the thickness :thinks: Next time I'll experiment with skiving down to the correct thickness at the ends so it meet the components better, I could of just used thinner leather but I'd loose tooling abilities if its too thin.

They are all made with vegetable tanned leather which I hand dyed, tooled & pyro'd etc etc. After doing the artistic bit, I then glued them onto the brass tubes using contact adhesive and hand stitched along the seam with Ritza waxed thread. I finally burnished the edges to round them off.

Looking forward to making more! Now where did Kelvin hide his 'nice' pen kits :funny: :love_it:

This one I call 'Chesterfield Red'. Hand carved and tooled

Pittswood Leather bound pen RED CHESTERFIELD pic 2.jpg
Pittswood Leather bound pen RED CHESTERFIELD.jpg

A Celtic Knot pen, done with pyrography and leather dye

SierraCeltic knot leather pic 2.jpg
SierraCeltic knot leather pic 1.jpg

Distressed green leather pen

Sierra in Green distressed leather pic 1.jpg
Sierra in Green distressed leather pic 2.jpg

Distressed red leather pen
Pittswood Leather bound pen in Red distressed veg tan.jpg
Sierra in Red distressed leather pic 2.jpg
 
fortress

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A lot of great skill has gone into the making of those pens, well done Christine you are multi talented. :thumbs::thumbs::banana:
 
Penpal

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Craig expressed my first viewing of your wonderful pens Wow indeed.

On display is the most remarkable workwoman ship I have seen in leather relating to pens. Wonderful lacing there. I predict overwhelming Sales and a new industry. Good luck with the kits. I am gobsmacked as was Wilma just now when I showed them to her. As a Craftswoman I highly value her opinion she shared with me rapturous reception of your display.

THank you for joining and participation,wonderful,marvellous work.

Kind regards Peter and Wilma.
 
Phil Dart

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Size matters! Mostly.

I have to say that to my eye, the fact that your leatherwork is slightly oversized adds to the charm, not detracts. If you'd turned them from a piece if wood or acrylic in a lathe, we'd all probably be agreeing with you, but the profile and medium you've used, I would say, looks just right exactly how you've done them.
 
Leatherlass

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Morning folks, thank you all so much for your lovely comments, you really are such a nice bunch :kiss:

[MENTION=843]peter[/MENTION], I LOVE dragons, we have a few here. I have one which we rescued from a car boot sale, it's a brilliant piece of art, made from nuts, bolts and nails etc, its very clever how the artist made it. :love_it:
[MENTION=1110]Phil[/MENTION], Yes I see what you mean, been thinking about it a bit more, if I did skive/taper them down the stitch line would look a bit odd I think. :thumbs:
 
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