Have you ever noticed that some creative projects come with such ease, it's like you've hit the lottery? Other projects turn out to be harder than you thought they would be, and you wonder why you even attempted such a journey? And yet another scenario is that you've got the ideas flowing, but you're not quite sure how to take that first step? Well, even Mr. Legendary Leather runs into this problem "once in a blue moon". Sometimes it's not so much the execution, but the valuable materials that you are working with that cause the apprehension. Mr. Legendary Leather ran into this problem when making his cowboy boot chaps (botas). The ideas were ready to explode like a volcano, but the latigo leather he would use for the project was not easily found and prevented him from comfortably making the "first cut". As you can see, he overcame his apprehension. The cowboy boot chaps (botas) came out wonderful and are highly praised.
Well, Mr. Legendary Leather finds himself in the same predicament. He has an elite customer requesting a very specific project done by Mr. Legendary Leather. Not only is this guy "top brass", but he has supplied the one-of-a-kind leather he would like used for his request. What makes the leather so special? Turns out that it is a vintage deerskin. Mr. Top Brass, from Arizona, shot this deer over 45 years ago and has kept the hide all these years. Now ladies, don't be so sad. I would be the first to be feeling meloncholy for the deer, however, this "deed" took place so long ago, we don't need to go there. This is one nice piece of deerskin. I can understand why Mr. Legendary Leather is so hesitant. Not only does he have to answer to Mr. Top Brass, but he wants this nice piece of leather to continue on in a specifically requested "new art form". Honor the beautiful animal who gave its life. I'll let you know if I see Mr. Legendary Leather "sweating bullets" over this project. If so, we'll just gather up them thar bullet casings and save them for a future project!
Is that a bullet hole I see smack-dab in the middle of the deerskin?
