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    Hi Olive, Looks like you learned really well from some great teachers. I would love to have had a chance to have met Kat. She did some really neat and original projects. You dont happen to have any pictures of her or her work do you? Welcome to LW. I'll be looking forward to seeing more from you.
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    Just wanted to give this a bump again. Charley's doing a great job with this lesson. He's giving lots of good advice and tips, and good pictures. If you're interested in improving your figure carving, you really owe it to yourself to check this out.
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    Hi Folks, We had a great show this year even with attendance down about 20% to 25%. People didnt seem to mingle long. They had a list and came and got their needs and left. Sewing machines sales were slow with both companies with only a few sales at both boothes. Oregon Leather and The Leather Factory did great as always but I think Barta Hide did really weel on Friday as well as Bob Douglas Tools. Over all we think this was a very good show and look forward to next years. Folks, if you can you need to attend this show. With 20 expected exhibitors we are able to give them the speace that they need to put alot of merchandise out on display. And as we all know they dont like to take it home once they put is out. We have already booked this show for next 2 years and it will be bigger and better. Expected instructors for this year will be - Myself - Ron JeanBlanc, Monty Beckman, Ty Skiver, Ben Bork, Barry King, Chuck Smith and JD Benner. We will be updating this list through out the year and will get dates and times listed for pre-registration for classes. Show Hours are 9:00 am to 5:00 pm each day This is the 9th Annual Ferdco Leather Trade Show. Come and see the following Exhibitors! Pendleton Exhibitors Pending Oregon Leather - leather, Tandy Leather Factory- leather, , George Barta Hide - leather - Ron's Tools- Hand tools, Barry King Tools- Hand tools, Bob Douglas Tools - Hand tools, Wayne Jueschke - Hand tools, Hansen Western Gear - Silver and silver jewelry, Bee Natural - Horse Care Products, Sheridan Leather Outfitters- Leather, tools and leather related products Herb Bork & Son's - Cast Hardware, - Bronson knives -Hand tools - Weber Stirrups - stirrups, . Gomph-HackbarthTools - hand tools - Cobra Sewing Machines - sewing machines , Van Amberg Leather - Exotic leathers - Chaps & More - Ivan Sampson - Burnishing tool - Chuck Smith Tools - Stamping Tools Pendleton Convention Center Address - 1601 Westgate - Pendleton Oregon 97801 - 541-276-6569 Classes - Joe Benner - 541-567-3533 - Building a Wade Saddle- Watch Master Saddlemaker Joe Benner build a saddle in 3 days. Joe has done this class for 3 of our shows and his students have all learned many of the tips and tricks on building an exceptional saddle in a short amount of time. This class is for new and experienced makers. Please call Joe for the times and place of the class. The cost of the 3 day class is $395.00. Please call Joe with any questions yu have about the class for the start times and location of the class. Ben Bork - 509-588-3348- Cincha Making Class. Watch Ben, with Bork & Sons Cinchas make a cincha then make your own and take it home at the end of the day. Not only will you take home a cincha but also a free kit to make your own. Cincha making supplies and hardware will be available for purchase. Cost for the class is $125.00. The class will be held at the Pendleton Trade Show (Nov. 6th, 2009). This class is for anyone interested in making cinchas. Please call Ben with any questions you may have as well as the starting time of the class. Space in the class is limited.. Call and reserve your chair! Please call the # above to register. Ron JeanBlanc from Ferdco- 208-689-3006 - Sewing Machine 101 - I will go over most of the basic detail on how and what to check to make your machine perfect. This will be about a 2 to 3 hour class - It will be held on the afternoon of Thursday Nov 5th at 1:00 at the convention center. Notebook and paper for notes is all you need - cost is 30.00 ea person. Please call the # above to register. Testimonials - "I attended the saddle making seminar taught by Joe Bennner in Elko. The seminar was extremely informative. The quality of the instruction and the manner in which it was presented was very professional. Joe started work on the saddle and was able to explain each step as he went along. He demonstrated a number of skills and mechanics that saved time but in no way decreased the quality of the saddle. He also showed us different ways to save time and gain the same results. Joe has a great deal of knowledge and experience that he is more than willing to share." Joe Marshall - Marshall Saddles - Cedar City UT. I attended Joe Benner's saddle making class in Pendleton OR during Ferdco's November Trade Show. I thinnk Joe did a remarkable job of covering all the material in just 3 days. Satified student" Randy Black - Milton-Freewater OR. Thank-you !
