BRETTUNS VILLAGE
LEATHER
CUSTOMERS' SHOWCASE

THIS IS WHERE WE SHOW OFF SOME OF THE LEATHER CRAFT PROJECTS OUR CUSTOMERS
HAVE MADE USING OUR LEATHER AND ACCESSORIES.  SEND YOURS IN!

CABIN CREATIONS OF MAINE

Woodburning on our veg tan leathers, with an artistry and skill that's very impressive.
Visit Cabin Creations of Maine!
BURNING MAN!
From Matt Sweeney

Hey Churchill:  Here are some pictures from a performance my fire troupe did at Burning Man (minor gig, only 35,000 people or so watching before the man burns...).   So here they are, or a few of them at least.  We did a fire-bullfight, with half of us dressed as matadors and half as bulls.  I'm especially proud of the leather corduroy pants with kevlar stitching (better fire protection than my old nomex flight suit), which I'm wearing in the scary three-person move, and the giant bullhead with flaming horns.  People kept asking me what it was made out of.  I'd tell them "It's a cow face."  They'd ask, "No, really, what is it made out of, it looks so real?"  I'd say, "Really, it is a cow face.  I got it from Maine."  The cow faces also made appearances as a top for my girl Kara.  So thanks for providing such interesting costume raw materials- ones that won't burn through even when splattered with huge amounts of flaming white gas (we didn't mean to check that one, but luck had other ideas).  Now I just need a way of cleaning off that playa dust...

  Best of luck this hunting season,
  Matt


Fred Schoolik
The Mountain Man From Pennsylvania
Hand-Tooled Custom Quivers and Other Items



Fred lives in Pennsylvania and is known for his archery shooting skills, as well as his fine custom leather work.
He does every bit of work on these side quivers by hand, just like he does with wallets, handbags, and other leather items.  Here's some more of his work:


Thanks, Fred!
Fred's known in the Allegheny region as an archer - he is an instructor and competition shooter and has enjoyed great success.

The beginning of a well-tooled quiver on the left, and showing some progress in the middle photo.  A few of Fred's medals, and the Mountain Man himself  on the right.

Fred also makes quivers and armguards:

This one is made from hair-on calf hide


The one on the upper right has real boar tusks and badger fur and a fully tooled strap that's been stitched along both edges with our leather cord.
Tooling work like this takes literally hundreds of hours, but Fred can make one of these for you if you don't mind paying him for his time.
E-mail Fred right here.

All of these items were made with leather from Brettuns Village.  We get a real kick out of that.

This custom holster is lined with real buckskin and is designed to fit a .45 caliber pistol.


Snow White Sides

Churchill, Thank you for the fine piece of white leather you sent me.
As you can see from the pictures, the Crusader Crosses I cut out for my jacket worked out pefectly.
I found that I really like working with leather and will be back in touch. Thank You Again  Steve Lowry

Amazing Traditional Archery

Nothing gives you a firmer grip on your bow when you are trying run an arrow through the boiler of a delicious animal than Brettuns Village Leather!
(ed note:  Nice shot, Bud!)

Don Chepe DelCulo


From John Purdy over in Vermont
(a suburb of New York City according to most Mainers)

Officer's hats and Shakos made with leather brims!
Contact John here

Fan your Smudge!

The Spirit Bear is a website that features the work of Linda Pettersen.
Linda knows how to make some incredible smudge fans, and she also knows where to buy her leather!
Visit her website here - The Spirit Bear

Take a Seat

Garth Thompson did one heck of a job with this great old chair.
PYRATE LEATHERWORX

Your leather is always the best quality for a great price. Here at Pyrate Leatherworx and we use your leather for all kinds of Pirate & Renaissance costume accessories, especially hats & sporrans (a Scottish style pouch). The attached pictures show a Jack Sparrow style tricorn hat from your oil-tanned leather & a sporran with a greenman design made from your green nubuck and tooling leather scrap.
You can check out more items on our website.  Thanks, Clay,  Pyrate Leatherworx

Stormy Schwindt's New Leather Gear

A nice leather vest and coat with antler buttons, made with leather from you-know-where.  Stormy is a teacher out in Montana.  This guy is covered in leather from head to toe, which we think is an idea more people should subscribe to.  Stormy's artwork is incredible.  Take a look.


