Scrap Leather Projects.

A gentle old man gave me these.

Told me to figure what I can do with them!

Received many suggestions from members.

Shall keep posting as I go along.

These will be belts?

Coin Purses With Chinese Names.

Gifts for two young kids.

Drill Press For My Leather Work.

This is my "New" toy!

Pretty handy to have one around.

A Croc Buckle.

A croc buckle. Shall make a mold with this and use it to compress some "Croc" skins?

Nov. 1st.

Not much details.

Need to work on it!

A Singapore Sunrise!

What a beautiful morning!

Shot just after we picked up our hook.

Cobra Head Buckle On A Pivot!

It started off as a joke when someone suggested to have the cobra head pointing downward.

I thought the better of it!

26th /09/09

Just did another belt to go with it.

Leather Labelled Cargo Pump Panel.

Keep those scraps!

I used them to label the hydraulic pump switches.

Birth Of A Mini Boot.

The last time I made one was some nine years ago for a friend in Texas.

Done many back in the 80s.
Am now making for an old friend.
Shall get it done later tonight and one more with snake skin.

Done, 8th September.

29/08/09

Just did another one.

Key Chains.

My wife made these awhile back.

Birth Of A Cobra Head Buckle.

Got this done this morning.

"Rough Sea" on Leather!

Acha!

Woke up this afternoon and received this beautiful picture!

Another gift from my friend, Mr. James Geigan.

It was embossed with leather "plugs".

The sails, clouds and sea were painstakingly executed!

The masts and hull look like they were carved from wood!

See the Singapore Flag?

My National Day Gift!

Priceless!

Thank you, James!

More Cobra and Python Projects

August 28th,

Made the eyeglass case this morning.

Just finished this Cobra Ranger Belt for myself.

Shall lace those bracelets later.

A matching fone case.

August 26th.

Covered buckle.

August 17th.

August 15th.

August 30th.

Proud To Be Singaporeans!

My nephew, Mok Shaowei & Family taking the pledge at our 44th National Day Parade!

Python/Snakeskin Belts,Tobacco/Phone Pouches,Wallets Etc.

August 8th 2009

Our 44th National Day Project!

31st July 2009

Just done two more.

A roll edge belt in progress.

Shall do the reverse from the others.

July 20th.

Just did the buckle.

July 21st.

Done.

Just finished these three wallets.

Below are all my other snakeskin projects.
All in one post.
Enjoy!

Tooled Leather Biker Wallets All In One Post! Carving, Woodgrain Etc.

Hello, I put all the Biker Wallets in one post!

Enjoy!

Ostrich leg... in progress.

Woodgrain.

Black & White.

Monitor Lizard.

Japanese Style.

Carving.

Brown Cobra.

White Cobra.


My Hand.

Hair On.

Lion.
Python.

Nude!

Got this carving pattern from a fellow leather friend.

Antler Sheath For An Old Knife.

Just finished up this for an old knife.

No carving, just pounding!

Another Belt For A Colleague.

Just completed this embossed "Pueblo Pattern" belt for a colleague.

May looks better if I'll to add in those star conchos in those circles but he wants it plain, so I stamped a flower center instead. That tool is one of three Barry King's given to me by a IILG / Flasah member.

July 05.

His second one with star conchos!

Here is another

August 16th.

Hyena, Black & White Cat.

Took these with my cell phone.

A camel or hyena?

Ostrich Leg Biker Wallet.

The ostrich leg skin is a fraction longer than 15" and 7" at its widest.

Height of wallet 7 1/8", so have to make do with whatever left of it!

Humming Bird Weaving.

Got home after a ten days trip and found this nest on my grafted hibiscus.
It's a humming bird!
Or a sunbird as we called it here.
It took off when I was about to shoot it!
With my camera lah!

I'll be watching!

June 23, 2009

My wife tied a rafia string on the top of the nest and it made good use of it!

Three Snake Skin Wallets.

Just did three more wallets.

All hand stitched.

More in other posts.

Tooled Wood Grain Biker's Wallet & Other Wood Grain Projects!

I put all my wood grain projects in one post.

June 6th.

This is one of the most viewed posts.
Enjoy!

May 19th, 2009.
Just did the cover for another.

Done May 30th.
July 27th 2008.

May 29th, 2008.

Wood gain barrel.

June 2008.
Wood Grain Umbrella Holster.

July 29th, 2008.

Wood Grain Wristband.


August 30th, 2008.

Wood Grain Cell Phone Case.

For my daughter.

July 27th, 2008.
Wood Grain Wallet.

August 3rd, 2008.
Wood Grain Wallet.

Nov.24th, 2008

With termites!

Dec 15th, 2008.

Key Vest & Cigarette Case.

Fun projects for friends.

His Very First/Second Leather Project!

My friend Nasuki who is going home tomorrow for two weeks is making a purse for his wife.

His very first project.

Making the card slots.

Stitching.

Edging.

Completed!

I am proud of him.

His second, August 19th.

Plastic/Copper Covered Maul.

Just covered this with a plastic pipe.

17.8 oz.

Shall look for a copper pipe for the other one.

Bought those spice pounders from a local Thai supermarket.

They are made from coconut tree trunk.

Wrapped with copper plate instead.

30/09/09

Making Of Ocean Plats & Tobacco Pouch.

How to........

Very keen! 0425 hrs.!

0230 hrs!

A Billy 2-Shews Wallet.

Bill Stockil, the master who introduced me to "leather" friends around the globe!

I missed him!

Got the pics out of a friend's memo pad.

Another Skiving Knife.

Just made another skiving knife.

Shall make a sheath later.

18th April.

Wallets, Belt, Phone Case etc....

Did these the last few days including those key fobs last posted.

11th April.

Key Fobs.

They chose the stamp with their initials.

Nothing goes to waste!

To be given away.

Another Sailor's Knife

From a hacksaw.

Used a snap button instead of the usual strap.

I'm a lefty.
Shall put them together soon.

All my knives are kept under locks & keys !

Done.

Rough Sea In Leather

A gift from a friend, James Geigan.
Wish I can carve like him!
Shall make a frame soon.

Belt, Wristband & Phone Case.

Mahogany + H2O.

Different shades on different tan?

Another 2-pc, Buckle.

Three coats of mahogany + H2O.

Finished off with two coats floor wax.

6th March:

Passed it to him in the morning, he left it in the mess room after lunch...... STOLEN!

Antique?

Friend's.

Roughly translated:

Made during the Ming Dynasty.

Belt With Skulls.

This is for a Myanmar friend.

Safety Ashtray?

I smoke like the ship's funnel!

My friend, Nasuki made this for me!

Birth Of A Stitching Pony!

A welder did this for me while doing some repairs the other day.

Shall dismantle a pallet for the 'body'.

All for a friend on board who wants to learn leather craft.

Check out my other ponies;

http://asailorsleather.blogspot.com/2008/01/stitching-pony.html

With a little help from my friends.

Use to a shorter bolt.

He made it and put to good use!

Dwarf Bananas? Grafted Hibiscus.

Met an old lady this afternoon who showed me her dwarf banana.

A few weeks later, it was stolen!

My neighbour's.

I grafted them.

2 in 1.

Grafted seven, lucky to have three different blooms in a day!

A Sailor's Wallet?

Shall stitch this up before going back to sea.

Done!

Screw up a little but ok lah!

My Pattern Knife.

Just made a new sheath for an old knife.

Lady Purse.

For an Indonesian friend.

His girlfriend can't find a dark green purse!

What did you say her name is?

Sheath For A Sailor's Knife.

"If you don't carry a knife on deck, you're not a sailor"!

Those were the days.

Ground from a hacksaw blade some years ago.
Found it while spring-cleaning.
The handle is of scrap leather that I used for practicing.

I'm a lefty.
WISH YOU ALL "GONG XI FA CAI!"

Here's another.

June 28th 2009

Head Knife / Sewing Palm / Jerk Needles.

Round or Head Knife?

I'll called it Half Moon:)

Check out my other post on Homemade Leather Tools.

Head Knives from Hong Kong?

Leather Covered Buckles & Others.

Some of the buckles I've in stock.

A "Rebuck"

"Jade" Wristband

Embossed 'Jade' Bracelets.

A Glowing Bracelet!

May make a dog collar next.

