Monthly Archives: June 2020

I skived all of the little accent holes in the wings today. Oh, and I gave the Phoenix an eye and skived that too.

There’s still more skiving to do; next I need to skive all of the orange holes so I can layer in the yellow piece behind them. But that’s a job for tomorrow.

I spent most of my day skiving, but fortunately sitting and skiving all day is one of my favorite things. It’s incredibly easy on a design like this to accidentally skive off a point and have to cut the entire … Continue reading →

I’m starting a new pair of boots. This is a design I’ve done before titled “By The Time I Get To Phoenix” updated with a Cherokee Star top band.

Introducing “This Is The Last Cowboy Song.” The song is only a lament for cowboys but somehow that seems historically correct. “… the voices sound sad as they’re singing along, another piece of America’s lost…”

I’ll let them sit on the trees overnight so they’ll have a nice shape, then final polish and they’re done!

The next step is building the heels; they’re almost finished!