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At 8/7/05 02:31 AM, Murderous_Hedonist wrote: This is a picture of my asshole commie brother.

Hey you are from Clementon?

At 8/6/05 10:18 PM, FUNKbrs wrote: Damnit, I'm being a bad influence again, aren't I?

We expect nothing less.

Anyways, here's the dragon bracelet v2.0 (the first was made out of crappy leather)

This one was hard as hell to dye, so I might keep it.

That looks bad ass. Almost too good to wear. You sure you want it?

Sorry for the double post but I wasn't going to reply to this at first, then I figured "What the hell? I'll bite."

At 8/7/05 02:28 AM, Murderous_Hedonist wrote: He's in the asylum. End of story. You should be happy. Hammurabi was an asshole. This ain't no April Fools joke. To prove that I'm telling you the truth, I'll even show a picture of myself.

What was he diagnosed with? Split personalities maybe?

At 8/7/05 08:30 PM, BeFell wrote: Take one of my favorite wedding gifts as an example...

That's sad on multiple levels.

At 8/7/05 10:34 PM, red_skunk wrote:

At 8/7/05 08:30 PM, BeFell wrote: Take one of my favorite wedding gifts as an example...

That's sad on multiple levels.

No--
It's really sweet...

And BeFell has a point.
Leather is a big industry (my bull-jacking uncle sells hides).

Costumized bracelets appeal a great deal of young people... who don't work.
Costumized wedding portrait books, bibles, frames, etc... while hard to get a consistant sale, will very much likely get you more profits.

I would definetly start making very cute feminine belts and sell them to a store (upper class place, you know... girls buying all sort of cute purses and stuff place). Depending if-- it has appeal to them. I'm talking like Express for Men places...

And men-- well, there are wallets, but I've noticed that lots of guys don't like leather wallets anymore. They prefere the "funky" types made of synthetic fabric.

Funk,
Just go around looking at stores and then you could get some ideas...
BTW,

check out a few Celtic designing books. They provide a lot of ideas, and they show you how to draw other things too.

At 8/7/05 08:30 PM, BeFell wrote: Hey Funk as fun as your plan sounds I think there might be a better way to make money doing custom leather work. While bracelets are fun you're not exactly targeting the people with the money. Take one of my favorite wedding gifts as an example to really clean up in the leather industry... is it an industry?

I've done stuff like that before, coin purses, cigarette cases, etc. I actually designed a rather nifty little coinpurse with a reinforced bottom, as well as a couple of custom knife sheaths. I might even post pictures later.

Bracelets were actually a move away from the "flowers and vines" motif that most leatherwork is based on. I've given away most of my decent stuff though; that's the nature of the hobby. I understand how celtic knots are supposed to work, and why the have the visual appeal they do. I don't "get" the flowered motifs as much, so I have a harder time getting a satisfied feeling from making them. I'm slowly working my way into a snakes, monsters, and skulls style that I find a bit more visually appealing.

However, I could certainly see how custom leather bible covers/harem photo albums could make me a ton of dough in Mormonistan. The same could be said for knife sheaths and gun holsters around here.

Right now I'm mainly focused on the design aspect and getting designs to work with a piece. Bracelets are really just tiny belts, and studded and tooled belts are going to be in fashion for a LONG time.

BTW, I gave away the dragon bracelet to one of my apprentices at church. I'm making a design of 4 twisted snakes right now. The tooling's finished, and I'll dye it after work tommorrow.

At 8/7/05 10:23 PM, totalwar wrote: Sorry for the double post but I wasn't going to reply to this at first, then I figured "What the hell? I'll bite."

At 8/7/05 02:28 AM, Murderous_Hedonist wrote: He's in the asylum. End of story. You should be happy. Hammurabi was an asshole. This ain't no April Fools joke. To prove that I'm telling you the truth, I'll even show a picture of myself.

What was he diagnosed with? Split personalities maybe?

hm Hammurabi was getting worse and worse and he doesn't let things go and takes things too seriously it's probably for the better hopefully he won't be a ass to me and my friend like he has been in the past.

At 8/8/05 12:41 AM, System_God wrote: hm Hammurabi was getting worse and worse and he doesn't let things go and takes things too seriously it's probably for the better hopefully he won't be a ass to me and my friend like he has been in the past.

Shut it, troll.

At 8/8/05 01:25 AM, Maus wrote: Shut it, troll.

HERE HERE! Jolly good show!

Gag--

Baited bans?
GASP!

*Eye rollie*
I thought it was a joke, but it seems that people are being banned--

why don't i send you there with him eh? to the INSANE ASYLUM BITCH!

At 8/8/05 02:03 AM, MausMilessex wrote: why don't i send you there with him eh? to the INSANE ASYLUM BITCH!

Hon, I'm already crazy.

Other mods, leave this post in case I need to update this git's ban. I deleted his other 3.

At 8/8/05 02:13 AM, Maus wrote: Hon, I'm already crazy.

Of course you are Maus, you go to OSU. That is a statement of insanity of nothing else you've done is. :P

At 8/8/05 02:21 AM, totalwar wrote: Of course you are Maus, you go to OSU.

I've never attended a class at OSU. I was raised a Buckeye fan. :)

At 8/8/05 01:52 AM, fli wrote: Gag--

Baited bans?
GASP!

*Eye rollie*
I thought it was a joke, but it seems that people are being banned--

That reminds me of that thread Dobio started that was basically the same thing, that Wade shut down with a "What is this shit? The topic starter has been banned and I don't want to see the forum mods participating in anything like this again."