Awesome brook trout carved in leather

Jim Markell's Whips

Hi,  I wanted to tell you how great your Spur Fire cowhide was. I'm enclosing a picture of a bullwhip I made from it, and I intend to pick up a couple of more of these hides to make some more whips with.
Regards,  Jim Markell
e-mail Jim here:  jim@whipworks.net

or visit his website:

www.whipworks.net

From Ike Powell
Hello- I've ordered several boxes of your "scrap veg.-tanned leather" to make sheathes for my custom knives. I can honestly say that I've been more than pleased with the quality of the leather AND the quality of your service.  I've attached a photo of one of my knife/sheath combo's for you to see... and, if you know anyone who wants a great knife, send 'em my way...!  Thanks!  Ike Powell  Wake Forest, NC
"Raid Ye Not A Dragon's Lair... For Ye'd Be Tasty Medium Rare..."

Making Western Wear?  So is Kathy Younger, only she makes it in sizes to fit small dolls!

This gun belt would fit around a GI Joe or Ken doll, believe it or not.

Don't pick a fight with these guys - they'll shoot you in the ankle.

Then they'll ride away on these hosses and hide under your couch.
Thanks, Kathy, for sending in these great photos.
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From Kathy:  Just wanted you to see the world of leather you opened up for me. These two fellas are my favorite figures. I made these chaps today. (I also made the hats -
flexible clay and the darker gun belt that you can't really see here).

Hmm, this is getting to be pretty fun. I just may be buying more from you in the not too distant future.I LOVE that rich pull-up leather, as you know.  I managed to use every inch of it (I mean EVERY inch of it!) in order to make a miniature gun belt. The Colt was made by a blacksmith friend of mine.  Two artist friends made the horses and saddles for me.
My cowboys fit on them perfectly. I know I'm sounding a bit insane now, but...oh well...



Bighousedaddyis a resource website for the leather craftsman providing quality instructional Cdroms,
Instructional books, as well as providing leather patterns to make Custom Leather Boots.
A Leather Chess Board from Lauren T


Wow!  What a great idea - a leather chess board!  Lauren Tenney made this work of art.
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Churchill,
as promised, here are the photos of the completed chess set. Thank-you for your incredible help in making this project possible. I made the playing pieces from ceramic clay - the kind you would use to make bowls and such, and sculpted each of them by hand, using my best of each type as the model.  I then sanded them, fired them in a kiln, then glazed them (the white pieces are only glazed with clear as the clay is so white) and then fired them again. then I put the little sticky felt bottoms on using self-adhesive felt. The board is cherry and I had the pieces cut for me by a woodworker I know, and then I built and finished it.  I figured out that the total time spent on all aspects of the project - especially the pieces - was around 50 hours!! very worth it. I will be telling everyone crafty that I know about your site.
thanks again,
Lauren
Radio Radio!
Tom & Pat Gaber Worked a Minor Miracle
Hi:  We ordered a hide from you in November 2004.  We covered an old Majestic Mighty Monarch radio with the hide.  You mentioned that you would be interested in seeing the finished product.  Here are some pictures of what your hides covered up.  It was a lot of work, but the finished radio is beautiful.  But here are the pictures - hope you enjoy them.  Tom & Pat Gaber
Put Your Cutie In Booties

ALASKAN BABY BOOTIES AND BUTTERFLIES

Theresa Szafran lives in Anchorage, Alaska and runs her own business up there making these wonderful booties.  Her website is great - take a look!

Great Wyoming Chaps!

This is a photo of one pair of kids chaps I made from your Lipstick Red & Snow White leather.
Nice leather to work with . Thanks,
Davene Lau
Baggs, Wyoming

ChicPiscesAngel!

My order came within days, and the suede was gorgeous! Will buy again. Thank you.

Great Mandolin Straps!
Check out Jeremy Spurgeon's Website:

WOW!

All this stuff from a 9 square foot scrap! Frog for a rapier is not shown. A quiver, frog for a battle axe, arm guard for archery, hat, tankard strap,
belt and I still have some left over. Shown on a buffalo skin from BrettunsVillage. I love you guys!!!!
Klancey (Larry Phillips)

Now you know why I needed 160 1-inch rings. The leather was cut from a roll of that suede.  Yep - that's all your stuff.  Thanks for keeping me off the streets Churchill.
Larry

Larry also bought one of our tool kits and made his own case for it:

Get your own tool kit right here.

Baby Shoes by Bridget!

