Leather Belt
I’ve been wanting to make some leather belts for some time now. I bought some buckles and belt blanks a while ago and had an idea of what I wanted to do with them, but never got around to it…until now.
Leather Moccasins
The most comfortable shoes I ever owned were a pair of tall buckskin moccasins I had when I was a kid. I would even wear them in winter. With a pair of wool socks, they were better than clunky snow boots. This evening I finished making a pair of basic moccasins to use this winter...
Leather Bird Scares
In an effort to keep birds from flying into the windows of our cabin, I’ve made several distinctive bird-scare silhouette from thick leather dyed black.
Deer Axe Sheath
My sister and brother-in-law have been asking me for a while to make a sheath for their axe. The family was getting together yesterday for dinner to celebrate my sister’s birthday so I told my brother-in-law to bring over his axe so I could take a look at it. The axe in question is a...
Leather and Denim Shoulder Bag
With tumblr and a pile of old jeans as inspiration, I decided that a denim and leather shoulder bag would be just the thing for my sister’s Christmas present. But with only 30 hours left until Christmas, would I have enough time to pull it off?
One Day
One day, years ago, a day not unlike today, with large snowflakes gently falling from a heav grey sky, I saw a coyote. I was riding my bike along a forested trail near the river, on my way to work. The trail crossed the train tracks and I dismounted my bike to carry it across...
Axe, Meet Sheath
I restored this axe a few weeks ago. I cleaned up the bit and attached a new handle. This very sharp and moderately heavy implement has since been leaning against the door of my office — an accident waiting to happen. Last night I started to work on a leather sheath to protect the bit...
Aspen Candle Holders
Yesterday I posted a few rustic wood table accessories that I made from Aspen branches. Today I made two sets of candle holders from branches of another Aspen tree. Could Christmas gifts get any easier? I don’t thinks so.
Rustic Table Accessories
In the early fall, the power company felled a couple of Aspens near the power lines at the cabin. I never like to see good wood go to waste so I collected it for firewood. The larger trunk pieces I left at the cabin, but the smaller branches I brought back the city. The bark on...
The Quickly Darkening Dusk
The quickly darkening dusk, one hour after sunset, descends upon me. Tall dry grasses in the field sway and shimmer in the rising moonlight. Fallen leaves rattle in the chilly breeze. Tree branches twist and dance. Looking up, black silhouettes encircle the grey disk of sky hanging over The Great Valley. Golden lights from the...
New Sculpture: Forest Home
I finished a new “sculpture” today. Okay, it’s mostly just a log I found in the river and which had been cut down by a beaver.
Leather Tobacco Pouch: White Wizard
Pipes and leather were meant to go together. Since I started collecting, I’ve been making leather tobacco pouches as companion pieces for each of my pipes. Each one follows a theme correlated to the style of pipe. This evening I finished a new leather tobacco pouch as a companion to my Gandolf replica Lord of...
