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  1. Patrice

    Happy Birthday 1 2 3 4 60

    by Patrice

    I wish you a happy birthday and hope everything will goes smooth today! Take good car of you! :biggrin:

    Handstitched
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  3. chuck123wapati

    spring flowers and good food 1 2 3 4 56

    by chuck123wapati

    ok i made a new thread , i figured Fred is getting tired of his thread being stomped on. Sorry Fred!!! First of the year the desert here is literally covered in flowers but you have to get close to see them lol. i will get some more as time allows.

    Sheilajeanne
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  4. fredk

    Have a laugh in 2025 1 2 3 4 8

    by fredk

    Over Christmas I had some of that German spiced cake 'Stollen?' Certainly not! I paid for it ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A farmer was encouraged to buy one of a new breed of farm dogs. He was told it was well behaved and a good worker On the first day the farmer got out of bed late, at 8.30. When he came down the stairs he found the dog asleep in front of the fire. He kicked the dog awake with a 'huh, so much for hard working!' To which the dog replied ' I say, there's no need for that. This morning I was up early and patrolling round the farm. I came across three rustlers in the lower fields a…

    fredk
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  5. toxo

    Wine making.

    by toxo

    Fool that I am have decided to have a go this year. Know nothing about it except picking up bits through life. Only been here for 3 yrs and last year there was so few bunches that I didn't bother but this year there's about 5 times more. There's still not enough to make it worthwhile so I'll have to supplement with either more grapes from somewhere or some concentrate. A couple peeps on facebook don't want theirs so I'm going tomorrow to see what's left. A whole new learning curve coming up and equipment to buy but two of my daughters will no doubt push me to get it done.

    billybopp
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  6. kgg

    Dog Attack

    by kgg

    We own a dog boarding kennel and a had an unprovoked dog attack two days ago. The dog was an English Bulldog and weighted about 60 lbs. It took three of us to get the bugger off my right leg calf. The tear in the zipper area was the first attempted kill shot and when that didn't work decided my calf muscle was a better choice to take me down. The blood on the leg of the other pant leg is from the spurting wound on the right leg before we could get the belt on the leg. This is how my pants, right boot and the 13 oz chrome tan belt, I made about a year ago, now look. The belt became a improvised tourniquet to get me to the hospital. I will not post photo's of the in…

    kgg
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  7. fredk

    Fred's ramblings 1 2 3 4 31

    by fredk

    I thought I'd just a thread to write down some of my rambling ideas, thoughts and findings Just one thread, instead of starting new ones or tagging on to old ones I'll start with this observation. I'm starting to make a dice cup. I've cut the leather to go around my former. I'm making this one flesh side out-grain side in. I wrapped the leather around my former grain side in and cut it to size. Just by chance I lifted the cut piece to check it and wrapped it flesh side in. This is what I noticed; grain side in = perfect fit But the same piece of leather wrapped grain side out = a gap, of about 6mm / 1/4 inch ! I'll b…

    chuck123wapati
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  8. JLSleather

    Datin' n stuff

    by JLSleather
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    DIVORCE FINALIZED Now, NOBODY likes the idea of divorce, really, but then I did lose about 170 lbs Ya could say over the years she outgrew me 🤣 So some the boys around asked if I was "datin" somebody. Thinkin bout that, I realized that's unlikely. I mean, they gotta be some 'rulez' about who ta date, yeah?... So- what would these 'rulez' be? So far, I've concluded that these are all a must (all, not some). gotta be a girl. I mean ORIGINAL equipment, not this "aftermarket" stuff ya hear about these days. She gotta fit my cutoff jeans. And by cutoff jeans, I mean my jeans are full length, but if she dont' fit in 'em she CUT OFF. I was c…

    JLSleather
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  9. fredk

    Happy 4th

    by fredk

    Have a good day Be careful and enjoy yourself

    Sheilajeanne
    Last reply by Sheilajeanne,
  10. Johanna

    Colored Pencil Artist

    by Johanna

    https://cindysinorartist.com/ Cindy Sinor is a talented colored pencil artist and accepts commissions. I thought you’d enjoy looking at her work.

    AEBL
    Last reply by AEBL,
  11. UnderTheRedMoon

    DnD related question 1 2

    by UnderTheRedMoon

    A bit of an unconventional topic for a forum like this, I'm just not sure whom else to ask than a bunch of leatherworkers. Preface: In DND, spellcasters (Wizards, Sorcerors, and Warlocks) use an Arcane Focus. An Arcane Focus is a special item to channel their magic, replacing the need for certain material components when casting spells. Spellbooks, hold spells to later access and utilize. Normally they are leather bound books of pages. Some spellbooks could use metal sheets in which spells are etched with acid. My character's "spellbook" was a staff with leather straps attached to a staff. Braided leather cord, leather straps with increasing length and width with s…

    Mulesaw
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