From adulthood to infancy of the Futteral inspired by Herman v. Gochs

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Inserted a leather band

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The vegetable tanned leather has been dyed with vinegaroon via a historically accurate chemical reaction: the tannins in the leather react with iron acetate to form a complex that appears black.

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The Futteral has been tooled to completion

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WIP of the tooling of the leather, I have used things I found around the house for it. i.e. a blunt needle, the ferrule of a paint brush, the metal part of a pencil that holds the eraser.

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Roughly tooled the layout

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Far right: the backside of the Futteral. It was my third futteral overall. Practice makes better, I hope

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Second from the bottom: first layer of the Futteral with the flesh side on the outside.

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Prepared a sketch and a wooden core for this project.

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Hermann von Goch’s needle Futteral