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Tooled, or not? If you're making solid color smooth belts, english bridle is a great choice. Obviously if you're tooling or stamping, then tooling leather will be required. I will say that I don't like all belts 10 oz and up. Thicker leather isn't required for any of them, actually, but some like it. That can work, but I don't care for the look on narrower straps. 1" wide or less, a strap that heavy just doesn't look right proportionally. Going to depend on your customer. Hermann Oak and Wickett-Craig both have some very nice leathers.

Attaboy Wait.. what's all the standin' round? Aint them little gals got some ropin' ta do?

I resemble that remark. Still, that's some stuff I kin admire -- good lookin' AND useful. I aint much time for that "purdy stuff" that just sits on a shelf somewhere - gimme the stuff that has a purpose. Fer a saddle, I mighta give it sumthin to tie down with, but there's still time, and it sure looks like you kin do 'er Nice color, too. Good work - keep 'em comin'.

Each his own, as they say, but I think tha's a BIG needle for that size thread (I use a 23 with 207). Woulda said sumthin earlier, but was tryina leave room for somebody addressing the original issue.

Consider also - you can contact @wayner and get urethane molds made of your mags. I've done it myself ... customer give me a mag, wayne put some dummy rounds in there, mold the stuff, send you back both. I was going to put a price here, but maybe better to contact him. Very reasonable, and the service is good. Glock 27, Glock 43, and SA 9mm EMP. I have a Sig 229 15-rd mag that would absolutely NOT fit in that Just sayin', they aint all the same.

Iowa had us charging tax on sales within iowa and any other state where we have a presence, which is currently NONE. 99 counties with their own discretion at local option. State tax is 6%. ALMOST all the counties add 1% local tax, total of 7%. Its relatively painless. As of Feb, Iowans pay sales tax on purchases from other states. This is IOWA collecting a tax on goods shipped to IA, NOT the state sending the goods collecting tax. States doing this incl [but no limited to] WA, SD, IA, OK, MN, ... i forget the rest. So FL, for example, is now required to collect tax on purchases shipped to IA, even though they HAVE NO sales tax in FL So they collect sales tax on goods shipped to IA, but in IA we do not charge tax on goods sent to FL . Now - my personal OPINION admittedly not supported by actual knowledge - many people on THIS site will claim the dummy rule, sometimes called "plead ignorance". On top of the "i didn't know" crowd will be some others - when ordering materials, many like to say "Im a business" and when tax is due that same person claim "im just a hobby". Whatever - Im not the tax enforcement. But I know for a fact that Cutesy, Ebay, and Amazon are all collecting and remitting sales tax ON BEHALF OF the people who sell on those sites. I bought something on Ebay recently and the seller was surprised to see I was charged tax. So I don't think it will take too long before what those sites report and what the individual sellers report clearly don't match... and then it will get far more interesting.

Agreed. Compare the product - not the "epic" story (hype). Plus, when I ask a price and get "only 29.95 a month", I take that as a guy who refuse to answer a question. I'm out. If they aint one, they should be one. That's a good starting test - ask 'em about they GOODS. See if they revert to name dropping and blame shifting. Examples... along with some comments ... A: Well, the cost is high because I use only Herman Oak leather .. founded in 1881, using american cow hides, best in the land, greatyest wonderfulest EVER,..... blah blah blah.. HO HO HO.... But, so do those other guys. A: See, I polish m' edges from Tuesday 'til early Friday morn. hashtag wax, hashtag oil, hashtag elvis was the king, Blah blah blah... Uh, okay. But your carving is not good, and your stitch lines are 1/4" away from my pistol (?@!)@#@! A: Uh, yeah, your holster is supposed to bind like that when you tighten your belt. Plus Jeff is a dumb-dumb-poopie-head. Jeff ain't here, so it aint Jeff binding your holster. And if your holster is tighter on the belt than it is in the hand, then it's a construction issue, not a "'newness" issue. A: Well, we sell a lot o' stuff, plus been doing this fer a jillion years now... The 14th St. "pro working girls" could say the same thing. Does anybody really believe the "product" is better?@! You get the idea. I'm ALL FOR educating the customer and letting them make an informed choice (but not everyone is). Turning to current important issues... is there a 12-step program for pistachio eaters?@!

Actually, I thought of you when I watched part of it. He got some great examples of "not here" goin on there. Check out his scrolls -- on the left and right, about vertical center...

Negative? Did I say something that wasn't true? I would have thought that and were something other than negative. But, I suppose if I continue on that idea it begins to look like someone's opinion matters to me ...

I did see one of his videos before about coloring leather, or dyeing leather, whatever he called it. Lost me when he threw acrylic stuff at an otherwise great lookin' belt. Each his own, I suppose. This one here, just fast forward a couple of times for the hi-lites, I see he calls a flower center a "one hit tool" 3 times, then hits 2 of them 3 times and 3 of them 2 times Few minutes later, he goes back over those same centers, bops 'em a couple more times .. so , they're "one hit again"? ETA: I see in V4 he goes back over the "undercuts", though he made a point of saying he doesn't like to go back over anything. Still, at a glance - I do like that he's showing how to firmly tap the tool into the leather. This is why I sometimes have moved to calling it "bop" the leather - since SO MANY people you see almost look like they're afraid to hit it. BOP maybe relays the idea you supposed to HIT it. No question there's some info here worth seeing. He backgrounds WAY before I would .... just shows more 'n' one way to skin a cow.

