Engraving leather carving patterns

[silverchip]

Some of the next project. Hopefully this won't take nearly as long as the last one!!!!!

 

[Haraga.com]

Dave, nice work

 

[Brian Marshall]

Why would he wanna do that Lenny? So's you can tell him what yer gonna tell him?


B.

 

[Peter_M]

This is looking mighty fine.

Peter

 

[Haraga.com]

Brian, I was going to tell Dave that I saw his old girlfriend the other day.

 

[monk]

looks good. nice work you have there.

 

[Salvi]

Hi Dave, your hand engraving 'sheridan style' looks really wonderful. As I also make leather tooling I don't get to understand how did you lift up these flower petals.
Thank you

 

[Arnaud Van Tilburgh]

Sorry to be so ignorant but is this meant to kind of print into leather on high pressure?

arnaud

 

[Brian Marshall]

No Arnaud...

If you google Western leather carving you will see that this "style" is what is being used on the sterling plates that Dave is making.

These are to be used as "corner plates" on a Western style saddle. Another thing you might google?


Steel dies are made for the purpose of embossing leather by means of pressure. This is used imitate hand carving and reduce the cost of the product.



Brian

 

[silverchip]

This is not "Sheridan " style. Sheridan style is very round and has lots of stickers and leaves with the flowers that are usually round and in the middle of the scroll design. This is known as California floral pattern, The Visalia Stock Saddle Co. is well known for this. Stanley Diaz is credited with developing the pattern for them, just one of the many noted makers that worked for Visalia.

 

[silverchip]

The pedal lifter is simply an upside down round bottom graver.

 

[Arnaud Van Tilburgh]

Thanks Brian, yes I understand and I know how it is done. I just thought Dave was showing a die.

arnaud

 

[Dave London]

Real nice work Dave

 

[silverchip]

Thanks Dave!!!!

 

[golden forge]

That looks great!
Is this set also for one of Pedro's saddles?

 

[silverchip]

No, It is a collaboration with Chuck Stormes for a private collector.

 

[golden forge]

Please post photos of the set, and finished on the saddle if you get them, I would love to see how they turn out. That style and look of engraving is intriguing to me, I was told some time back by a saddle maker/engraver that the californian floral leather carving style does not transfer over to engraving very well, but from what I see it works quite well.

 

[silverchip]

It will be a while as I am to finish all of the silver first before the saddle will proceed. If I get photos of the finished piece, I will post them .