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    October 1 & 2, 2010 9am—6pm Two Days for $10 @ The MPEC 1000 Fifth Street Wichita Falls, Tx Contact Info: Eddie & Kathy Kimmel 325.356.3197 ofc 325.356.2490 ofc/fax emailEmail me bootandsaddlemakertradeshow.com kimmelbootcompany.com
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    The 2010 IFoLG show will be held in St Louis, MO. Dates haven't been announced yet that I have seen. I've added a couple more of the trade shows coming up in 2010 to the calendar at the bottom of the forum's main page. It's difficult to get too much information on some of them very far in advance, but they do have dates and the Pendleton show has a list of potential vendors and classes. I think Sheridan is the biggest show.
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    Try here for old saddle catalogs. Cabin Creek
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    Most of the woolies I've seen were traditionally built with canvas and you stepped into them sort of like a pair of pants. The wool part was sewed on the front part of the legs. I was told part of the reason for this was that the angora skin was really thin and wouldn't hold up to wear. Not sure if that's the real reason they were made like this or not. I looked around and I don't seem to have any good picture that show how they are made. I know a guy that has quite a few pairs of them in his collection of old west stuff, someday I'm going to have to get some pictures and see if I can make a pattern off of some of them.
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    I do bevel first then matt. Here's a link to an article on Bob Beard's website about bevelers, matters and backgrounders that might help you out. He show's pictures of the different tools and explains some of the uses of each. There's another one that explains the differences between a lot of different bevelers. You can see it here.Hopefully that will answer a lot of your questions.
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    Hi John, Welcome to Leatherworker.net and thanks for sharing your craftool identification sheets. For any of you that are looking for old craftools, John's a good guy to do business with.
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    The way I learned it, checkered matters are generally used in sky areas and smooth matters are used on the areas where a figure has ground for background. As Storm said, the matting tools are used to "matt" down the area around a figure to get it to stand out more from the background. If you read through some of Stohlman's figure carving books, I think that the figure bevelers kind of replaced some of the smooth matting tools. By tilting the tool back on it's heel, it doesn't leave tool marks and you can smooth the leather out away from a figure. Another way to make a smooth matting tool would be to use a pear shader and file the face down a little making it flatter. You'd probably also want to grind the end down flat so it would set down into a beveled line. That's kind of how Bob Beards figure matters are shaped and they really work well.
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    Edge bevelers can be sharpened. A good book on all leather tools and how to sharpen them is Leathercraft Tools by Al Stohlman. There is a page towards the back of the book that tells how to sharpen edge beverlers. A few years ago I decided to upgrade some of my edge bevelers and purchased a few of them from Ron's Tools. When I got the bevelers they came with a small steel rod to sharpen them with. To sharpen them, you set the rod on your bench, set a piece of wet/dry sandpaper or emory cloth over the rod, then run the groove in the tool over that. Ron's tools came very sharp and I don't know if I've ever had to sharpen them, but I did run my old Craftool edge bevelers over this and I was pretty amazed at how well they worked after that. You should be able to find a piece of thin wire, a sewing needle or something similar that fits the groove in your edger and use that to sharpen the tool. Now this will only work for the tools that have the rounded groove on the bottom of the edger. For the ones that are flat on the bottom, I think you are going to need a small jewelers file and sharpen it at the correct angle. Hope this makes some sense and if not, I hope others will jump in and tell how they do it.
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    Hi John, I was reading your post and thought WOW, I used to go to the Tandy store on 23rd street too, back when I lived in OKC in the 70's. That's where I took my first classes and bought my first tools. Welcome to Leatherworker. It's great to have you here with us!
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    That looks great Josh!!
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    Sometimes Tandy has their imported skirting on sale for less than $100 a side, I'm thinking as low as $80. It might not be the easiest to work with, but I don't think you're gonna have to lose sleep at night wondering if the saddle you made out of it is going to fall apart and you're going to get sued.
