Jimbob

have you gotten the name of the book...? Made a standard 1911 shoulder holster, like Bianchi style....still wanting to make one for my own 1911....so any help would be great! James

yeah, sorta like that....the pump is about like a smaller old flip phone size wise....so I like your case a lot....is it hand stitched...?! Thanks

Aahhhhhaaaa!! Thanks for the info...by the way great moose carving!!

What in the heck is a bird lanyard....!? You catch a bird with it....or can you make it sit on it to swing.... no clue..!???? That's what my wife says about me.......well, that is another story...

Anybody ever made one....!? Need some ideas and mayby pictures, little help or just a few hints....pump is about 8x5 cm and about 2.5 cm thick...will be horizontal carried on a belt with clip.... If anybody could shine some light into my brain.....thanks a bushel!!! James

Wonderful portraits, in my book one of the hardest topics in leather carving.....you have such talent....very amazing work!! My favorite is Nelson Mandela....not quiet there yet, but very close!! Well done... Greetings from Virginia Jimbob

Not a walking foot, not made to sew leather and most likly a house hold or smaller seamstress machine....need a Singer 111 or 211, Pfaff or Juki walking foot...call Tech-sew....they help you out!!

Thanks Randy....pictures would be nice...haha....try again.. Thanks James

Go to a headstone company they give u a small old one for free.... Then take a THICK towel and wet it real good....wring out and fold several times, put under ur slab and u gud to go! Use a leather mallet, lesser noise then brass or Nylon! Hope that helps... Ohhhh and got to Tandys and buy every one of ur family a leather craft starti g kit....ya all have fun together in no time.....then u might have to deal wth the people living beside ur place....hahaha..... James

You be in a hole in a hurry prize wise if you dont watch it....I am doing a Buick 1950 two door all four seats in veg tan and all seats tooled to the top! This will run easily 3 Grands or a bit more....so be aware, there is a huge amount of labor involved!! And take my advice....practice on ur uncles old golf card bench first!!!!! James

Hmmm....lets see, looks fairly simple to me...sew the bottom part of the outside bads, then attach to large bag skirt, finish side seems...attaching the hole side bag to skirt, finish skirt and big bag add ons....done.... You always have to add the sidebags first to the skirt, then finish skirt and bottom and flap for bag....did I get this right...!???

Looking for ideas how to make a gun holster purse, with compartement (zipper) for med. frame auto...anybody ever made one, pictures, ideas or patterns are welcome... Thanks so much !! Jim

Been careless and took an order from a gunstore to start making mid size holster purses ( purse holster...) I have been making some handbags, purses and backpacks....but the extra compartment for the mid frame auto baffels me a bit...how would I start.... Anybody has made one or have ideas and hints...? Pictures, patterns and some drawings would help.. Thanks so much James

Looks like low quality leather, do you use belly or near belly parts....well taned veg tan leather should not behave like this...wet forming can take extrem shapes and forms without wrinkles... Try different leather... james

Burr on feed doog....

I use 3-4 oz high quality veg tan for bike seat shapes....lots of curves there....on holsters I use 8-9 oz...shaping involved but sturdyness needed....as said, veg tan, thinner is better to form and thicker holds shape better....thats it.

Sure can, looks good, add a few more details and you on your way....about anything can be carved in a bike seat....if you can draw it, trace it or dream it...it can be done!! Only limitation I see is what kind of shape or design your seat is....thats it... Just practice a little bit on scrap leather and then go for it....ohhh and make sure you have a back-up design in case you get married after you tooled this seat!!!

I dont know nothing about the machine!! But I do know what words you said when your thread broke over and over again....hehehee... Lets start with finding a user manual in PDF format, shows how to thread, then make sure your thread bobbin is not keeping the thread from coming off easy feeding to your thread bar on the machine....check the thread bar for burrs...now lets make sure your tension disk is in working order for the top thread...make sure thread is in between and tension disks are some what loose....pull thread and check....now feed thread into remaining holes...run thread thrue needle and make sure thread matches size of needle....make sure needle has no burr or nick....check with finger nail...check bobbin hook for burr or nicks, then handwheel your machine till thread engages in leather and see where the sudden brake if any apears... I used to forget to take of the protective plastic baggy of my thread spool, guess what...top thread breaks...hahaha... its only a sewing machine, you will fix it....just go step by step!! Ohhh and get new needles too... Again, have no clue about your machine... Aloha

stick a 1.5 inch piece of wood into the belt loop while damp and bone it also, it will take shape of your belt sample and will get a hardened edge, bone well on both sides and create an three dimensional look of the loop....lasts for ever!!

I chop mine up into very fine particles, add some cheyenne pepper and some parcley, roll it and smoke it.....then lean back and have all kind of weird ideas for my next leather project!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the only way to do this....and I dito above....with a steady hand, glasses and a super fine high quality brush!! Go practice and then do some magic on leather with acryls!!

Looking to do a complete car in veg tanned leather, all the front seats will have carvings and the back seat will too....some cross lacing on the seams and of course flame skulls and such!! Anybody ever done this, what leather and what oz would be good, should I carve on the actual cover or should I use thicker leather and then sew to the leather "skin" of the seat....how would I keep the leather in shape to the seat, would I need to wet form the pieces, what kind of seam would work on veg tan leather > french seam...? anybody have pictures or drawings, also will do the side panels....these should be easy... The car is a Buick 1950 2-door and all will be styled like Rock-a-billy California style stuff... OK, anybody up for ints, info or sources...?? Thanks upfront for good leads... Jimbob

Hello to Denmark....look for a Adler 267 in gray color, the white ones are China made, still good machines! These machines are good for max 3/8 or less.....the thread you are looking for in 415 is waaaay to big for this Adler....you need a Adler 205 to handle this thread size! And these suckers are expensive, now made in Chechien....not Germany but still very good quality. There are many good used machines to buy in Germany ( I am from there...) but it all comes down how much u want to spend. Make sure u buy from a good dealer with good service! Pfaffs are good ones too, dont know much about them....I am an Adler fan, haha

dampen ur edges with water and burnish with a wheel or cloth or some leather (grain side ) put some ellbow into it....heat is the factor....then put some wax or leather finish on these edge, maybe some color and ur wallet looks like a million dollar!!! Right now it loks already like 999.999....haha...well done!!