I really must try that weldwood folks talk about. But I still have some this other stuff left, so I've had it in mind to pick up the weldwood next time I'm around a store. Meanwhile, I been usin' this Renia stuff. Green label. Works great - no complaints at all. Used by shoe / boot folk for a good while, so it certainly should hold belts/holsters/wallets. Tuolene free.

Feed dog might be a sliver high, but doesn't look like it should be a problem. And the upper spring still works against the direction, so if that's fairly loose that maybe isn't the issue at all. Still, if your pressure is "backed off", seems like both feet are pretty deep in the leather. Either spring pressure or spongey leather ...

I forgot about that actually. But today I sent you a small package for you 'n' that other one. Again .. not necessary fellas. Like 5 times (somebody correct me ifn it was 6) I tried to gather a list of worthwhile videos so that folks could maybe skip endless hours repeating searches that other folks already did. In fact, really not necessary to mention me at all. It's about the leather. Just like that list we made of people who make those "maker mark" stamps. That went fairly smoothly. This could too --- all that's required is either add to the conversation, or leave it alone.

Looks almost like it's getting "embossed" up into the hole. Is your feed dog too high?

Priority mail boxes are delivered to my door for free. In packs of 25. Available in a couple dozen sizes I think, though I only order 4 sizes myself. When I want to ship something more economically, I get brown boxes on ebay for about 40¢ each, and it's $2.62-$3.82 to ship them 1st class (16 oz or less).

Old woman showed up last night with shiny, fancy new shoes to go with the gym membership she bought me recently. Wait.. WHAT.. ?@! So this morning I'm havin' 4 eggs instead o' 6, and only HALF a cup (one bowl) of oatmeal, and skippin' the brown sugar in the oats and goin' with diced whole apples instead. I'll hit the gym, but I'm jus tellin' ya now - when TWO boys half my age quit and go home cryin', that's when I stop for the day

Now THAT is "furthering the craft"! Today -- LA, you are the man. And I agree -- they don't make stuff like they used to.

Well, yer welcome boys. But it aint about me OR Dr Fill-in (you know, a little info mixed in with a bunch of "endorsements"). Seriously, folks these days like junkies -- so 'strung out' on likes, favorites, tweets, and selfies they seem to have forgotten how to just say nothing. If it isn't something you want to do, then don't. If there's nothing you would specifically like to see, then no need to add to the conversation. We aint "promoting the craft" with all the interjections. Course, I prefer the word furthering the craft, or I could go with "aiding" the craft (promoting is for those advertisers ...). So, here's a response from just over a year ago (to EricA, whose interest seemed to be "promoting") in an attempt to return to what COULD HAVE BEEN a very simple and legit discussion about WHERE IS the video or if there isn't one WHAT WOULD ONE INCLUDE?

Yes, they's Rings. Yes, I want to sell 'em. Yes, they's purdy cheap. Yes, they's in great shape. ALL FOUR for $50. Nuf said. They all fit in priority "fits it ships" box, so shipping is $8 TOTAL. Fer $58 ... Glock 17 Glock 19 XD Subcomp 40 Beretta PX4 Storm

Well, my question was liturgical.. er, sumthin' like that.

Had a guy show up this morning, wants to sell me new windows. Wife wasn't around when they got here 40 minutes EARLY for the appointment. I questioned it when his cost for the bay window sounded like about TWICE what it should be. His response -- you guessed it - "you get what you pay for". PRESSED on him a bit, (I'm actually pretty good at asking questions that get to the heart of the matter) and it turns out that he's including the price of a building permit (city's "cut") in EACH window. So not based on city code, but more of a "add $200 to each window" mentality. So I'm clearly NOT "getting what I paid for" if I'm paying for a separate permit for each window (that's not how that works, and I guess he's used to people who don't know that). I asked if that meant if I give you something for FREE, does that then make it WORTHLESS? I mean, if it has no price tag, and you "get what you pay for", then PAYING NOTHING should make it WORTH NOTHING, right... ?@! According to these "get what you pay for" people, putting a higher price tag on it makes it "worth more" - as if the price tag itself somehow improves the thing. Stuttered a bit, tried a couple of times to shift lanes and tell me some other version of that same story .. finally said "we may not be the company for you". I agreed and sent him on his way. Seriously, people -- don't be stuped and you wont get duped. CONSIDER what you are paying and what you are getting.

In case anybody got sidetracked from the original intent:' Something about how to derive '80/20' no hands in front of the camera no long speeches about "all the time" and the vast skill it took to make the video

I have a different opinion about your motives and "what you do", but it's your story - so you tell it however you like Oh, ETA → "put your money where your mouth is" is generally a phrase used to get someone to do what they said they would do. Not so much what someone else suggested they do.

Doesn't the guy who wants a 92FS mag pouch have a 92FS mag?

I'm gonna pass there. I wouldn't have thought - much less said - that I was "complaining". I know the sun comes up in the east, and i'll say that. Doesn't imply an opinion about whether it "should" be that way. But the "make one yourself" does get a bit tired. Like the name being blue on this site. I donated a few measly bucks a LONG time ago. I was going to donate AGAIN, but then thought... unless all those other names are also blue, it must not be my turn yet But I like better the idea that IF I was making this video, poo-tube will hold and display it just fine, make it "available to anyone who wants it at any time" . I prefer not to be affiliated with your site, even in appearance. You do you, as they say. You'll be fine. I'll be fine. We'll all be fine. I've heard good stuff about those for a long time. I wonder if maybe I should check those out sometime.