The original. I hoped the leather-ette insert was easily removed since I already knew from a review they included spare screws.
It is. Just a sticker. Carefully removed it becomes the pattern.
First run was a simple test to make sure it could be done. 4-5oz leather and a basketweave stamp.
It will match the leather accessories of any cop vapers.
Simple again but I had to buy some stamps for this. 4-5oz leather again.
Plenty of left/right options in this line at Tandy.
Now it's getting difficult. 6-7oz leather and carving much too small for my swivel knife.
I'm not overly impressed with a facial carving, but it's Bacchus, on an Aegis, with a Themis. What's not to love about pagan drunkenness?
Being thick this one needed some wet molding and a lot of sanding.
I have another blank cut of 6-7oz and one I think is 8-9oz. What to make next?
If you want some of your own you can get cheap leather tools and small leather sheets from Amazon. The 4-5oz seemed OK for stamping and wasn't bad to fit. You could probably get a bag of scrap leather which would be cheaper but a gamble if you'd get any thin stuff. All of this came out of my scrap box.
A little drum sander and a dremel can take the edges down to the 1-2oz needed to fit.
For fancier stamps like the eagles you'll have to go to Tandy but Amazon's cheap general leather stamps are very serviceable.
Now get to work!
It is. Just a sticker. Carefully removed it becomes the pattern.
First run was a simple test to make sure it could be done. 4-5oz leather and a basketweave stamp.
It will match the leather accessories of any cop vapers.
Simple again but I had to buy some stamps for this. 4-5oz leather again.
Plenty of left/right options in this line at Tandy.
Now it's getting difficult. 6-7oz leather and carving much too small for my swivel knife.
I'm not overly impressed with a facial carving, but it's Bacchus, on an Aegis, with a Themis. What's not to love about pagan drunkenness?
Being thick this one needed some wet molding and a lot of sanding.
I have another blank cut of 6-7oz and one I think is 8-9oz. What to make next?
If you want some of your own you can get cheap leather tools and small leather sheets from Amazon. The 4-5oz seemed OK for stamping and wasn't bad to fit. You could probably get a bag of scrap leather which would be cheaper but a gamble if you'd get any thin stuff. All of this came out of my scrap box.
A little drum sander and a dremel can take the edges down to the 1-2oz needed to fit.
For fancier stamps like the eagles you'll have to go to Tandy but Amazon's cheap general leather stamps are very serviceable.
Now get to work!