Jaymack

+1 for Barry King!

Thanks for the explaination and insight onto the "curved" segment of your belt making! I'm alsoi having problems with my own belts shrinking as I get older. Let me know when you discover an easy fix for this!

I don't know much about this sport, but my father is an avid golfer. Does anyone have an idea/pattern for a father's day golf related gift that I can make with leather?

wickett and craig makes black tooling leather. Check their website and give them a call. http://www.wickett-craig.com/

Nice!

The way I look at it, He has a patent for a collar with 12 guage shells on it. You sell collars with different conchos on them. Just because it looks like a shotgun shell end, it's still a concho. For a patent, it is very vague. I don't see how you can have a patent that utilizes someone else's patented product, "the cartridge". Maybe I should go out and get a patent for a "a piece of leather with a mechanism designed to hold up your pants"! I think I'm going to get rich!!!!

Wow, that looks awesome and a great design, but I haven't figured out it's retention mechanism. Is it always in tension and you pull it apart to release the leather?

I typically just dye with Fiebings and then antique with Eco-flo Gel. The head of a pintail is so pretty, that I wanted to highlite it a little more. Used 4 dye colors on the moose carving. John

Toluene is very toxic, so be careful and work with it in a well ventilated area. My skin reacts to it, so I can't even use it.

It will help if you post a picture. I use a round punch and a sharp wood craft chisel for holster belt slots. It could also be that you aren't using a sturdy enough hammering surface. I traded some leatherwork for a 4" thick Marble tombstone mistake. This is what I use to punch holes and end cuts on.

Thanks for all the help guys. I was able to finish the projects that I need for the charity sporting clays shoot this week. I used denatured alcohol 1 part dye to 4 parts reducer and there wasn't enough difference to notice. The Ruffed Grouse in the center wasn't done when I took the picture.

Nice work. I really like the rifle sling!

I think I've got it!

looks good! I also like the band's name and logo.

How did you create the mold/template to wetform around, or do you just shape it by hand?

I would have never thought of that. Thanks Carson, I will give it a try on the next one.

Will be interesting to see what the final sales price is.

Yep, I can read them now. Great looking stuff. I really like the "period" pieces. It's amazing how ingenious our craftsmen forefathers were. Very clever, "all vegetable tanned calf that is used in double thickness so as to create"pouches" or veins for stuffing tow for form. This idea was taken from a 17th century bandolier type pouch. It has an internal divider so as to separate shot from ball as is written about in more than one 18th century account." Thanks for sharing!

You're not kidding about their logo. Looks great!

I made a bunch of items for a charity clay pigeon shoot. When I make the shotshell bags, I can't glue the face and back to the gusset because I'm sewing around the radius corners one stitch at a time. My burnshed edges don't don't look bad, but would have looked better if I had used contact cement on them. Is there a better way to connect the gusset than how I've done it? Thanks

Greetings James. You links didn't work for me, but will try again later. I live in Virginia too...Harrisonburg.

your holster and design are great!

That is awesome! I really like beaver tail, but have never used it. Great job!

Thanks hump. I was in a jam on a project I have to finish for a charity event this weekend and I was out of reducer. I did a search on Bing and found my answer as well from this very website: http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=26294

I'm sure this has been addressed, but I can't find it with a search,. but is there a substitute to Fiebing's Leather Dye Reducer that I can get from walmart or Lowes? It smells like denatured alcohol. Thanks