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You know, a 'real' tradesman would lined up the basketweave with the fat wrinkles I'm jus' playin -- that looks GOOD

Looks like I'll be just a tad late. I had hoped to have the next "wave" of patterns ready to go by the time these downloads hit 20,000. That should be about 2 days. Course, that doesn't count the "instructions" files (which is another 12,000 ish by itself). Some of these will be getting a re-design, to less of the "50/50' thing, and more of an "80/20' thing. And there will be IWB's and such (I personally don't care for 'em, but some do). Bobergs were designed for my friend Robert, and will continue to be available ONLY through his son Tim at mecopocketholsters.com STILL, hopefully some of you have reviewed the pattern making outlines and turned some of the pancakes into avengers, or the other way around

Well, that was very generous considering I'm the guy who botched the belt color and had to re-do it One more coat of chocolate on the edges of the top one to finish that, let that dry while I glue up the black one... , and then the brown will get 'sort of' colored in.

The original post did say "Pick up only. WI"

Yeah. September. His son Tim is running the place down there. I miss that guy. Man, we used to laugh at some of those videos. One genius showed up one day, posting all over the internet about how he just LOVES LOVES LOVES making belts. He just EATS n SLEEPS gun belts. Well, okay... whatever. But in one of his NUMEROUS videos, the guy is gabbin' along -- hey,I did try to give the guy a chance and at least check it out -- holding up a plain lined belt, each end like he got a snake to keep it straight. And he wipes his nose on the back of his hand.. then goes back to handling the belt. The one he just told us was for his "valued customer". Yikes. Me 'n' Robert had a laugh... Maybe that guy get a web site - boogerbelts.com I don't know if the guy even realized how pathetic that looked (didn't edit it out, so ...). But, if he hadn't been uploading (regularly) multiple long-winded videos ... then when I eventually saw his actual web site I would not have been disgusted and offended. I mean, what was he saying, really, with plain belt, glue lining, row of stitching, plain belt, glue lining, row of stitching, plain belt, glue lining, row of stitching,...

Well, that hasn't happened to me in a long time, here i just gotta start over and make another one. Guy doesn't yet know he's getting TWO belts. Was supposed to be dark dyed edges (only) and the rest different. But if the storm comes up and the power goes out while you're doing that, well... not so good Only two ways to go, and I didn't want to just pitch it out (which I have done at times).. so I dyed the whole thing black.. and I'll line it and add some white thread.... he'll be fine . Both belts just oiled, so kindofa 'down n dirty' photo situation.

If you do a search for "barbours" you'll find quite a few discussions. I'm inclined to say a 5-cord - or 6 depending on where you using it - but I'll leave it to the saddle boys from here.

Oh, yeah.. "colorful" to me is brown tones AND black. I also listen to BOTH kinds of music -- country AND western

Oh, hey.... just poppin' back in to point out that when I say W/C is $10/ft, I mean BACKS (sides minus the belly). I don't use belly leather, so I don't order it. HO will sell you backs also, but that runs about $9.25 (ish) per foot. Advantage.. no belly crap Still not $12+ Hopefully folks can get an idea what they want to use (and do) without spending hundreds of $$ to find out that isn't what they wanted. Your holster is 7/8 oz, and the wallet is 3/4 oz. You'll find a range of answers about weights to use, not everybody likes it just the same. As a rule, I like 7/8 for pistol holsters, bumping up to maybe 10 oz for the BIG ones, and as low as 6/7 for small pocket holsters or mag pouches. 3/4 for wallets / checkbooks / other pocket items 5/6 or 6/7 for small to med carved handbags (usually lined with 2/3 oz chrome tanned for a total of about 7/8) about 12/13 oz for belts, which is 7/8 or 8/9 lined with 3/4 And that binder you did, depending on the size I would likely go with 6/7 or 7/8 for that as well.

