WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY (PICS)

[jimmy]

Ah I see. You already have your system but what I do is chalk both finish length and cut length that way your never second guessing yourself just before you cut.

If there is no two lines then don't cut and always cut the longer length. = measured twice cut once

[Giles]

Well, jimmy you are a professional tailor and I'm a part time sewing bitch - therein lies the difference….....

[jimmy]

Haha.. Most of the time I am just the cleaner.

Hope I don't come across as snooty just wanted to share any maybe be helpful.

[Giles]

Nope, I read it out to Paula because it was useful advice…..

[Jii]

I'm making a wallet for a friend of mine. Today I got this much done:

Still lots of work to do..

[Blackheart]

Beautiful work Jii!

[rocket]

cool, pls post a pic of the finished thing

[Jii]

Thanks guys, I'll do that for sure!

[Max Power]

that looks beautiful. Is leather your profession?

[GimpKid]

Very cool Jii. Second the request for completed pics.

[ronaldlsh]

Finally managed to squeeze some time to post these photos. Went to Sarawak last week, imo, great place if you are keen about their culture and heritage..

Photo intense!

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Seafood Dinner!

Bamboo clams in curry


Kuching Food Festival

Bamboo Longhouse

The infamous Kuching KOLO Mee

Kampung Maludam

Beautiful sunset

Another longhouse made of Belian (Diamond Wood)

And we went to the weekend market.

I will end this post with the 2 fooodie photos. The stingray and the bbq chicken is really damn good, and cheap! Although I went Sarawak for projects, and was really dragging myself tere before the trip, I can say that I enjoyed myself a lot, and I kind of love the place for its strong heritage.

[Giles]

One of the nicest meals I ever had was baby stingray in a tiny little fishing village in south west Malaysia…..

[Jii]

@Max:

that looks beautiful. Is leather your profession?

Max, you're making me blush.. No, it's just a hobby of mine. I started by making watch straps two and a half years ago. Since I couldn't find the kind of strap that I wanted (or afford the ones that were available) I decided to make my own - I mean, how hard can it be right? Well it turned out that there was indeed a learning curve and every time I got something done I thought of a million things or details that could be improved - and still do.

Here's a picture of my first watch strap (it hurts and embarrasses me to show it but I have to prove a point here guys)

.. and here are some of the straps I've made that look a lot nicer:

Here's a wallet I made earlier this year that gets a lot of use:

And a belt I made:

I encourage everyone that have an interest in the subject to try it out, it's a lot of fun and you really start to appreciate the effort (and hence the price) that goes into everything that's crafted with a high attention to detail - just like Iron Heart 

[jimmy]

Jill that's amazing stuff. You should start a website and sell customs. No joke

[Jii]

Thanks! I've thought about it and done some planning as well around the subject but since I'm starting a new job in a couple of weeks and it's going to take up a lot of time from me I think I'm pretty much going to keep leatherworking as a hobby, at least in the near future until things settle down a bit. I've done and will do custom stuff for sale but I'd like to keep it small scale for the time being.

[STAN]

@ronaldlsh:

Finally managed to squeeze some time to post these photos. Went to Sarawak last week, imo, great place if you are keen about their culture and heritage..

The infamous Kuching KOLO Mee

Another longhouse made of Belian (Diamond Wood)

Hi Ron,
Glad you had a good time in Sarawak and get to know part of the culture and heritage.
Kolo mee is a local favourite and  a longhouse is really a must to experience.

I bet if you stay a bit longer there you might have a tattoo. 

[Max Power]

^^ Jii: I concur, you could really try to sell some of the leather stuff. looks way cool.

[Blackheart]

Outstanding Jii! Gorgeous leatherwork…

[Jii]

Thanks!

Got everything stitched together yesterday evening. Almost there, just some finishing and tidying up left to do.

[GimpKid]

Jii,

Nicely done, man!