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    I would guess the saddle soap took off the Tan Kote. Tan Kote claims to be a water resistant finish but it isn't water proof. The saddle soap shouldn't take off the Fiebings dye or at least not much of it. I'd try putting on another light coat of Tan Kote to see if it will give you back the finish you had before, or something close. You might want to try it first in an inconspicuous spot. Tan Kote shouldn't give you a real shiny finish. When I apply it, I will use a sponge. I wet it, ring out the moisture so it's just soft, not wet. Then I'll pour some Tan Kote onto the sponge and rub it onto the leather. I don't put it on heavy, just enough to cover the leather. Then I'll use another coat once that one dries. Maybe some others will give you some more ideas. I hope you can fix this problem.
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    I really like the carving you did on this. It fits the belt very well and it goes nicely with the basketweave. It makes a classy looking belt.
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    For a first project, those are pretty dang good, especially the roses. I still have trouble with roses. And by giving them to family members, there's a pretty good chance that they'll be around forever!! Twenty years from now, just try and get something like that back from them (especially if one of them is your mom), it aint gonna happen Thanks for sharing pictures of your work. I hope we'll get to see lots more in the future. Merry Christmas
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    Hi Mark, I like 'em too. Really like the color combo on these, and I think that stamp is the same one that's on my grandfathers old saddle.
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    8" Photo Album

    ClayB commented on Crystal's gallery image in Our Leatherwork Galleries

    8" Photo Album
    This is the first piece of your work I remember seeing and I became an instant fan. It's so different than what I was used to seeing, the pattern, the color combination.
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    8 oz flask Cover

    ClayB commented on Crystal's gallery image in Our Leatherwork Galleries

    8 oz flask Cover
    I think this is about the coolest flask cover design I've seen!
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    14" x 14" Album Cover
    It's about time you added some of your pictures to the gallery. I love the different ideas you come up with, and the challenges you've presented to me. It keeps things interesting. You do great work!
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    I normally use the tracing film that you can get from Tandy. I trace the pattern I want onto the film, then with the leather damp, I set the tracing film on top of the leather and trace the lines from the tracing film onto the leather. Keep the side of the film that you drew on with a pencil "up" to keep from getting the lead onto the leather. There may be times when you want a reverse image of your pattern and I will just flip the film upside down and use it that way. You might get some lead transfer, but it usually gets hidden pretty well by the time you cut and bevel the lines. You can also use several other things instead of tracing film like plain paper, wax paper, vellum. I know some people that put plain paper in a plastic page protector to keep it from getting wet when it comes in contact with the leather. There are lots of ways to get to the same end point. If your stylus isn't smooth, it's going to cause you trouble. I'd try and smooth it out like you said or use a piece of emory cloth or something similar and then polish it on your strop. Charlie Davenport is doing a step by step lesson on Tandy's blog and todays entry on the lesson was on how he transfers the pattern. You might want to check it out here.
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    I just wanted to give this a bump in case anyone that was interested in watching Charlie's lesson had forgotten about it. Charley started posting his "how to" on this project on Tandy's blog yesterday. You can get the the blog by clicking here and while you are there, you can sign up to be notified as additional posts are made. I'm really looking forward to seeing how he tackles all those faces.
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    I'm glad you got the picture posting part figured out. The album looks really nice, a perfect gift to yourself. Someday I need to do that for myself. Merry Christmas!
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    Ok, I should have looked more at the gallery functions before I asked the first question. I just assumed that loading multiple picture to the gallery would be the same as trying to add multiple picture to a post. When I try to add multiple pictures to a post, the progress bar does it's thing and when it gets to the end, it says "upload failed". Then it moves on to the next and the next and does the same thing. Underneath the upload button there is a message that says "trouble uploading, try switching to our basic uploader". Then somewhere in my settings there was a place where it says "Enable flash uploader? Allows for an upload progress bar and multiple file uploads, but does not work on all browsers". It doesn't matter if I use IE, Firefox or Google Chrome, it doesn't work on any of them. I see now that it is different to do a bulk upload to the gallery and it takes a zip file. I think I got an error message on my forehead just thinking about trying to figure out how to do that!! I've got tons of pictures from past Sheridan shows and some other stuff but I am pretty sure all of my pictures are already posted in galleries on the main page so it's no big deal. That sounds really interesting. I'll be looking forward to seeing that. I'll also check out the "watch" thing. Thanks both of you for taking the time to answer my questions, and for all the time you have taken setting this all up.
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