There will be a line here to bash me for it in a minute... but I gotta say in good conscience that I would get leather somewhere OTHER than SLC (though, they seem to do okay with dye and buckles). This is an issue I've 'answered' repeatedly over the years, I can feel another web site article coming on. I mean, recognizing good leather -not bashing any one supplier Fat wrinkles happen. But they shouldn't span the hide. Color should be consistent across the piece. Bellies are 'spongey'. But that should be no more than about 20% of a side. The back side should be level and free of pits, 'fuzz', and stains. SLC does NOT carry H.O. "A" grade. In fact, they've repeatedly stated that their HO comes from the tannery already marked "B", but ... well... I've seen HO "B", and ... ? Keep in mind the purpose of some suppliers. As in retail. As in marking up something someone else provided. H.O. does have a minimum order, but the "A" grade is about $8 / foot ... not $12 / foot for "B" (or what is getting called "B"). And Wickett/Craig is down for annual maintenance this month, but their tooling leather is about $10/ft, and carves very nicely.

I think we's talkin bout the same thing here. Well, hard to be sure less'n I wasta look up elevatory, or whatever. But the "Please!" part do sound like me

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'Round heah.. you couldn't BUILD for that, but you could EXTEND for that

Course, doing it this way will require sewing by hand in place. Might be just as nice to punch holes evenly around a circle the same size as the frame, or 1-2 inches smaller, and then string in place with rawhide or latigo lace.

Brown drum dyed Wickett/Craig leather in 7/8 oz. Firm leather, dyed but no finish, so you can use as is or dye darker. Tight grain front and back. 5 straps 1 1/2" wide straps are about 48-49" long. I'll get a pic here shortly... 4 same color, one just a bit different shade. All 5 for $65, and I'm paying shipping in U.S. Looking for more than this? Send me a message ... I'm still digging out / cleaning.. and there's probably more in there somewhere

Yeah, I got wunna them too. My defense, I didn't know any better at the time. Seen an Adler of the same style... WORLDS apart. It's more money, but it makes this brown thing look like.. well.. let's just say I like that Adler S M O O T H

What are the issues with trademark violations? Are these licensed images, like the license to use them comes with the machine?

I'd like to see leather I'm buying from ANYWHERE, and that's how I do it now. But as a rule, W/C has been quite good. Incidentally, you can get the dyed struck through, but they don't do it with ALL of it and you need to tell them you need it that way. Last I talked with them, there's no charge for it, just may throw off the schedule some. I like their english bridle, but have never tried the latigo. I do like the tooling leather, which I generally use about 8 oz. It's a bit lighter color than H.O. as a rule, and carves well.

OH, that's right.. annual shut-down this time of year. Still, check their site for their distributors.

Sweet! 50 years of faded, but still lookin' good. Honestly, Al might have had a tip or two to share with you on the figure carving, but the floral is nice and the overall looks great. Nice swivel knife work. Your sister obviously proud of it, too.

If it changed that quickly, I would check the NEEDLE before even touching the tension adjustments. I had one of these machines (still kicking myself for letting it go) and it ran extremely well, all the time. Thread shredding could well be a "needle issue". Beyond that, I would also recommend that you get yourself 3 or 4 bobbin cases. They're cheap ($5-ish). Set one for each size thread you plan to use. I had bobbin cases for 69, 92, 138 - and one additional for those rare "other sizes". Point is, when you want to use 92 thread, then use the 92 bobbin case. You'll be amazed how much time and aggravation you'll save by NOT adjusting bobbin tensions back and forth. I always recommend checking the needle AND the thread path before monkeying with other things. Often it's something WAY simple, like the thread got looped around the tension screw when you pulled the last piece, etc ... If you don't already have a manual, you can get one http://www.consew.com/view/consew-model-206rb-5

Yep. 50501

You can get better leather for $2 LESS in Curwensville. http://wickett-craig.com/leathers/

I hadn't ordered from them until within the last year. Just a couple of HO sides, see how the service was. I ordered top of the line. The hides I got were pathetic. I'm not debating it -- not ordering anywhere that would even have that in the "A" pile. Weaver just one more crossed off the list of suppliers-- I haven't been back.