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Thanks! I'm glad I could inspire you!

Can you send a screenshot of the "Source" button? I'm not seeing it. Perhaps I have the wrong user type. (I read somewhere that CKEditor can have more features for certain user types)

I deal in refurbished and selected new leather tools. People cut leather with a $350 round knife down to a $10 Olfa rotary cutter, $7 utility knife, or maybe the $6 HF scissors that cut pennies. The range of leather workers and their cutting tools is pretty vast. I get some leather scissors or shears in some of the old sets once in a while . Overall, I don't think they have been marketed the best as a cutting option in the last 20 years. The best thing you can do is put some out there and see how they sell. Price them at what is fair to you, not what you think the market is. In my case what I personally think rarely happens close to expectations. Many things I think won't sell fast due to price (high or low) ends up reordered the next week. Stuff that I think is a dead-on great value gets reordered in 6 months.

Thanks for trying but it's not that big a deal. Wasn't for my benefit anyway. Was just hoping for a copy and paste sort of thing.

You need to quote the OP or tag the OP to be sure they are receiving notifications. Some members have shut off notifications. Tag by typing the @ symbol followed by the member's screen name and pick it from the popup box. Like this @Capnclive you have 2 comments to look at. Also you have not complied with @AlZilla request to update with shipping information, will you ship, where to (globally), who pays. If you fail to comply, I will, I will lock and archive your post.

Welcome! Nice bag!!!

Thank you.

I edited my post to comply, apologies.

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Prototyping out a weekender style bag from wool and leather. I've always loved these natural materials. Wool and leather. They seem to fit together, natural products for the natural world and so when I came across some affordable Greek surplus wool blankets I knew I'd have to experiment with making a bag out of them. This was all hand stitched and has a canvas liner to the wool, something I might not repeat in future as it made elements of hand stitching more difficult. I'd also use a chunkier zipper. The zipper pull is Ostrich leather for some added flair.

@fredk your "be careful" comment ... you must know my neighbors! I think these people spend their retirement on fireworks. One guy has a show (in the mountains several miles away) that is bigger than the city's show - and the city spends >$10k on it!

wow - talented artist indeed!

I googled "how to download data from WhatsApp" and found a few pages. Here's one https://www.imyfone.com/whatsapp/download-from-whatsapp/. After that, you would have to figure out how you wanted to host the file. It would have to be somewhere that you could hyperlink it like my link above (i.e., on a web server of some sort). Permanent storage will likely incur a per-month cost.

I forgot to ask if you could provide a photo of how you have your top threaded. kgg

Still available?

Given the number of places that sell Wiss 22W scissors, I'd say there's definitely a market. I can get them to my door for $32 to $60. The question is whether you want to play in that market or can you build a better mouse trap and get a premium price for it. You've piqued my interest. But remember, you're dealing with a crowd for whom the hundred dollar servo motor seems to be the holy grail. Price will definitely be a factor.

That's sharp! I have a pattern that is similar, but is all made from one piece of leather.

Welcome from SW Missouri! Nice looking bag. Mom, I am sure, is proud to carry it.

Lmao. Sorry. Didn’t get it!

Just trying to get a short vid from a Chinese factory on WhatsApp into L/W because some peeps won't have WhatsApp.

There are shears in the market that are large although not the brands known well here. They work well on thinner leathers but they do not work on thick leather, at least none that I have seen. So there is no reason why your shears should not sell well. Best of luck.🙂

There's a market for virtually anything produced. Price will generally determine how big that market is. May God bless, Dwight

Greetings. I make tools, and have been making tools for over 40 years. I spent many months this year learning the skills of refurbishing, sharpening and tuning, tin-snips, shears and scissors. Along that path I discovered WISS #8 Belt Shears for cutting leather and fabric belting. They are very nice, but a bit small for my taste. The largest commonly available WISS Shears are #22W, at over 12 inches long They can be purchased new but the old ones are better. I ended up with several pairs of 22W's and decided to super-size the #8 Belt Shears. The WISS Belt Shears are interesting because the lower blade is serrated to hold the leather and the upper blade is knife-edged. My new shears cut 1/4" sole leather like paper. Kind of amazing. As a knife-maker these aren't too hard to make, but I'm curious if there is a market for them. I've been using these for the last few weeks on various knife sheath projects and really love them, but there are lots of ways to cut leather. I am curious what others think of these.

Top left corner, click "Source" and paste away. I think that's what your asking for. Wouldn't your BOLD tags be in whatever you typed up?