Ooops.

At 8/8/05 02:38 AM, -Illustrious- wrote: Ooops.

Yeah, we'll see how that pans out. :\

I posted once, but refrained from banning anyone.

At 8/8/05 02:39 AM, Maus wrote:

At 8/8/05 02:38 AM, -Illustrious- wrote: Ooops.

Yeah, we'll see how that pans out. :\

I posted once, but refrained from banning anyone.

Well...
I can see this being fun and game...

But to ban people?
That's abusive-- hopefully they did the right thing and unbanned people.
After all-- it was just a joke.

At 8/8/05 02:52 AM, fli wrote: But to ban people?
That's abusive-- hopefully they did the right thing and unbanned people.
After all-- it was just a joke.

Well, while both this and Dobio's topic is pointless (Mod forum?), RedCircle posted at the very beginning of the post that anybody who posts would be banned--it's not like they didn't know.

It's almost as sad as people who post in a topic that's obviously spam, then get banned, then go complaining about how the mods are such tyrants.

I'm supposed to be asleep right now. I'm heading out of town this morning for a little overnight trip. Isn't it funny how, when you need sleep the most, before a long day of driving or working or something really important, you never can get it?

It was supposed to be a 3 day, 2 night trip, too, but some jackass that doesn't know how to operate a motor vehicle rammed my car in a parking lot, knocking the right front headlight housing loose and putting a dent in it.

They drove off without leaving insurance info, contact info, anything. Now I'm going to have to pay up to $500 (my insurance deductible) to have it fixed.

I just hope it did a lot more damage to their car than it did mine, hopefully something that will affect the engine or something.

The bans were done in such a manner that they have all cleared now. They were all banned for like, an hour. It was all in fun. :)

At 8/8/05 03:04 AM, -Illustrious- wrote:

At 8/8/05 02:52 AM, fli wrote: But to ban people?
That's abusive-- hopefully they did the right thing and unbanned people.
After all-- it was just a joke.

Well, while both this and Dobio's topic is pointless (Mod forum?), RedCircle posted at the very beginning of the post that anybody who posts would be banned--it's not like they didn't know.

It's almost as sad as people who post in a topic that's obviously spam, then get banned, then go complaining about how the mods are such tyrants.

I'm supposed to be asleep right now. I'm heading out of town this morning for a little overnight trip. Isn't it funny how, when you need sleep the most, before a long day of driving or working or something really important, you never can get it?

Well...
I know he said that in the beginning--
Still doesn't change the fact--

RedCircle is an asshole through and through.
At least he locked down his topic.

At 8/8/05 03:08 AM, Maus wrote: The bans were done in such a manner that they have all cleared now. They were all banned for like, an hour. It was all in fun. :)

Oh, that's cool then.

I thought they were banned 3 days. You know, the normal protocal...

Anyways.
Folks, very important news;

THUNDER CATS IS BEING RELEASED ON DVD--
I'm so gonna get it on my birthday this September...

As a kid,
I never really got to watch it. Because the school bus always came right in the middle of the episode. I wanted so desperatly to watch at least on whole episode.

In other news,
He-Man is out already. I'm getting it through Amazon.com as we speak.

And I mean the old school He-Man, not the crappy remake on Cartoon Network.

Ah,
childhood pleasures that I could have as a kid.

At 8/8/05 03:08 AM, Maus wrote: The bans were done in such a manner that they have all cleared now. They were all banned for like, an hour. It was all in fun. :)

I remember when Joe and Bob made a thread where they were banning everyone who posted in it for every little minor infraction that might have broken the BBS rules. It was basically to show people that mods can be much much worse than they already are, so people should quit their bitching. I thought it was an amusing and clever way to get their point across. Also, everyone was unbanned after about 15 minutes. :D

At 8/7/05 11:21 AM, JusticeofSarcasm wrote: Ive seen ehr under another name on one site as well, but I cant remember what it was. But Im sur ethe only reason you searched for her was to find out her name.

Of course it was, why else?

I needed her name to find porn with her in it.

fli what the hell is he man and why the hell does he have such a uhm gay name. come on he man

At 8/8/05 07:20 AM, fenrus1989 wrote: fli what the hell is he man and why the hell does he have such a uhm gay name. come on he man

:O

He-Man started out as action figures, and then became a smash hit cartoon in the 80's. I watched it faithfully every afternoon after school.

http://www.he-man.org/

At 8/8/05 08:47 AM, Maus wrote: http://www.he-man.org/

I still have some those action figures around here...

O.k., I don't know what I did to piss you all off, BUT I AM SORRY. All right?!

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!

My Livecorpse movie made the bastards collection!

I RULE FOREVER

At 8/8/05 03:08 PM, Elfer wrote: YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!

My Livecorpse movie made the bastards collection!

I RULE FOREVER

YOU BASTARD >:O

Anyways. Y'know, I never quite got the fuss with this Livecorpse guy. He stabbed his friend and shot a cop (Or did he shoot a friend and stab a cop?). That's not cool.

At 8/8/05 08:47 AM, Maus wrote:

At 8/8/05 07:20 AM, fenrus1989 wrote: fli what the hell is he man and why the hell does he have such a uhm gay name. come on he man

O

He-Man started out as action figures, and then became a smash hit cartoon in the 80's. I watched it faithfully every afternoon after school.

http://www.he-man.org/

is it just me or is he man a closet homo. just thinking that from some of the pix that i saw and looked around for