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I have a bit of hair on hide that I want to make a throw pillow, but it’s a little musty. I have put it in the sun, but would like to try to get it a little more fresh. What ideas might I try ? Thank you for your suggestions and advice! Richard

I’m making a wet molded pouch that is more or less square. I’ve got the form and the leather is in the shape I want but the corners are wonky. I’ve tried to search you tube but the videos I’ve found are for flat corners or gussets. There should be a way to make a cut that will result in a more square corner but I can’t figure it out. Project is the mid pouch on the back outside of a scout carry sheath where you would carry altoids tin or brass tinder box etc. Thanks to anyone who can assist. Bigs

Thank you!

I tried tanning myself, with a haunch of caribou given by a neighbour (I have a GREAT neighbourhood) Egg yolks instead of brains (I lacked spare brains) and work, work, work. Then, do more work. After that, more work. It's ready now, to be a toboggan liner for an American friend who just made a baby. She's a caribou researcher, so hopefully I did a good job. Oh, and it isn't hard work, just there is a LOT of it, and it all needs attention.

I do have some latigo, could double it to get thick enough...Might be my next set. Also thinking of adding grips to my pullup bar, again and again over time, to make the bar harder and harder to grip.

Nick - Great idea. I am not sure what the official "Leather Show Socials" schedule is right now. There is an Friday night event for sure. Thursday might be a good night.

Great info! Thanks again!

I prefer to use the single action airbrushes and the two main ones I use are the very inexpensive suction style at $21 CAD rather then the gravity feed type. Load up the dye bottle, push the button and you are spraying. If you are planning on using it indoors a regular compressor can be very noisy when it has to recharge the air tank and really is overkill for an airbrush. Keep in mind the dye will darken and spread in the leather after a few days. So you have an initial photo of the project so take another photo a few days down the road for a comparison.

I think the whiskey glasses were lol. Nothing western in Hollywood is real even now, but at least then they had some morality and sense of right vs wrong. Every show had a lesson and positive story line. I'll take Gunsmoke over modern "entertainment" any day. I think Matt was kissed only once in the whole series, and they didn't even have to show Miss Kitty's boobs to get the message across that she was a woman.

Tandy, in thier Library. https://tandyleather.com/blogs/leathercraft-library

Hey Bruce, that's great! I am a resident of Las Vegas. Is anyone is interested in a meet-up? I would love to meet any members of LW forum for lunch or dinner at Baja Miguel's Mexican restaurant, inside South Point, if anyone is interested. I don't know if it is possible to coordinate a day and time but I just wanted to throw this idea out there, just in case. Baja Miguel's Mexican restaurant is open 11am to 10pm, Wed - Sun. I would be open to other suggestions but thought I would start with this one. My apology if this is a ridiculous idea. Nick

I'd like know what you suggest and, if not widely available, where to get them. Thanks you very much

I've been looking at harmonica belts.. i have to make one for a friend.. i'm envisioning ideas so that it won't be like the others i've seen..Pls share me some idead and picture of the ones people here have made .. it would be great to see them

As always, you come through with some great insight. And yes, the airbrush is a light-duty cake decorator, but maybe it’ll give her a gift idea. After all, Christmas is coming 😉 I think (hope?) I have finally made my case to spend the extra $15 on the Pro Dye to not stress over the potential for bleed, and to skip the topcoat step and save time. Regardless, I still want to explore the airbrush application method. My initial project resulted in a halfway decent sunburst, so I’m excited to see what I can do with a little experience. — AZR

"Figure Carving" by AL Stohlman would give you that info for adding the shading. I see Tandy is sold out on that book; however they have "How to carve Leather" which also shows the process Al used. I like that sheath BTW, very well done imo.

Thank you!! oh yea they were! A nice homemade chokecherry/service berry wine accompanied it. I also used a bit to create the au jus with some black pepper for a bit of spice. Then I sauted some onions until brown and made country gravy and smashed taters, with a light salad. Hoping you are doing as well, are you going to plant a garden this year? Some good spring veggies?

My son is doing the tanning, its very much like brain tanning but without the brains and makes the same type of leather. I'm trying something diferent on the fore legs, i want to keep the hair on so am using a diferent method. The legs have short hair and i want to try it on a holster or two. And yes he works his butt off during the softening process.

I would try something like at least an 8/9 oz latigo. Latigo is one of the strongest leathers, and of course the thicker the better.

@Mulesaw Hi Jonas, Thanks a lot for your thoughtful reply — and apologies for the late response! I’m still getting familiar with the forum and hadn’t seen this earlier. I really appreciate your detailed feedback, especially about the finish and the prong dip. It’s great to hear what matters most to someone who actually works with tack and belts — that’s really helpful as I refine the designs. Best regards, John

They look incredibly tasty 😋 they'll go well with a nice red, or in this case, champers . And happy anniversary 🎉 I have never tried tanning my own leather. Mum did try doing a sheep skin many years ago, but that was messy. HS

Thank you! I called him. He's sending a set. Thank you!

Can you post a picture of the inner hook guide? I'm not familiar with this term.

See this post: https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/125148-replacement-pulley-for-tapered-shaft/#findComment-770958

I posted about this here:

I've been working on a couple of Baby Lock EA-605 overlocker machines. Here is the service manual for the Baby Lock EA-605 and Baby Lock EF-205: babylock-ef205__ea605-service-manual.pdf And here is a video I made of how the mechanisms look in slow motion: