New Freddy Glove Coloring

[🪦 FreddysNightmare ●]

<!--quoteo(post=286447:date=Dec 4 2008, 08:17 AM:name=knifegloves.com)<div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(knifegloves.com @ Dec 4 2008, 08:17 AM) <a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=286447\"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotecYou're touchy aren't you? I asked for opinions on the coloring of the metals and you brought up the color of the glove... not quite what I was looking for.So... whatever "dude".<!--QuoteEnd</div><!--QuoteEEnd I can feel another roll your eyes moment starting, let me be the first..... <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\"\" border=\"0\" alt=\"rolleyes.gif\" /> lol.

[🪦 mpetrie ●]

<!--quoteo(post=286449:date=Dec 4 2008, 01:58 AM:name=FreddysNightmare)<div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(FreddysNightmare @ Dec 4 2008, 01:58 AM) <a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=286449\"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotecI can feel another roll your eyes moment starting, let me be the first..... <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\"\" border=\"0\" alt=\"rolleyes.gif\" /> lol.<!--QuoteEnd</div><!--QuoteEEndNo kidding... drives me nuts. I just casually explain why I do what I do on some of my gloves and I get a "Whatever, dude" in response. Makes no sense to me...

[🪦 JigSaw ●]

I think all Ryan was implying was if you want the glove to looks aged, you can't just discolor it, you need to texture it.

[🪦 The Death Curse ●]

<!--quoteo(post=286450:date=Dec 4 2008, 04:17 AM:name=knifegloves.com)<div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(knifegloves.com @ Dec 4 2008, 04:17 AM) <a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=286450\"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotecNo kidding... drives me nuts. I just casually explain why I do what I do on some of my gloves and I get a "Whatever, dude" in response. Makes no sense to me...<!--QuoteEnd</div><!--QuoteEEndSince nobody's going to leave it alone, let me say this in response: The reason I became so sour all of a sudden is that there could very possibly be little to NO extra cost in wrinkling/aging your gloves, but you still say it'll cost too much, won't work, blah blah...On that same token, you buy tons of chemicals for experimentation on glove coloration. You fail on your first attempt, so you try again and again. Your wife mistakenly pitches them out, so you buy more and start over. With all of that in mind, you still haven't raised the price of your gloves. Why then, is wrinkling a leather glove so different and impossible to implement without raising the price by your logic? "I tried once, so it's not going to happen." is the stance you seem to have taken.Considering how much you've used trial and error in this entire process and how much you've learned from this community on glove-building in general, it just kinda irked me that you'd give up immediately on that simple suggestion, even noting "nobody else wants it" or "it will be too expensive." Well I beg to differ. I'd like to see it...Josephchoi obviously isn't opposed to the idea, either...I'd say there are quite a few other people here who'd enjoy it (and buy one from you), too.As far as the "glove holes" go, the original glove constantly slipped off of Robert's two middle fingers, judging by my attached picture. (See pic below.) It appears to be just his fingertips sitting against metal rings because the glove's giant finger cuts slipped right off. Personally, I kinda like that look. Regardless, I'm just pointing out ways that you can make your gloves to look more screen accurate because I know that's what you're after. And you know, if that means a $25 price increase, I honestly think it could be worth the extra cash.[attachment=28920:ANOES011.jpg]Cheers,Ryan

[🪦 Cory ●]

I'm with Ryan on this. The glove looks stellar now, but if you went that extra mile...you might just have the most accurate pt 1 glove on the market! I think the problem is that some people don't know how to take Ryan's criticism even when it's constructive. Believe me on this...if I need someone to pick apart something I'm working on to tell me how to make it perfect...Ryan's the first one I go to because he sees details that others just don't see. He will not steer you wrong!

[🪦 mpetrie ●]

Hey Ryan... I don't know where you're getting the idea that I EVER said that weathering the glove would be "too expensive". What I would wind up losing for the most part is time. Aging a glove to get it to look right I am sure is more time consuming than costly. Gloves already take several hours to build and are expensive to make and to sell them at a price low enough where I can remain extremely competitive doesn't make me want to streatch out my build time until I get other things nailed. I have tried multiple things to get the glove to look aged like you suggest and nothing has worked so far. You assume I have only tried one thing and gave up. I have tried MANY things and have spent lots of money on failed experiments but at the same time, I still have to sell gloves so I sell them as they are right now and when I ever figure out how to get the leather to get wrinkly and soft like it should be, I'll offer that. But it's not high on my priority list like getting the metals to look right. Maybe I'll make a prototype of the Hero glove I'm trying to develop and experiment with getting the cutting up of the glove to look the way it did in the film. I said that I appreciated your comments about the glove but explained why I hadn't done what you recommended and you just said, "Whatever, dude" so you just came across as easily offended by something I didn't think was offensive at all. I'm working hard to bring a extremely quality glove to the fans and selling them at extremely low prices and I appreciate your input but there hasn't been the demand for the properly aged glove like there has been with getting the metals a more authentic color.I do know Ryan is very detail oriented and trust me... I want my gloves to be perfect but I don't want to do so many things on my gloves that I'm simply making a $2/hr wage on my labor. Maybe I'll do what I did with the Part 4 glove... offer a deluxe Part 1 glove that features the more details. I've brainstormed a lot about what I want to do with my gloves but being 20 orders behind constantly doesn't leave me a lot of time to try to do R&D.I recently sold a Numero Uno that had a wonderful leather glove on it. The leather was very soft and looked very aged but I have no idea how Chris got his glove that way. I've tried leather softeners, alcohol, etc and the leather stays the same. The glove almost had a sweet smell to it so I don't know if it's just smells from the homes of other owners or if it's the supplies used to age the glove. I'm stumped thus far. But... like the coloring of the metals... I'm sure I'll figure it out sooner or later. Thanks Ryan for your encouragement to get a more accurate glove... I'm trying.

[🪦 JigSaw ●]

Well, according to Joe's link, all you need is to dampen them and make an opened fist while wearing them to get a similar effect....

[🪦 Cory ●]

Maybe the sweet smell is from Charlie the unicorn on candy mountain. I think the unicorns actually stomped on the leather gloves until they smelled like candy and had a softer texture.

[🪦 mpetrie ●]

<!--quoteo(post=286488:date=Dec 4 2008, 01:14 PM:name=JigSaw)<div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(JigSaw @ Dec 4 2008, 01:14 PM) <a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=286488\"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotecWell, according to Joe's link, all you need is to dampen them and make an opened fist while wearing them to get a similar effect....<!--QuoteEnd</div><!--QuoteEEndThat's the exact link I followed when I tried using the alcohol method but it didn't really do anything... and no.. I didn't try only once. I made about 10 gloves that way and saw no change in the leather's softness.

[🪦 mpetrie ●]

<!--quoteo(post=286491:date=Dec 4 2008, 01:29 PM:name=Cory)<div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(Cory @ Dec 4 2008, 01:29 PM) <a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=286491\"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotecMaybe the sweet smell is from Charlie the unicorn on candy mountain. I think the unicorns actually stomped on the leather gloves until they smelled like candy and had a softer texture.<!--QuoteEnd</div><!--QuoteEEndHmmm.. never thought of that one. Come to think of it.. my neighbor does own a Unicorn and owns real estate on Candy Mountain. Maybe I'll give him a call.