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This is why! A very different craft than leatherwork, but equisetly beautiful! https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=3848821205352487
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I wanted to send this out to the internet. Call it the leather community or your pick. When I was a young Texas kid. Every stereotype that has been projected onto Texas. It's pretty much true. Cowboys, cows, and the occasional goat. A specific, definable, culture. One aspect was leather. Through my life, I've stood and stared at gun belts and holsters displayed at the Texas Ranger museum. Other influences was cowboys themselves. Leather and conchos are a poor man's jewelry. I've never made things to sell. I made/make them out of need. I've made holster after holster. Knife sheaths. Spur straps. Handcuff cases. Flash light holders... Then lif…
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This is not about paypal itself but your payments to others using paypal Hidden in the 'agreement' that a lot of sellers use is a clause for automatic payments via paypal Who reads that 'agreement'? We just click the box that says we have then we proceed to make the payment Recently I noticed that two payments each of 16p was taken by Royal Mail from my paypal balance. Not much, but I had not authorised these payments ~ but yet I had No explanation from RM why or what for I tracked the payments through to the 'automatic' payments in my paypal account settings It appears that on two occasions when I bought parcel pos…
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A friend of a friend is a widow of a fellow who had a small business doing leatherwork. He mostly worked in tooled belts, wallets and sheaths. I'm very new to leatherwork, and I don't really have a good idea what to offer the widow for the tools. There are shelves full of all sorts of leather, and a workbench full of tools. Some of it I can price right off of an internet search (such as the poly mauls, which are like ~30 USD. Then there's hardware (Chicago screws, rivets, etc.) and a few large (concho?) punches and
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A BBC report that the Museum might move https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gxyye2080o I didn't know it existed
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Hi, It's Chaoswolf. I'm 39 years old german hobby leatherworker. My English skills are slightly bad, so please bear with me. I try to read and write without a translator so far it is possible. Unfortunately, there are no active german leatherworker bulletin boards. I'm new at this hobby, I do it since a half year. I started with belts and laptop computer bags. I'm working at a bag back for my wife at the moment. My other hobbies are woodworking, webdesign, hiking, Anti-Terror Streetfight, games (Videogames, tabletop and pen & paper). I'm looking forward to learn and share skills with you!
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The God of War rode out one day Upon his mighty filly. "I'm Thor!" he cried. His horse replied, "You forgot your thaddle, thilly."
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It's been a while. 2018 was the last I could find mention of the thread from a few years ago. If you are so inclined, post a picture of your shop, with: ONE photo and, ONE thing you Like, One thing you Don't Like about it. Like: It's small and everything is in reach. It narrows the search for tools ... sometimes. Don't like: It's small, and I'm running out of room, especially for Mold Guns
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I ordered a shoulder and some Ritza tread from a big name supplier on Oct 3 . Checked tracking and saw it had been sitting in Hodgkins Ill. for a couple of days , so I called customer service at the supplier . Thinking my stuff was probably lost , I figured the shipper would be the one to start a lost parcel trace . Talked with a fellow who assured me " he didn't think it was lost "and then went on to explain to me about the recent bad weather , I assume he was referring to hurriane Helene . Dumb me , I didn't know Hodgkins Ill. was impacted by the hurricane . My heart goes out and hope they recover and rebuild soon . Boy that conversation put me at ease ! But …
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Hunkering down in my place, in the deep woods just outside of Tallahassee. Last night I was in the cross hairs now it shows coming thru a little bit East of me. It’s been raining since last night, that soaks the ground good and makes it easier for the trees to come down, the ones that don’t snap. Keeping my fingers crossed. Supposed to come thru around 11:00 tonight. Prayers going out to anyone in the path of this storm.
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