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In France I know these tool are excellent. http://www.vergez-blanchard.fr/boutique/liste_rayons.cfm Minimum de commande fixé à 100 euros TTC. (frais de port inclus) I own a round knive and several other tools from them but I bought them in Germany at www.kappey.com His invetory is much more than on his web site! Gesa

Hello all, my brother is police inspector and developed a severe addiction in buying knives for everey possible occasion. From time to time it happens that he don't like the sheath that comes with the knife and then I have to make him a new one. This knife he liked to carry in two different positions. The loop on the backside is open, so that he can carry it lateral or upright. At this one he just didn't like the plastic so I made in leather with belt loops. Gesa

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Hello, I was asked by a colleque at work to make a Rocking Horse saddle to replace a torn up plastic one. He gave it to the new owner , a 3 year old girl.....and guess what happend when her 5 year old sister saw the saddle! Her Rocking horse needed also a new saddle The second one was build a bit different with a padded seat. I had a lot of fun to make them. Gesa

I live in Hannover, Germany ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannover ) and took yesterday some pictures when drove back home from the flea market. I found there an old edger size 4 The flea market at the river Leine with sculptures "Nana" by Niki de St.Phalle . It is close to the oldest part of Hannover. I live at the south end of the lake Masch and the easiest way reach the city centre is by bicycle. Between the flea market and the lake is a small park with the new Townhall. The north end of the lake. Almost at home.... This is the greenest part of Hannover, there are also other sides of the town I don't like that much. Gesa

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A fantastic shield. The bottom picture with the ships is my favourite part Gesa

Hello Lorrso, A little trick to make the creasing to the split is to use a divider with a dull tip. I have divider that I customised with sandpaper and a polishing wheel. Use the edge of the strap as guide for one tip and follow the creasing line with the other tip. Be careful, that the divider don't scratch the leather. Other possibillity is more difficult, to do it free hand with a bone folder ( that is how I learned it!). Oh and be sure to practice on scrap leather. Your bridle looks made to size for the horse, all buckles are buckled in the middle hole. Perfect! Gesa

Happy Birthday Johanna! Gesa

I think Johann try to explain that leather in german ( or maybe european) tanneries are treated in a special way. After the tanning process, when the hide is still wet, it has wrinkles and does not lay flat on a table , because it is still a bit shaped like a cow. Now there are large slicking maschines to straighten these hides. With these process they become a bit larger. If they stretch the leather to its limits, they have more suface to sell, when the leather is sold by squarefoot or squaremeter.These hides have no good quality. I hope you understand my description.......there is no online dictionary about leather related terms. Gesa

Hello DJ, I use for padding nosebands, english and crank style, a foam that is called "Evazote", I think it is the technical word for this kind of foam material. Here it is sold in several thicknesses. For english nosebands I use thinner foam about 5 mm thick and for crank nosebands a bit thicker . Gesa

Hello Johann, I buy my carving leather and most other leathers I need at Kobel http://www.kobel-leder.de/ . Their leather is easy to carve, but it is maybe not as cheap as other tannerys. The burnishing of Hermann Oak leather is a bit reddish, and Kobel leather not. They send you samples upon request I think. They sell their thicker hides from 2 mm up by kilogram , only thin leathers are sold by squaremeter. Years ago I bought a hide via ebay ( it was the one and only auction I saw from them) from Kilger http://www.kilger.de/index.cfm It was a very good quality too, but I don't know their current pricelist. Gesa

Today I looked through my collection of old Tandy catalogs and found these Kits in the Fall-Winter Catalog from 1959: More ideas to build similar shoes.... Gesa

Hello Aaron, I found the kit about two times on ebay, but I could not bid on them. It is always a bit expensive with postage and customs to import them to Germany. But I collect almost every interesting picture /pattern to create one day the items. These are the pictures I found. Perhaps you can create the pattern with the help of the pictures. Gesa

I clicked 7 inches, but I mesured 6 1/2 inches. Gesa

There are many different patterns and tutorials for baby booties . look at these: http://www.heatherbaileydesign.com/Booties.html http://www.greatturtle.com/stardustshoes/clothshoe.pdf http://www.chloetoesboutique.com/store/WsPages.asp?ID=5 http://ohelene.net/sko/makeshoes.pdf http://ohelene.net/sko/oheleneshoes.pdf They are great gifts and they are easy to make Gesa

I already made several of this kind of coin purses. This is my favorite one, I made it for a friend namend Diana <- that why I stamped a "D" on top. I colored it with white spirit dye from Fibing's and the swirls with gold acrylic color. Gesa

I just have seen, that my old posts are restored....and that I never postet the guitar Here it is Gesa

Count me in, too! I ship everywhere. Gesa

That's me ..... With Luna my Paint Horse and with Pauchen, my pony....long time ago. I don't ride him anymore he is about 30 years old now.

I own a Adler 30-15 . It is from a shoemaker and was mainly used to sew zippers in bootlegs ( the upper part of shoes). My one is made during WW1 or WW2 I think because there is a plate on the back " War equipment version, quality have been retained unchanged" It has a wood table! I is not made to sew really thick leather, but it has enough power to sew as much you can put under the foot. It transports the leather with the foot, so if the foot is up it needs a little space to move foreward. You can change direction by turning the foot about 180°. I hope this helps a little bit.... Gesa

Happy Birthday Johanna! Gesa

What about this Tutorial? http://www.leatherbooks.info/pages/BindingProcess.htm The most expensive is surely the bookpress, but perhaps you can use other big books as weight. Gesa

I use my two head knifes for everything . It is taboo to use anything else where I work, only for few things like lightwight leather a small knife and leather scissors. So I am used to use only these: Gesa

Hello Denise, I could not find a proof, but as far as I know Spanish Riding School runs his own saddlery. At least until Desmond O'Brian left them as master saddlemaker in 2006. His website is: http://www.desmondobrien.de/content/view/1/3/ Or contact The Spanish riding school itself via his site. http://www.srs.at/index.php?id=353 I think Albion just made a tack collection that is inspired and sold by Spanish Riding school. Greetings from Germany Gesa