Picked these up at an antique show on the weekend, a bargain at $15 each.

I have to do a couple of Koala themed bag charms and I've been playing with a template to hopefully make the process a little easier. These are made from 1.5mm thick G10. My sister is a wildlife carer and she specializes in looking after baby Koala's and these are for her.

Couple of recent card wallets. One in Black Ghost leather with blue linen thread and the other in Bordeaux Pueblo with Brick linen thread. Both un-lined with burnished edges.

Hey guys, Just finished this little project and thought I'd share. First go at a pen roll and matching pencil case, Pink Kangaroo leather with bright Yellow Kangaroo for the lining and hand stitched with linen thread. Very loud colours chosen by the client and I think they look great, even if you do need sunglasses to look at them. A couple of small design changes needed but I'm happy with the result.

Hi all, My latest leather knife just shipped off to it's new owner. It's the first time I've used this blade steel and I'm very happy with the results. The steel is M390, it's a high carbon stainless steel and it has a high wear and corrosion resistance. The knife is 160mm overall and the blade is 2.3mm thick and 34mm wide. The handle is Thuya burl and the handle pins are 4mm diameter tube with 5 pins inside. If you are making your own knife or planning to, please feel free to ask any questions you have. Cheers

Just finished these two little Alice purses in red and Black Safiano calf, both lined with dark green Kangaroo and hand stitched with linen thread. They also have both turned and painted edges and leather covered Sigma snaps.

Set of passport wallets for a wedding present for a young couple. Safiano leather lined with Kangaroo skin and stitched with linen thread. Case is lined with black pigskin suede.

Stainless Steel Damascus (Damasteel) zip tag for the travel bag.Had a small offcut from a recent blade I made so I thought I would make a little tag out of it, I think it looks ok. Cheers

Here's a couple of pieces I recently did for a customer in Singapore. I replaced the handle on the skiving knife and made one new awl ( the one with the grooves around it) and made new handles for the awls. The handle material is dyed Fossil Mammoth Tooth, supplied by the customer. It's a touchy material to work with but it looks amazing. What do you think? Cheers, Doug

Well I finally got this bag together, been sitting in the cupboard waiting for me to sew it all together for way too long. I always have more projects going on than I can get done in a timely fashion. I'm pretty happy with the result even though I made my fair share of mistakes, most of which arose from my decision to use leather that I already had that was thicker than what Phillip specified in the course. This created a few problems in assembling the bag, especially in stitching it together and tuning it out. The exterior leather is Italian luggage leather I got locally years ago that wasn't really suitable for knife sheaths (I'm a knife maker). Interior is lined with blue Kangaroo skin and black pig skin on the gusset, and the beading is black Kangaroo skin cut in a circle around the skin to allow you to use a single length of finished beading ( same way you cut lace, just wider). I made the square rings for the handle attachment out of some stainless steel rod and I am going to make a zipper tag out of some stainless Damascus. As always comments both good and bad are welcome and appreciated. Cheers, Doug

Some pics of some other previous projects.

Another little 'Alice' purse, Purple calf skin lined with black Kangaroo and hand stitched with linen thread. This ones a gift for a young lady, I hope she loves the colour.

Hey guys, Knife sheath I just finished up. Leather is Sedgwick Bridle in a really nice red, hand stitched with linen thread and red edge paint. Comments welcome, cheers.

Here's a little set I finished recently. Beautiful blue Togo leather, lined with grey Kangaroo, stitched with turquoise linen thread and turquoise edge paint.

Just finished up this strap and pad for my daughters laptop bag. High density foam inside, veg tan and goatskin exterior for the pad, all hand stitched with linen thread. Strap took all day to stitch but I'm happy with the result. Comments welcome, good or bad. Doug

Just a couple of pics of a little purse I've been making. This started life as a business card holder but my daughter ordered a few changes to the design. She said she needed a little wallet/purse that would hold a card and a little cash that could fit in a small bag or your pocket, so this is what we came up with and she calls it Alice.

Hey guys, First shot at loading a pic, hope it works. Marine Chevre lined with Dark Green Kangaroo leather hand stitched with Linen thread. Comment welcome, good and bad.