Basket stamping for beginners

[@quickbreaks5865]

Your projects look great, friend! I’m just starting as well and I hope that a year in I will be just as good as you

[@joaquing7003]

Thank you for posting this. I haven’t started basket stamping but will attempt it now with success

[@tommytitmouse]

Thanks once again Joe . I learn so much from watching your Videos. Your a Star.👍

[@joemeling3216]

You’re so welcome! Thank you for taking time to watch, I’m happy to hear that it’s helping.

[@larrycumba2741]

For someone wanting to try basket weave for the first time I would like to add my experience. I have five different sizes. The first was a big stamp thinking it would be fastest to cover an area. For me it is also the worst at stamping a good consistent line. Even a minor mistake sticks out like a sore thumb and hard to correct. As you know as the pattern starts to grow it becomes a pyramid. I can’t eyeball it to continue the line straight. Instead I take a straight edge and mark the unfinished lines with a a very thin scribe. I may do this several times.

[@martinstults9419]

I'm guilty of getting my spacing off somewhat and ending up with slight wave in my basket weave. The more I practice, the better I get. Time and practice is the key,I believe. I really like that last patten you did. I'm going to give it a shot. Thanks

[@kingsolomon8946]

Me too my spacing gets off

[@Trucker2004]

Very cool on the diagonal pattern, resulting in arrows...

[@tomcandelaria1283]

Just getting started and you cleared up a lot, thanks

[@duellgunn1249]

Thanks Joe. Now I know what I’m doing wrong on my basket weave stamping.

[@joemeling3216]

You’re so welcome! I’m glad that helped!

[@danieljuarez2710]

Excellent,, Thanks Joe

[@christoherbarnes9276]

Thank you I have been trying to line them up just barely touching the legs. Now I am going to be making a new basket weave wallet.

[@KrystalShaffer-f5q]

I am a novice at stamping and leather craft, I have a quick and possibly a dumb question. If you are right handed do you hammer with the right or hold the stamp with the right?

[@diannem2477]

Thought i would share. It makes sense to me.

[@stevethomas7463]

There's no wrong way. Being unique is a trait of creativity. 👍

[@douglasshaw9169]

Thank you Joe! This will help me a lot, I’m laying out a TriFold wallet using the basket weave and thanks to you it should turn looking good. That’s if I keep a steady hand. Lol

[@maciejwysocki3089]

Nicely done. What was the name of the leather you used ?

[@stevestikihutable]

I still have trouble keeping the stamp straight once I've left the line, I dont want to draw a line every time. I am using a cheap stamp, I'm hoping the better one I ordered will help.

[@joemeling3216]

A nice crisp stamp sure does help

[@surfearth1]

A video like this with closeups to see the detail your talking about would be great

[@argennossoapscosmetics7963]

Hi Joe, every day we exercise following your lessons. We hope to receive the Hermann Oak leather soon to see if we are in the good direction. Next year we will send you our work to see if it's well done. (Honestly I hope before) We can't be there....too far from Switzerland !!

[@joemeling3216]

That would be awesome! Love to see it.

[@sfkid57]

any basket stamp tool makers you like to use? tandy doesn't have good stamps so far for me.

[@mobileandhostile7895]

⭐️ “now I know how the first caveman felt when he saw how to make fire “ 😂 that’s me too - a really helpful presentation 😎 ⭐️ thanks for sharing your skills 👍

[@joemeling3216]

🤣🤣🤣

[@rocklanderoffroad]

could you do a follow up on keeping stright and in sequence when you have to jump over a design, say you have a flower in the middle and stamping on each side and around it

[@joemeling3216]

Yes, that would make a great video. That can definitely be a bit tricky.

[@rocklanderoffroad]

@@joemeling3216 yes I seem to have some trouble sometimes getting my stamp to comeback in line, top and bottom when going around something. I try making light impressions across the design but sometimes it can be a big design.

[@jasonherrington2002]

Question for doing cartridge loops - I am using Tandy dye and then resolene sealant. I have found if I leave cartridges in the cartridge loops in a rifle buttstock wrap, where the leather is touching the cartridges turns green - any suggestions for making this not happen?

[@joemeling3216]

Hmmm sounds like it’s pulling from the metal. Is this putting them in wet and forming or is this after things are all dry?

[@jasonherrington2002]

@@joemeling3216 this is putting them in once everything is dry - for the wet forming I use snap caps. I did post this a few other places and the consensus seems to be don't leave brass cartridges in long term as the brass will react with the leather. If need to leave in long term get some cartridges with nickel plated brass.

[@joemeling3216]

@@jasonherrington2002 I’d agree. I think brass and copper will both do that although I don’t have a ton of experience with that in particular. Glad you got it figured out.

[@DK-wx8bq]

How do you maintain, or can you maintain the original size of the pieces you stamp? I cut out several pieces for a wallet but after stamping the outer piece with a weave stamp that piece is now too large to align with the others…

[@joemeling3216]

I tape the back of my leather with clear packing tape prior to wetting and tooling. That will avoid stretch in the leather.

[@darkshadowsx5949]

careful with double taps. i've accidentally bounced the tool and stamped way crooked hit it twice where i didn't want to..

[@bbrachman]

Joe: I am curious on how you stamp a basket weave into an odd shape. Example: I made a knife sheath. The front is an odd, organic shape. No straight lines. How do you basket stamp to fill it up without damaging the border of the stamping? Stamping with half the stamp? Tilt it. Curious.

[@joemeling3216]

Yes sir you have to tilt it back and/or sideways to not hit the edge. I can try to do a video on that soon

[@bbrachman]

@@joemeling3216 That would be really helpful. I have found NO videos on basket stamping inside an irregular shape. It would work very well on the front of a knife sheath.

[@timothypadilla8910]

@@bbrachman look on Don Gonzalez channel I think he had a video that addressed this issue

[@manoloramirez6456]

Good video man

[@evaaddkison400]

bevel lines..."sigh", me too!

[@argennossoapscosmetics7963]

How to know when you stream live. Interesting cause we can send directly our question. ....

[@joemeling3216]

I will try to schedule and announce them better.

[@johnmcdowell1771]

Thank You!!!

[@joemeling3216]

Absolutely!

[@friendlyneighborhoodfarrie8175]

Thank you so much joe for today

[@friendlyneighborhoodfarrie8175]

This is Jered

[@joemeling3216]

You’re welcome, I hope some of the things we talked about help you out

[@blueshirtmonday]

Can't hear the other guy

[@actsstrjt]

Do some real closeups on stamping

[@joemeling3216]

I’ll work on that

[@albertoacosta7030]

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[@joemeling3216]

Thank you for taking valuable time out of your day to watch my video and interact with my channel by offering your insightful comment.

[@readytostartshooting]

Thank you that helps me so much!!!

[@joemeling3216]

So glad to hear! You’re welcome!