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The veg tan leather can be dyed, embossed (stamped) or crimped.

A crimp is a design created by cutting a groove in the surface of the leather. Most of the leather I buy is undyed and when coloured the dye penetrates into the leather so the design is more subdued.

I had some of the leather dyed by the tanners on the surface and when a crimp is cut out the colour of the leather shows through. See samples below showing the colours available (black, green, blue, brown).

Obviously all designs cost extra and the more work involved the more it will cost.

Crimps

	Celtic Crimp and Rose My first Celtic crimp design on blue and a rose and fishbone on black. Both leathers factory dyed.
	Celtic Knot & Crimp Celtic knot with outer branch leaves on green and the Celtic crimp on brown. Both leathers factory dyed.
	Celtic Crimp The dyed leather still shows the design. This is my latest Celtic crimp design.

'Specials' produced

Some examples of a customers requests.

	Purple Crimp Special The crimp has been hand dyed purple - carefully!.
	Green Man Crimp Factory Dyed black leather highlights the design.

Embossed designs

I have had a number of celtic designs made into stamps which can be used on their own or combined with punches. The designs can be coloured seperately or the same.

The following pictures will give some idea of the possibilities.

Celtic Stamps

You can select a design from the above images by quoting the approprate letter. The large circular stamps are approx. 2" in diameter (50cm)

	Embossed green A shamrock punch design has been used to build up the side pattern while the celtic stamp (C2) has been embossed and dyed seperately to highlight the design.
	Embossed blue An old square punch design has been used to build up the side pattern and with the celtic stamp (C1) have been dyed seperately to highlight the design.

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Crimps

'Specials' produced

Embossed designs