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johanna, please change my flag aswell, I also got an US flag instead of the belgian one. tnx

Leaddriver, thanks for your reply, but there are 2 types of pommelholsters on my pics, a pair of CW and a pair of IW. The IW pommelholsters have the toeplug. I would like to see the pics of you, but link doens't work :-(. cheers Gunter

thanks dwight, this is a great idea and easy peasy to make ;-). got all these stuff somewhere in the workshop.

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Howdy crafters, Since I'm home on sickleave, I got enough of watching tv, dvd and even the internet, so I turned myself towards a project I wanted to do for a long time... I made myself a Christian Fair Weather belt. It' holds 36 round of ammo .45 or in this case .45/70 Gov.

howdy fellow crafters, I would like to make my own shop press for my "future" little shop (workplace). I've seen how to make a hydraulic shop press DIY style, with a "truckjack", but I would like to make myself a smal stamp press for my shop DIY. Is there anyone inhere that knows how to do this? I got an anglegrinder, powersaw and even a dril and weldingstation, but I can't get head nor tails from the press that Tandy sells for like $400. cheers, Gunter

dear crafters, I've been looking all over the "net" and can't find any information on the amount of barontoolstamps that were made before the closed down in the 80's. I'm looking for a sort of catalog as we all know from tandy, with the number and the stamp above it. is there anyone around that can help me with this? For some odd reason I'm starting to collect baron tool stamps, I find them nice and special.... cheerios, Gunter

thanks for the advice, will try that too ;-)

howdy crafters, a while ago I made a pair of pommelholsters for myself, by the patterns and instructions of Jim Simmons. Now I made a set of pommelhosters for the Civil War period. I combined the pattern of Jim S with a pattern I have of the civil war holster. I know I need to improve my "toe plug" pratice, but these plugs I did for the first time. So I hope you like it. cheers, Gunter

Doc, that would be great, if you would like to do so :-). My friend normaly used to send the packages in a big package by US Mail. Thanx in advance ;-). gunter

Doc, I don't understand the question, (being european and dutch speaking, LOL), but I guess you mean, how much or how many items do I buy @ e-bay? depends, on what is in my limits every month ;-) or whats online that I realy want. But normaly speaking, once or twice a month. In the past, my deceaced friend used to colect all my packages for 3 to 6 months, depending how much came in....(not only for me) and then send it towards Belgium. I hope I answered your question. why? cheers, gunter

A friend of mine wants a holster that was used during the late 1800's in the Santa Fe area. He has got an 1851 sheriff type revolver wherefor he wants this holster. Since I don't have this type of weapon, neither his revolver, my question is.....here it comes..... How do I start? I did some research and found out usualy is a double loop mexican style holster. I can use one of my revolvers 5 1/2 inch barrel and shorten it by 1 inch or 1/2 inch, that's no problem. But the thing I want to know is, where do I place the double loops, since this is a small holster, isn't it? He wants this to be a crossdraw holster, but this shouldn't be a problem. Is there anyone out here that can help me on to starterspoint? Or is my idea the way of towards a good start already? Normaly when I make a holster or anything else, I usualy have a standard pattern or the object itself near me, where I make the pattern of. cheers, Gunter

yes I know, the problem then was that the peeps that sold them on e-bay didn't ship towards europe, soooooooo this was a big issue. this sometimes is still the problem...used to have a friend in AZ whom collected my US mail, but she died, so now I don't have anyone in the US that can help me... cheers Gunter

thanks for the replies guys, I saw the tx rangers stamp on e-bay and will bid on it ;-). I've already got the VW-logo stamp in my collection, aswell as the Wolfsburg-logo stamp. The love bug and hippy van stamp are seemingly rare. Cheers, Gunter

thanks guys, I will try this next weekend ;-).

dear fellow crafters, I'm looking for some leather stamps, the ones I'm looking for are old midas or baron tol stamps, a vw love bug stamp a vw "hippie" T1 bus stamp a texas rangers stamp a "rebel" confederacy stamp is there someone who wants to sell @ a good price, please let me know. cheers, gunter

howdy fellow crafters, my brother-in-law's house burned down, for a part. now some special things they want to save and one of these things is a leather belt. the belt smells due to the fire, a burned smell. I've downa lot with leather, but never had a question given to me like this one and frankly I'm kinda stuck here. Is there a way to get rid of this smokey smell? cheers, gunter

thanks for the advice guys!

hey fellow crafters, I'm looking for civil war and indian war patterns. does anyone of you got an adress where to find them or is willing to share? cheers, gunter