Re: It's nice to see so many....

On Feb 9, 4:10 pm, Schweik <goodsoldierschw...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 18:34:28 -0800 (PST), LarbGai <larb...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:





*****First sock puppet Howard posts.....

It's nice to see so many....

.... working to make this a functional group.

I've begun tracing out a pattern for making the sheath for my
Falkniven
knife. I'm using heavy weight paper and already have discovered two
design flaws in my first two attempts. I think there is more to this
than
meets the eye! If I had cut the leather out from the first drawing, I
would
have had a left handed sheath instead of right! On the second one, I
got
the side corrected but had the hold down strap going the wrong way.
How
many more screw ups will it take before I get it right?

Howard

*******Oh dear along comes his partner Dave...................

Knowing how many times I bang my head and end up with a headache when
trying new acrobatic feats? Probably a few : )
Best of luck in perfecting the design!
I suppose this is the same thing I do when drawing. I block in the
proportions first, with quick and light strokes, and only later do I
actually make the lines darker. If I start drawing one specific part,
and neglect the rest... it'll end up looking lopsided.
I still want to make a wooden sheath for my Ontario Machete, using a
router, I expect that would take a good bit of planning as well, and
probably a few failures as well.

Best, and goodnight,

-David

p.s. I seem to have come down with a most horrible cold. I've
certainly had enough of them recently. Including a flu that stretched
on for almost THREE weeks. I just hope this doesn't last as long.

********And along comes the Puppet master himself.

Knowing how many times I bang my head and end up with a headache when
trying new acrobatic feats? Probably a few : )

This took a while to percolate through my mind... It's been a while
since I did much gymnastics. But as I remember, aren't you supposed to
land on your 'feet,' not your head? ;p)

Best of luck in perfecting the design!
I suppose this is the same thing I do when drawing. I block in the
proportions first, with quick and light strokes, and only later do I
actually make the lines darker.

This is the area that I seem to have my biggest problems too. That,
and rushing to get the project under way. I have wasted way too much
leather simply because I didn't think through the entire procedure, or
make a correct template to begin with.

I still want to make a wooden sheath for my Ontario Machete, using a
router, I expect that would take a good bit of planning as well, and
probably a few failures as well.

Planning really does help. When I do stone carvings, I don't just
start out with a lump of rock and remove everything that doesn't look
like an elephant. "Freeing the Elephant from the Rock," as it were...
I'm guessing the same should be true when making leather projects
too... so how come I rush through them?!?

p.s. I seem to have come down with a most horrible cold. I've
certainly had enough of them recently. Including a flu that stretched
on for almost THREE weeks. I just hope this doesn't last as long.

I understand a large quantity of beer does wonders for a cold. Now all
you have to do is convince your parents of that.... Take care.

Steve Kramer
Chiang Mai, Thailand

*******Ah yes................Life on Yahoo is a box of fluffy ducks.
The whole group consists of Chuckie, Kramer and a handful of sock
puppets.

Good Lord! Old Stevie-Boy is a real live Seven Day Wonder! First he is
beating up on movie actors then quelling motorcycle gangs, a tripod
fighter, a CD slasher and NOW! A "stone carver".

Of course, as always Stevie is weakest on details; stone carvers carve
the epitaph on tomb stones. It is SCULPTORS who carve elephants from a
rock.

Do try to get it right next time Stevie. It is so embarrassing to
watch you fall on your face.

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Your anger is showing again, Timothy.

Howard
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