Gtf tooled cases 2012

These are tooled GTF cases that we do for GTF Designs and IndyQShop. All these cases were done with 6oz veg tan cowhide.

This lineup of hand tooled GTF cases represents a direction we have been going in with our tooling for most of 2011. We wanted to explore what Paul Burnett calls Creative Stamping. Essentially with creative stamping you use the common stamping tools in uncommon ways to create visually rich and complex patterns. The variety is endless and the negative space can be used in combination with coloring to create wildly different looks.

The methods we use to achieve this level of precision are slow and meticulous. One slip of the concentration and the entire piece is ruined. Make an impression in the wrong spot and there is not any possible way to recover from it due to how the leather must be marked to place the tools when stamping.

The end result though is an amazing pattern done with no guidelines scribed into the leather. Thank you for looking.

To purchase any of these please go to http://www.indyq.com








Three videos

How we do the leather endcaps on the Prestige models http://youtu.be/Vz0rnEXSZ2A

Video Presentation of the cases: http://youtu.be/dPG0hKQG5S0

Closeup of the tooling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DX_5yGPLzc

For prices go here: http://www.jbcases.com/gtf-tooled.html

ronscuba said:

Awesome John.

Is this tooling/stamping available on all your other case types ? Mason, Butterfly, Hard ?

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Yes. We have been displaying this style on other cases for a while now.

You can see them here: www.jbcases.com/casesbyname.html

We might not do the exact same tooling design on another case but we can certainly adapt any of designs to any model.

Added a video with closeups of the tooling:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DX_5yGPLzc

The price range on these cases is $375-$450