TTcustom
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Thanks Mark. You coming in for a wednesday night bull session?
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As the date draws near for the delivery of my saddle tree I made myself a bouncer out of a porcelain door knob I bought. I liked the results so I bought some more knobs and made another example.
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Found some door knobs and made myself a bouncer. Liked the results so I tried a different version.
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Glad you found LW look forward to hearing more from you!
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Very cool, I especially like the marble effect very much! I have used a feather to do faux painting of marble but not an air brush/gun. Great tip!
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I did try the deadblow hammer and it looked like the face of it wouldn't stand up to years of abuse. I use a two pound maul I made myself for punches. Let the hammer do all the heavy work.
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问候和欢迎皮革工人站点。 在座的许多友好人士对回答您的任何问题。我期待着看到你。 My Chinese not good too.
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Works Of My Pupils
TTcustom replied to arbalet12's topic in Purses, Wallets, Belts and Miscellaneous Pocket Items
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4.54 litres to the imperial gallon and 3.8 liters to the US gallon.... interesting. I need to call my insurance guy because I must not be getting the best rate! We have to have insurance in Arizona but there seem to be a lot of people that scoff at the law and drive without it. I always here about some one getting in an accident and the other fella didn't have it.
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Looks Pretty good! I have been practicing my block dying technique to get this. I wrapped a small block of particle board with some cotton pillow ticking and use it like a stamp pad on the leather moving it around the edge in a random fashion. I think maybe in on of the Tony and Kay Laier books block dying is discussed.
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1850's To 1890 Saddles. Anyone Like Them Other Than Me?
TTcustom replied to DEADEYE's topic in Saddle & Tack Maker Gallery
You have got a great model with Mr Gus there! Nice looking saddle too! Could be I have been drawn to the same haunt! You can also see a picture of my "haunt" saddle in the book "COWBOYS & the Trappings of the Old West" also. A lot of the saddles in the book are pictures of saddles in the Fleischer Collection. The Fleischers live here and Mort is a big collector of western trappings. Once upon a time his collection of saddles, spurs and gun leather was on display at a Museum in Scottsdale that has since closed. -
1850's To 1890 Saddles. Anyone Like Them Other Than Me?
TTcustom replied to DEADEYE's topic in Saddle & Tack Maker Gallery
HA Knut, Awesome! I got the same tree on order from Bowden, they are putting Santa fe style hand holds in the Cantle back for me. I am going with Sam Stagg rigging, covered rings, side jockeys and tooled only with the stamps I have made. This is based on a saddle I saw in the Fleisher collection museum before they closed. I have a picture of it in a book for inspiration too. I have got the leather and I am itching for the tree to be delivered. Can't wait to get started. Seeing your saddle makes me wish it was here NOW! Nice work as always! /Tim See it here in the lead picture of this Magazine article -
Some sources dispute the source of neatsfoot oil. Pure versus compound and all that has been a oft overheard debate. I am thinking I will start using olive oil but no oleo for my leather goods.
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Veremos el cometa Kohoutec estos días. Calculan los astrónomos
que volverá a ser visto dentro de cincuenta mil años.
¿Entiendes mi arrebato? ¿No es una dádiva generosa, amada,
amiga mía, tu presencia de hoy?
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Just adding a bump to your question because I am also interested in how to best use the creaser tool.
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Congratulations Steve! I hope this is the year I can buy one of your fine machines for my shop!
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Sorry I thought you were asking about edge finishing/ edge burnishing. That is why I steered you to the Bob P tutorial. I looked too fast at your picture but now I see you have the creaser lines circled. I haven't used the creaser tool so I don't have any input on that but now I am also interested in anyone with a tutorial on it's use.
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Like Doc says Bobby Parks has a great tutorial on edge finishing and I highly recommend it. A project just ain't done until the edges are done. Click here to go to his Tutorial
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Wild beats my heart to trace your steps,
Whose ancestors, in days of yore,
Thro' hostile ranks and ruin'd gaps
Old Scotia's bloody lion bore:
Ev'n I who sing in rustic lore,
Haply my sires have left their shed,
And fac'd grim Danger's loudest roar,
Bold-following where your fathers led!