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Chocolate Walnuts.

Continuing with a family holiday tradition: making chocolate walnuts.

Unfortunately my mother isn’t here anymore, so this year we honor her memory, making something she loved to do, and made with such love and excellence!
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Total chaos…

Don’t know what it is but when I work with leather I always find myself with tools and leather everywhere 😅

Time to sew the pocket knife sheath .

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Making a Walnut Leather Burnisher In this video I’m making a leather burnishing tool out of a piece of Walnut I had from a previous project.This a a useful and a fun project to make on the la...

Walnut Burnisher for leatherwork.

First woodturning project in the new shop.
I missed turning.

It’s such fulfilling feeling when you transform a piece of leftover wood in a fine tool in the same day.

This is the final post on painting the bust of Gandalf the Grey.

This was one of the first “miniature” I painted and I had a lot of fun making a character from a series of books I loved reading in 1991 😅

Fan art
Model Artist:

Testing for the first time my Triton duo dowelling jointer.

Had this machine for over a year and when I bought it from a friend I thought it was a biscuit jointer.

Well today I had a surprise 🤣🤣

The tool holders…

Two different applications, but the same purpose: To improve your workflow. And in that process why not make it beautiful?

Preparing the hand tools and carving space…

This is me caught on camera after a short visit to the shop.
Looks like I’m posing for the camera but this was taken unintentionally 😅😅

#2023

Tools day!

New hinge jig from Veiko.
Looking forward to test it…

Not sponsored.

Last of the main OSB walls installed.
Still need to install some OSB boards, but it’s more for aesthetic purpose.
Now I have to figure out the best layout for the bench’s and tools.

Pica Pencil.
Great addition to the shop tools.
I know it’s “just” a pencil but it’s super functional for and a sturdy tool
And also come in this great green color 😉
Not sponsored.

Final shape sanded to 400 grit…
Almost done.

Still about last Christmas…

Custom made walnut spoon and butter knife in an oak box.

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Always fun to see the posts that people liked the most, for the ending year :)

Thank you for more than 3.500 likes.

Hope you all have an Excellent 2023!

Leather and paracord quick release strap.

The strap with paracord, leather and the quick release hook makes the difference when you want to detach the strap from your camera.
This was just a personal project with some quick fixes. If you want something similar but made in a professional way, with high quality and beautifully made you should check .handcrafted 👌🏻

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Long time overdue project.
Wanted to make this upgrade for my camera quite a long time ago.
Found some inspiration online and from my friends on IG and made my own Camera strap with some paracord and leather.
Really enjoyed the process.

Ricardo Branco on Instagram: "Finished the olive wood and resin with flocks of gold shaving brush. I think it should have a little more gold, but it turned out ok. #wood #shavingbrush #make #resin #resinart #epoxyresin #design" Ricardo Branco shared a post on Instagram: "Finished the olive wood and resin with flocks of gold shaving brush. I think it should have a little more gold, but it turned out ok. ". Follow their account to see 634 posts.

Another promise fulfilled:
Casting my son’s two first teeth in resin :)

Ebony Saya.
Really difficult to show the beauty of the polished ebony, but you can take my word for it :)

Damascus Chef Knife, with olive wood and resin handle.

Successful dandelion resin encapsulation…

The first one I made, didn’t end up good (you can see it in the stories) because of the type of resin I used, not the brand but the type…

This needs to be done with a slow cure epoxy or a deep pour epoxy, or else the epoxy will have an exothermic reaction too fast and quick and if you don’t take the proper measures will ruin your work.