2 more tooled leather Armguards

[Over&Under]

Originally posted by Bel007:
Dang.  Beautiful work. Very impressed with your work.  Nice job!

My thoughts exactly!

[Keefer]

You got talent and it shows!  

[Frenchymanny]

Woooooo.......I need one!

                   

F-Manny

[stickbowmaniac]

Very nice

[TSchirm]

Incredibly beautiful work

[Chris Surtees]

Beautiful work!

[SteveD]

Beautiful work.

[Mike Most]

"all my work is lined with Roo hide"

It is a georgeous piece of work, "I was fixing to ask" (texan slang) about the lining on the back. I generally use suede or chamois, we dont see many "roos" this far north.    

I know you have many hours spent with a good pair of magnifying glasses and good light tooling your leather.

 
 
Shoot Straight
Mike

[Larry Surtees]

very very nice

[B/W lvr]

Leather is sold in ounces and 1 ounce is a 64th of an inch. Therefore 10 ounce leather is 10/64 of an inch or 5/32". As for selling your work it has to be very top quality and I have no problem selling all I can make. My work is not cheap but it is unique and will last the shooter or hunter their lifetime and most probably the life of their kids and grandkids. As an example: not everyone wants or can afford a habu or adcock bow but neither of them has a problem selling them.B/Wlvr

[bolong]

Those are really nice. You have got some talent!  

[Jacko]

Thanks for explaining how leather is sold so clearly B/W lvr.

I am self taught and this presents the problem. My work is not top quality and does not pass muster as I slowly learn correct technique and purchase the necessary tools. I'm not being hard on myself it's just as B/W lvr say's it's got to be top quality bordering on perfection to sell for the price that reflects the amount of work in it. The fact it will last for decades is lost on many folks.

I have gone off making Selfbows just now but I have been approached many times by folks asking if they could buy one and I told them what I thought my bows where worth I was most often met with a sneer and comment like "that much for a stick - I'll go buy a fiberglass bow." Then I would offer to teach them to make their own Selfbow for the cost of their time. Invariably they would pay 3 times what I was asking for a kit bow from Bingham a clearly talented person had assembled with exotic timber and giving a glossy epoxy finish

regards Jacko

[Rookie@51]

I might have to try my hand at this stuff. When I went to school way back when I did a little leather work in industral arts. I can remember that it was something I really liked to do but being a kid I didn't have the money to do it. Now I have started shooting Traditional equipment I just have to try it again. You work is very impressive. I know it would hard to put a price on something like that because of the amount of time you put into it. They are great works of art to me. You are a craftsman. God bless you and yours..........Rookie@51 aka Dusty