A Western Belt.

With matching buckle set!

Wallet / Passport Cover Face-lift!

Gave them a face-lift!

Another Ocean Plat.

15 fathoms and an hour later.

Spot the mistake?

Scroll down to see the other one.

Dated Dec. 27th 2007.

http://asailorsleather.blogspot.com/2007/12/floor-mat.html

April 24th,2009.

An Organizier.

Just completed this organizer.

Double loop kangaroo lace.

More Money Clips!

More to come!

Filipino Saddle.

Friend brought this saddle back from the Philippines and gave me as a birthday present! Need to work on it.

Am waiting for someone to give me a horse -:)

Leather Keyholder.

Keyhanger for my wife's friend.

Our keyboard!
This was for the Yong Family.

Stamped Belt.

Screwed up with the name! Did another one, salvage the wrong one by 'digging' it out, shall insert an exotic skin later.

Nov. 15th

Got it done at last.

Too long! 07/01/09.

Homemade Leather Tools.

With a little help from a friend.
Score, cut and bevel. 1/8".
A 3-in-1!

Someone said the handle looks like a hotdog!

Shall keep updating with a new post dated Feb.26th,2009

An Old Album.The Sailor!

That's me with the 'cowboy' hat!

Octopus hunting!

Songo Songo, Tanzania.

Tie a piece of rock to the meat should pull it clean off the shell by gravity.

A Spanish Dancer.

Made this for a friend.

Life is short!

Typhoon's tail!

GPS? What's that!?

Taichung

"Box" Coin Purse/Money Clip

Pretty handy!

Two-Piece Buckle.

Did two belts.

A friend bot that 2-piece buckle in Greece during his sailing days.

Tooled Leather Buckle.

Barbed buckle?

Snake Skins Tobacco Pouch/Phone Cases.

Tobacco pouch and

Cell phone cases.

More in other post. Check it out!

Black Cell Phone Case.

Just made another one with a star concho.

More phone cases in other post.

Check it out!

Black Phone Case.

Black with a horse head concho.

More phone cases in other post.

Check it out!

Smoking Pipes And Tobacco Pouches.

This is one of the "Most View" posts.

Enjoy!

Tobacco Pouches.

Soh gave me this pipe/tobacco pouch.

A two in one.

One Legged Dove.

Sept. 04th.

He is our regular!

August 27th.

Made an "Auto-Feeder" for them.

August 28th. It works!!!

August 26th.
Are we having more?

One leg!

Belt

Did this for a friend using his buckle.

Tooled "Jade" Bracelet.

Shall make one with smaller "Jades"

Spotted Doves.

I've documented them from day one nesting on our pot of mint plant till their siblings fledged.

Scroll down to

"New Family Members"

July 10th.

Letter Opener?

They sell them as letter openers !
Well... Thank you very much!

Six Slots Wallet

Just completed this one.

Lizard Cell Phone Case.

Monitor Lizard cell phone case.

More phone cases in other post. Check it out!

Water Monitor/Lizard Cell Phone Case

Did this yesterday.

More phone cases in other post. Check it out!

Palm Leaf Tooled Case.

For my wife.

The lines were made by tapping the cased leather over the lower part of a palm leaf.

Those used for wrapping fried rice noodles (Char Kuey Tiao) in the old days!

New Family Members! Spotted Dove.

August,12th 2008

It is now a routine, they come back every few hours for the food.

August 11th.

They came around 0900 and 1800 hrs. It did look like they are looking for their kids as in the first pic my wife told me that dad was cooing and looking behind those shelves. Check this out:

http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e210/Opelmok/?action=view&current=WhereAreMyKids.flv

They emptied the tray of food too!
A friend told me the thin one is male. ???
Hope they'll come back to breed again and not STOP AT TWO!

August, 10th 2008

THEY ARE BACK!

About 1415 hrs., my wife told me that they are back! Both the parents came and took the food, am not sure if its for their kids or for themselves. They stayed for about half an hour.
I shot them, put up the volume to hear their calls also in between you can hear a myna but took off before I can swing the camera.

http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e210/Opelmok/?action=view&current=MVI_3287Aug10th.flv

Enjoy! They left

As predicted, they left at around 1915 hrs. while I was watching our National Day Parade 'live'.
First egg laid on July 9th and fledged on August 9th.
We missed them but that's life! My wife took the last few pics around 1700 hrs. They were pinkish, wonder if that was a sign? Hope they do come back for those food should they go hungry.
Now to bring that Mint plant back to life?

