I checked my previous notebook post to make sure I hadn't posted these two notebooks I made, but hooray I neglected this for a whole year so I didn't!
I made the Cowboy a notebook cover for some damn reason, I can't remember what that was. But again I turned to the pattern I purchased from Leodis Leather.
Many different notebook sizes are included with this pattern. Last time I made one of the smaller ones, this time I made the larger size, I think the Large Cahier (13x21cm) but I have no measurements with me because my patterns are at home. Perhaps I will remember to put them in later. Anyhoo, I combined Ian's pattern with this photo that was in the Tandy flier:
and came up with this:
The detail on that skull and crossbones stamp leaves a little to be desired. I tried to carve a mouth for the dude with arguable success.
I put the Cowboy's initials on the inside back flap and screwed up the T:
Looks super terrible close up. Luckily I did better on the front cover:
The basketweave stamp is time-consuming but totally worth it. I did the whole back, and haha I forgot I did those crossed pistols:
The pistols also have disappointing detail. I carved those out a bit too. They probably work better on thinner leather.
I mentioned in a previous post that I kept a kind of weak pseudo-journal of my first year in Utah. This is the notebook cover I made for that, using the same pattern as above. I'll just toss the photos out:
I require that all notebooks for myself MUST have a pen holder. I made this one by punching two holes, soaking the leather, and leaving a pen in the slot while it dried so that it would case into the proper shape:
And last but not least:
Brings a tear to the eye. *sniff
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