Fellow Mainer Bridget uses our suedes to make shoes for her children.  Great work!
-From the West Coast-
Fine work by H. Scott Plouse

(Left image)  I thought you might appreciate these ring-armored, leather bracers I made using your 5 oz. Hickory leather.  This is part of an entire armor suite I'm in the process of completing.
(Center image) The leather corset on my daughter (left) was made using the Olive and Sand nubuck I purchased from you and the corset on her best friend (right) used the Mocha and Cabernet nubuck.
(Right)  While most of my stuff is for our shooting gear or reenactment activities, this was a fun little project for my granddaughter, who loves three things in life: candy, purses, and her binky.  So, she got this kid-sized purse with a "Binky Pouch" attached.
Got Medieval Feet?  You Need These Shoes from Lori Fuelling of Lady Oren
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This is what has been keeping me busy, everything here is made with your leather, I bet I searched over 100 leather places, and your prices and quality can't be beat.
Visit Lady Oren's Medieval Shoes by clicking here
More items from Lori:



A great looking headboard made by Andrew Stairs - a fellow Mainer!

From Vern Ray

Thanks to Brettuns Village Leather's very affordable leather prices, I'm knocking out tons of projects. We sell at shows and request.
All of the items are one-of-a-kind. Journal covers; belt bags; wood and leather boxes; key fobs; even a cat-o'-nine-tails (us flatlanders have weird ways of entertaining !).
Thanks again and I look forward to ordering more of - everything !
Vern Ray
www.talonhandcraftedcurios.com
www.vernrayleather.com

Wolf Pit Whips

Hello Churchill!  Here's an item for your customer project page.   The black whip in the picture was made from your Black Boot military sides in 2.5oz and has 2 plaited underbellys and a 8 plait overlay. This whip is 6 feet long. I am currently making two 8 foot "indiana jones" style bullwhips out of your dark brown chamois sides. If you are intrested in buying a whip, visit my website http://www.wolfpitwhips.com.  I cater to all age groups, and Sell whips for the sport of whipcracking only.
Thanks - Adam Ouellette e-mail

An Amazing Artist
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Behold the amazing artwork of Rodolfo Morales-Miranda, who used our thick veg-tan sides as the canvas for his work.  Rudy is stationed overseas as part of the military presence in Iraq, and he's a great customer of ours.  We ship to him through his APO address using priority mail.  It works out well   - seems to reach him fairly quickly.  Can you imagine the amount of hours that go into making something like this?  Well, it's not like he can run out to the movie theater or the grocery store.
 E-mail Rudy for more information.
rudy3
A little too much time in the sandbox:

Boots Down Under!

Angie Allen made these excellent units for a pal in New Zealand.  Brettuns Village Leather spans the globe to make feet comfortable.

The Wizard's Best Friend!


Steve Korpa made this incredible wizard's hat and other items.  His display shack, some shoes, and his "Full-Blown Wizard's Hat" are shown here.  E-mail Steve

From Ason Louviere
Greetings:
I am sending you some images of some leather armor I made from the buffalo leather scraps you sell. There is an upper body piece with hinged shoulder pieces, and some vambraces. There is also leg armor - but it looks just like the arm pieces so I am not sending a picture of them. The buffalo is very soft and is it very easy to wear these all day at the ren faires. I also make sword scabbards and belts and belt pouches. Also there are pictures of a shoulder bag from some split leather with matching vanbraces and quiver.

Ason Louviere ( aka Rick Cottontree if you visit Scarbourough Faire in Waxahachie TX or Tex Ren Fest in Magnolia TX )


DRAGONSON!

That's my parking space, Bucko!
How to Scare off Nuisance Buffalo
Just call Brettuns Village customer Jim O-Hanlon down in Florida and he'll bring his flame-throwing pistols over to your ranch.  Whoa there, Jim - a bit heavy on the powder maybe.
Here's a few pictures of my 'hobby' --- cowboy action shooting, with Leathuh accoutrements.  This one shows my half-chaps-leggings (made with Brettun's Pigskin suede) ---- I'm the guy on the right.... Yep, I shoot only black powder cartridges and have a reputation for 'flaming' the competition. I am the Florida State Cap n' Ball cowboy shooter in 2003.
Here is one that shows me in (Brettun's Leathuh) chaps (batwings, with shamrocks in the corners) and Brettun Leathuh cuffs (these are roping cuffs cowboys wore to protect their shirt sleeves from getting caught in a rope when 'dallying' the lariat around the saddlehorn). Shamrocks on these, too.
Some Folks Even Use Leather On Their Blowboats
Hi:  Thought you might like to see photos of my Brettuns Leather Project.  I put new leather on my boat's dodger (the canvas thingy you see in the photo).  Thanks again for your great service.  Beverly Amaral  Customer for Life!

  Check Out Oz Blades

For the past couple of years now, I've been using
your leather exclusively for my sheathmaking needs at
http://www.OzBlades.com/ .  My latest product line is
also made possible by your fine leathers.  You can see
it on the website also.
Thought you'd like to know.
Oz

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