Lapstone changed their sale. No discount on the Grey Day but now 30% off on the core's.
https://www.lapstoneandhammer.com/products/u996gr_grey?variant=41249994571833
Nah, I didn't cut the leather portion. I think they purposely made the bottom layer bigger than the top layer to support the red lining. They also didn't use leather on the bottom for that part either. I ended up just painting the section and it's not really noticeable. I'll post pics when I...
Yeah, I used the regular red from Angelus and it was slightly darker than the original color. The finish on the original red was different too, so even if I were to mix colors to match it I would still paint over it.