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I've made paddle holsters for phones. Double the paddle side and keep the rough sides out so it won't slip as badly. I also ran some rivets along the top to keep the bend in place.

There are bound to be as many opinions to this as there are responders. My preference is Feibing's 4-way care. Easy to use, predictable results, and it is available at a decent price.

Thanks for all the positive vibes. I just hope she loves it.

I'm on another forum that was inundated with bots. They put a Captcha to verify you're a human at the login and that eliminated just about all bots. I don't know what's involved to do that but it is one solution to the problem. Maybe it would be a good idea here.

I think I'm making it worse. I got the left needle dialed in. I stitch with heavier fabric and multiple layers and everything was clean and good tension. I took a look at the right needle and noticed the hook timing was off a little. I followed the steps in the video to adjust the hook timing. But when I loosened the two screws for the big gear, it didn't move freely along the shaft the way it showed in the video. Now I can't get either hooks to rotate properly. I attached some pics and videos to show what I'm dealing with. This is really starting to get frustrating and time consuming.

Nice tool holder. I like that kind of organizing. I see you have marked them with stamps. Maybe you could rub some antiquing across the top so the numbers show better. I keep many of my drills on a shelf behind my drill press in similar blocks. I also have blocks to organize many of my leather tools in my various tool boxes. They're made mostly of different hardwoods, depending on what was on hand when I made each one.

Those are really interesting. Nice find. No, I don't have any channeling tools. That said, there's nothing like old well-made hand tools. My grandfather was a contractor who worked on the Winchester House from about 1900-1920. I have his tool chest and many of his hand tools. Some are leather tools and others are woodworking tools. I love to use them. Good, old tools just work right. Samalan, those boxes of old tools sound amazing. What a treasure. Even the boxes.

Hello everyone, my name is Stephen. My wife and I run Misty Vale Leather in WV https://mistyvaleleather.square.site/ We create WV/Appalachian themed leather goods. While I just got my wife into the craft about a year ago, i've been involved for about 10 years now. Even though i've been making things for quite a while, i'm relatively new to the business side of things. I'm hoping i'll be able to pick sone if your brains on marketing and business questions. I've utilized the site many times in the past when i've run into unexpected problems that I couldn't figure out, and I have always found it an absolute wealth of information. I figured it would be even more helpful if I could actually ask questions, and I thought it would be nice to maybe help someone else out with their questions as well. In the regular world I'm a teacher so sharing information and helping others learn is kind of what i do. I've learned a lot from viewing old archived threads and I'm looking forward to not only learning more but also sharing some of the knowledge i've gained over the years as well.

I think I'm making it worse. I got the left needle dialed in. I stitch with heavier fabric and multiple layers and everything was clean and good tension. I took a look at the right needle and noticed the hook timing was off a little. I followed the steps in the video to adjust the hook timing. But when I loosened the two screws for the big gear, it didn't move freely along the shaft the way it showed in the video. Now I can't get either hooks to rotate properly. I attached some pics and videos to show what I'm dealing with. This is really starting to get frustrating and time consuming. Video Project.mp4 Video Project 1.mp4

Try this search in a search engine-- "site:leatherworker.net paddle holster". don't use the quotation marks though.

I knew that my suggestion was not a perfect answer for you but it was "an" answer if nothing else was found. Actually I am surprised that you found anything with the search function here. I have rarely found answers using it. Good luck. I will be following this thread as I am curious as to what you find. Nick

ok I take it that any leather conditioner will clean the leather & they should help restore oils lost over time. was just looking to get some and never new so many where around so thought to see if all should be about the same if made for leather.

Thanks for the response. Albuquerque is about a 9–10 hour drive for me. If you happen to travel anywhere closer to Utah (I’m in the Salt Lake Valley), that would make this much more doable on my end. Otherwise freight likely pushes it past what I can responsibly spend. Let me know what regions you typically cover if you could. Thanks

That is very helpful, thank you.

Yes, I double checked the threading. When threading I go off the manual (which is not that good) and a youtube video. The tensioner on my machine seems to have these little notches that I'm not sure is part of the threading process. The video I followed didn't mention it. My left needle seems to mostly dialed in. I will be checking everything again and testing on different fabrics next, then move on to the right needle. Thanks for the 139 manual, I will take a look at it before I start any of my next steps. I would mention that since my machine is needle feed (slightly moving towards the back of the machine when going down)and doesn't have the timing marks on the needle bar, it was a little difficult getting the exact lowest point of the needle bar.

It makes perfect sense, but ... getting dressed must have been a PAIN! LOL -Bill

Looks like all his leather came from the same guy.

Check out his shoulder rig lol, the shirt is cut to hide the strap.

Looks like a pretty standard tv rig in design for that era of tv lol, i cant really see the tooling pattern, but it's a Mexican loop pattern holster, Tandy has a pattern pack for Buscaderos. What caught my eye is the 30 30 on the door lol Now that's just bad ass. Funny how back in the day folks actually cared about their looks. My folks were from that era; they didn't go out if they weren't dressed to go out, and yeah decorated boots were the thing back then. My dad had a silver-tipped Bolo tie and matching silver collar tips that went on his shirt collars. We still have them.

Might make them like a guitar strap ? I made this and it is somewhat adjustable , more slots spaced closer would offer more adjustment . Just a thought .......

I feel that. Luckily I made these shoes for myself so at least I dont have to tell a customer! Ok I will keep that in mind. I applied some shoe glue to the under with a scalpel. I will see if it holds or not. If not I will give that a run.

Sand some tan coloured leather, take the dust and mix it with some weather-proof PVA glue to get a thick paste. Apply to the wound and let dry. After apply some polish and buff lightly, do this several times and the wound should be less noticeable

Thinking about it I could probably make one out of pallet wood, some of that wood is pretty good stuff (and cheap) once it's cleaned up. The latching mechanism looks pretty easy to make, just a bit of welding required. The hardest part would be drawing out the pieces so it will actually work, then it's just lots of time!! I hope you're making scaled drawings of yours as you go, ClaimedVacancy (hint,hint).. It's looking good so far.