Our 43rd National Day!

A family reunion? All four were here this afternoon! I bot them food yesterday and they are accepting it!
Few mins back, mum stocked those seeds and fed them to the kids! I think they're happy here and hope they do come back should they decide to leave.

08.08.08 Late Afternoon.

Bot them food.

On my way back, I kept calling my wife to see if they're still around!

One of them fell two floors down and I knocked on my neighbour's door to 'catch' it back!

This is the first night either mum or dad is not staying for the night! 08.08.08

Mother ( Father? ) and child spending the night at the grill.
It's raining out there!
They're still here this afternoon.

August 7th.

They left their nest the very first time this morning!

August 6th. August 5th. August 4th.

I shot them this morning!!!!

View videos:

http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e210/Opelmok/

Hope they're ready by the 9th to join in our 43rd National Day celebration!

August 2nd. August 1st. 2008 July 31st. July 30th. July 28th.

They just changed shift and feeding time! July 27th.
July 25th. July 24th.
THEY HATCHED!
We are thrilled! What a beautiful sight! July 19th.
She let me touches her! Well... to a certain extend.. July 17th.
July 14th.

Second egg on the 11th.They came on the 7th.

Checking out the place.
Comfortable?
We'll take this mint leaves.
First egg on the 9th.

Hatching, only one?

Small Dog Collar.

I used a watchband buckle set.

"Ok , will leave it to the dog to make out a cheque payment to you. Cheque may get bounced as he has to use the correct paw print."

Bluetooth Earpiece & Phone Cases.

Finished these at 0330hrs. this morning.

Check out my other Bluetooth case.

More Key Fobs!

Am getting the hang of it!

Key Fobs/Cup Holders

Spent the weekend making these.

Tug Masters In Action.

Action speaks louder than words!

They work like spiders!

Shall I say... Octopus?

Simple Wallet.

Simple six slots.

No tooling.

More wallets in other post. Check it out!

Toy Gun Holster.

For a chicken rice seller's son.

Tot I'll get a free meal, he gave me two extra chicken feet!

Twenty Slots Wallet!

25.2 x 10 cms.(10" x 3 7/8")

20 card slots!

For a friend working in Indonesia.

More wallets in other post. Check it out!

Tooled Leather Money Clips.

May Day! May Day! This sailor is busy!!

All Singaporeans received some cash yesterday!

Edges still wet.

Numerology?

Believe in numerology?

3.2 cms. + 14.8 cms. = 18

Huat Ah !!!!!!

Toilet Seats!

Sister-in-law bot them in New Jersey.

Made in China.

Shall cover them with carvings soon.

Leather Bottell II

Need to coat the interior.

Another Leather Bottell.

Shall make another one with fringes.

A Dog Collar

Just completed this for my nephew's pet.

Someone said it sounds like "peeing" in Cantonese -:)

A Leather Pencil Case

Just came back from sea trial and did the stitching.

Carved Knife Sheath.

A Naked Knife!

Check out my other knife sheaths

Carved Bluetooth/Earpiece Phone Case.

Fun Project, would you carry this?

I don't have the ear piece!

More phone cases in other post. Check it out!

Card Case

Guess Who?

Carved Round Bag.

Three weeks, six sored fingers and two nautical miles of laces, I completed this 18" dia bag for my wife -:)

Gun Holster/Fun Project

For my carving tools.

Stitched with the aid of an awl blade.

From The Leather Masters

More to come!

Fun Buckle

Just for fun!

Check out my other buckles.

Tooled Cell Phone Case.

More phone cases in other post.

More Inlay Cell Phone Cases

Just completed two more.

More on other post.

Leather Inlay Cell Phone Case.

My Lunar New Year Case!

More phone cases in other post.

Leather Watch Case.

A new watch case for our neighbour.

My Card Case

Made myself a card case.

Another "2-Shews"

Tooled Bible Cover

Gave this to a friend this afternoon at the coffeeshop.

