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I spray it - but I thin it a bit more, and use a fairly large airbrush tip (not sure the measurement), and clean the brush after each use. Works good, but I usually don't mess with it until I have at least 3 projects ready for finish coat --- just not going to bother with cleaning for each item (unless it's large, in which case pay no attention to the previous ) So, maybe 40/60 (more filtered water than acrylic), + large nozzle, + about 40 psi

Alrightey then No Glock 42 / LaserLyte No P238 Crimson Trace No Sig Mosquito No Boberg mags. Maybe we all got the same dummies?

Long as it's fairly decent looking, I'm gonna say you're right, Bob. I order without the belly portion (except bridle leather, I aint sure why ). And in those small pre-cut things in one of the stores, I advertise it as "no belly leather"! That way, me and some others with basically no skills have SOME hope of putting out one decent project

Art is trying to explain, you likely won't find ONE machine that will sew 2 oz and 20 oz equally.

At 20 oz leather and 207 and 277 thread, get the 3200. Simple.

S'pose I'll jus' hafta keep on practicin'

'Preciatecha fellas One more gal wanting basically that same thing. Woulda been nice ta know that a couple days ago.. ah, well ....

Without being overly specific, I'm odd man out here. I do sometimes order things there, but for leather I prefer to go to W/C (for drum dyed and bridle) or H.0. (for tooling / holsters). Much more consistent orders.. no "oops.. let us fix that ...". Still, I'd be willing to chip in to have the SCL girls calendar printed up ... :

I'm a big fan of W/C leathers, but the belly is great for trash can lining (and that's about it). Incidentally, if that's the co you're referrring to, it IS cheaper to have the belly removed (buying backs).

Welcome... and thanks for the shout!

OH.. thanks Rudi .. for the comments AND for reminding me that I always give credit where due. I would guess Mr. and Mrs. Stohlman like that people are still making that one! Incidentally, that book (how to make holsters) lists this as a .357, which covers a LOT of territory! I think 'back in the day' this was intended for the Model 28 N-frame revolver (educated guess only). This one, I 'kicked it in' a bit to suit that 686 L-frame. Oh, yeah --- I know that isn't a 'matched set'.. the belt went to someone else

Yeah.. gittin some of the stuff cleared out (finally). Every year I clean out, offer some odd lots and left overs and pieces, maybe a few belt straps, to the boys who don't want to buy a whole cow. This year, I'm doing that BEFORE the end of the year inventory (hey, even I can have a good idea every 10 years or so! ) So, here's where the scraps are getting used up ... But that aint the 'show off' part o things. Standard "production work" from old designs I still get asked to do time to time. The COOL thing.. in the process of clearing and cleaning, I found almost a full side of 3/4 oz HO "B" iI forgot I had!

No mosquito? How about folks with Boberg mags?

Lookin' pretty good I just turned down makin' one o those... didn't have the light (or any real desire to go get one!). If I knew you had one I coulda REFERRED you! I get punches down there too, work great. Punches that you don't have to sharpen BEFORE you use them, almost unheard of any more. They've made dies for me, too -- great service, great turnaround time, and very reasonable (maybe i should add a disclaimer that I don't work for them? ) Your treatment of the thumb break is a little different... I like it.

Any Sig Mosquito folks out there?

I don't know that one is "harder" than the next. I try to match the size of the stamp to the size of the project. Not that it's always worked -- I have made a number of projects where I pretty much immediately wished I had used a different stamp! As a rule, I think less than 3 "rows" doesn't look wonderful (personal preference, maybe?). On the other side of the coin, guy could go nuts trying to cross an 11" wide binder with a stamp that's 1/4" high!

Okay, gotcha. I generally lean my tool the other way -- not that it matters most of the time.. just didn't realize I had a "habit"! Some of the angled tools may matter, though. If you put in your borders, then you can lay the tool along the border straight (bottom of teh tool right ON the border) and make a light impression with just teh corner of the tool. Then angle your tool so that one tip is on the border, and the other tip is on the edge of this mark, and you WILL have the correct angle to keep it from "bleeding" off the project.

Starting at the wrong angle. I'll have to see if I can find that very simple way of setting the angle (you can search and find things around here about making a "template" but that's unnecessary and frankly wouldn't be much use on a strap anyway). Are you left handed? My basketweave generally runs the "other way", so I'm stamping away from me. No matter, whatever works for you!

Good to see folks alterin' 'em ta suit their needs! Thanks for the pics, too! Somebody noticed the G43 avenger wasn't up and ready! Only been in my computer for about 7- 8 months now! G43 Avenger download now up (sorry 'bout that )

Yeah, me too. It's been so long since I did one, I'd hafta think about it fer a minute (er two). Maybe if I quit gabbin' 'bout nuthin' timeta time, ...

I use quite a bit of 7/8. 6/7 for a pocket holster (or even 5/6 on a bitty one), and 8/9 or heavier for some larger models. And the comment about rough outs really IS funny I would of course never do that, and tha's my story an im stickin to it.

Yes. TOO way simple. Ever skip a rock on the lake (who in the U.S. didn't do that?!). Point the brush at the edge of the leather, angled down and in. Like the rock, the more angle, the broader the spread. Fancy folks would say that teh angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection.... NOTE: People love to present this as some wonderful artistic talent. Truth is, I can teach a monkey to do this in a minute (as long as the monkey hasn't been drinking).

Tanneries in the U.S. state that thickness is measured in teh butt area. But like Mike says, there shouldn't be much variation. HO and W/C are both quite good at it. In fact, on a recent order, I TRIED to find a spot that wasn't the 7 oz I specified.. and there isn't one.

"Sunburst" is correct. You'll find many names for it in leather work - and many people claiming they "came up with" it -- but that's what Gibson guitars called it about 70 years ago!