Beaded knife sheath with strike a lite bag
I posted the strike a lite bag before. Got it finished up with the tin cones and made the knife sheath to match it.
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Oh, that's cool! Matching set. Your work is good, with enough spacing... I tend to space the beads too closely and when I sit the item on a flat surface, the beads bunch up... Gotta work on that......
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Thanks Ma, I have problems with spacing sometimes too. On these the green and yellow were just a touch bigger than the white and red. You can see on the top of the knife sheath there is a little...
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Ok, I thought I noticed the different sizes of beads... Then I thought my eyes were just playing tricks on me... ~Lol~ Yeah, some people use less beads in like every other and every 3rd row to stop...
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Very nice Curtis... Brain tan or commercial leather?? Quills
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Thanks, Quills, this is commercial but I have some braintan that I am gonna work on. I also have several hides in the freezer that I need to tan. I have only done dry scrape and wann try wet scrap....
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Your going to find out ...beading on Braintan is a heck of a lot easier.... results that good on commercial leather...definitely need execution on braintan... Quills
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Nice work!Don't try to be perfect ...good beadwork is "perfectly-imperfect" to quote Georg J. Barth.Working on braintan is different ...as Quills eluded to. Don't try to work between lines...go with...
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Artists are the hardest on their own work... Doesn't take a master to impress someone else, but it seems it takes mastery to impress ourselves... Awesome job... BobK, did you bead that yourself?...
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Yes Ma that is my work. fringe just doubled, not a gusset.
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Very nice Bob I have put the needle thru the braintan a few times and am looking forward to working with it. I only have a couple tanned hides though and don't want to waste them. I have several I...
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Yup, me too. I have to put it down for a while and when I get it out again, I try to look at it from another's prospective... To see if it really is picture-worthy, and could I sell it... Ma
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Very nice....You will love beading on brain-tanned...
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