God Bless!

Stitching Pony / Workbench

A sailor's stitching ponies made from scraps.

I know they don't look good but they served the purpose.

Place your thigh against the 'Butterfly' nut to prevent the thread from getting caught!

This is the most viewed post!

10th Feb.2009.

Gave this to a friend.

Shall keep updating with a new post dated Feb. 26th,2009. http://asailorsleather.blogspot.com/2009/02/birth-of-stitching-pony.html

My tooling surface: 46 x 30.5 x 7.5 cm. ( 18" x 12" x 3" )

My workbench is getting smaller.

Sewing Palms

Singapore

Singapore Cruise Center.

With so many foreigners around, I felt like a tourist too!!!

Friends Project.

Like to start New Year with a post for friends. So please revisit to check this out!

Joy: http://leather2you.com/

Beon: http://leatherprince.blogspot.com/Marlin Read: http://www.marlinsmountainleather.com/Walter Jones: http://www.shawforleather.etsy.com/Soh:www.COMING SOON!
Frank: http://moutainmanleather.com/

Steve Roberson: www.rockinbsleatherworks.info

Mini Saddle Bags

Fun project for spare batteries!

Picture Transfer/Another '2-Shews'

Some blunders! Forgot to copy that pic. with ' mirror image ', the wordings of that temple ( Hong Kong ) came out the other way! Used that for the back piece. Should have used thicker leather for the flaps! My sisters-in-law are not complaining! We learn from mistakes!

Check out my other "2-Shews"

Soh's Work.

Making eyepatches for a customer.

At The Hereen, Orchard Rd. Singapore.

A Loving Couple!

Soh's Custom made Biker's Wallet.
With almost twenty years experience!

19 Compts.Feng Shui Wallet.

Gave this to a friend, met him again some months later, he told me that it ' burst!'

Maybe he had too much money after carrying it! ROFLOL!
Good Feng Shui!
Sorry Brother!

Those Were The Days! Sailing.

Songo Songo, Tanzania 1980.

Food!

Baobab

Water hole.

Ali Shan, Taiwan 1970

Put my head in for this shot!

Seen a chopper swimming?

Been here twice.

Gulf of Suez.

Lost a Dutch 'leather' friend who worked on one of these.

Sunset

Lonely out there!

Seen a rainbow lately?

Looking for that pot of gold?

Leather Covered Thumd-Drive / Tape Case

Thumb-drive. Measuring Tape.
Scarf / Napkin? Skiving Blades

Carved Ping Pong Bat Cover.

For a table tennis transplant who represented Singapore in the Olympics. That two words in red said, " Keep It Up "! The other side is a " 2-Shews " of the player's face and the Singapore Flag.

Carved Western Scissors Case

For three pairs. Shall make a gun belt for it when time permits.

Unusual Pics:Discus Q-up, Grafted Hibiscus.

This was taken more than ten years ago after a water change. These Discus just stayed in a straight line! Sent it to a local newspaper for the weekly ' Unusual Photo ' contest and won S$35.00! When asked how did I make them Q-up? I told the reporter that I used a cane and whistle! LOL!

Grafted seven, lucky to have three different blooms in a day!

An unusual gift from a friend

Camera Cases

Stop guessing what that silhouette picture is, that's a Chinese word for image! Correct me if I'm wrong.

My First Carvings!

Took up a basic woodburning (1996)

course hope to apply it on leather someday

My First lesson!

Redo!

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Tool Box.

Made this for a friend. Over here they put their raincoats in there!

I like his plate number: 8888! Huat ah!!!!!!!

Porcupine?

Needles are for hides of other animals not this one! I preferred these sucking cups!

Oh, suck it baby!

Brandon

My son! He has a crew-cut now with the police force ( National Service)!

Unusual Belt.

Shield Wire Belt.

Just shaft in an old belt like a snake having its meal!

A Typical Malay Belt.

For a Malay martial art expert.

Leather Covered Buckles

Those plastic 'rocks' glow!

Stingray from a worn-out wallet!

Hair-on and ostrich leg.

Check out my other buckles.

Knives / Combs Sheaths

June 28th, 2009.

Dressing up a naked knife.

Quick Draw.