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ok I'll have to give them a call. Thanks.

Thanks Bruce for sharing. Saddles are definitely something to be passed down and cherished. They contain a certain essence of the person who owned them.

Try out this thread. http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=8833

Thanks Dave, I think I found what I'm looking for. They're called brass canoe tacks. By the way I really like your knives. Have you ever made any round knives? Do you use Damascus steel?

Looking for online source of brass tacks. I've been trying to find me a supplier. I use McMaster.com for nails but they don't carry what i need.

Hey Steve I'm asking 25 and 5.50 for shipping

I don't do much stamping so I don't really have any use for this. It's in super great shape. I've only used it a few times lightly. It weighs 22 oz. 7 inches long. Feels very comfortable in your hand. Thanks.

I've kinda started backwards. I bought the Dusty Johnson one. Then Cheaney's, Then recently Jeremiah Watt's. Knowing what I know now I would have been better off to buy Jeremiah's in the first place. I wasted so much leather that I probably could have paid for it. And the end result would have been a lot better. I really do like Jeremiah's DVD's they are really in depth and he makes it easy to understand. One thing I thought was strange is that he doesn't drill holes in the tree for his saddle strings. One thing that makes his dvds worth it for me is that he taught me how to make my own patterns. Now I don't have to be dependent on anyone else and my saddles can be truly custom made. One thing I didn't like about his videos is these really weird awkward advertisements. Also he's always trying to plug his horseshoe brand tools, it gets annoying after a while. I really want to get Dale's videos but I don't have the scratch. If there's anyone that is willing to trade Jeremiah's for Dales that would be great even if just for a couple weeks. Thanks p.s. Bruce Cheaney shows you how to cover swells which is great. As far as detailing the contents of videos I guess they probably assume that you'll see all the steps in making a saddle, which if you're an aspiring saddle maker, you should probably know by heart.

I saw on youtube how a guy made on a knife out of an old circular saw blade. It seemed to work just fine.

We have an old saddle that's been laying around for year. I used to ride it as a kid. It's in such poor shape now that I was thinking of remaking is with all new leather. The tree looks like it's not in the best shape. There is some gaps in the stitching maybe about 1/8". Could I just re shellac it and call it good? Or is that just putting a bandage on the wound?

I have a set of Jeremiah Watt's DVDs. They are in mint condition and am just looking to see what other videos are like. Perhaps someone might trade me straight across for Dale Harwood's dvd's.

Hello Slava! Welcome to the site. I've been to St. Petersburg many times. It's so pretty. I love that place so much. I also lived in Moscow and Vladivostok for a little while. Lublu Rosseu.

Dobro Pozholovat! Ya zhil va Rosii na 3 goda. Ya tak silna lublu Rossiu. Ochen preotno!

do you flesh it at all? or is that accomplished by the splitting. When shaving off the hair is it still green? Also when you cut into a long strip what is the consistancy of the hide? I've tried to cut a hide when it's fresh of the cow and it moves around a lot and doesn't give you a straight line.

I would be interested in hearing how you tan your own leather. I have a book, "tan yur hide" about home tanning solutions. It seems like you need a lot of chemicals that I would not know where to buy them. What do you use?

I really like the looks of these and the other one you made. On the folded honda do you really need the bottom braided part or is that just for looks?

Well I think maybe I was a little premature in saying I did it. I did tie the foundation with one interweave. Now I'm having trouble doing more interweaves. I just need to practice.

There's the one silver skiver that tandy sells that's really hard to use. I prefer the safety beveler. It's a lot easier and doesn't cut into the leather.

I finally did it. Thanks you guys. With your help I figured it out. I'll take some pictures and post them soon. Thanks everyone.

Ok thanks everyone for helping me with this knot. I learned how to tie the 6b X=1 turks head shown in woolerys book. However I've been trying to figure out how to lengthen the knot. He gives the formula and called it 6b X=2. I guess you just wrap the string twice around the mandrel. I can't figure out the foundation knot because he doesn't really give enough detail. This is what he says: 1. A. Make a clockwise pass (bight same side as start) b. over the first pass two times (x=2) 2. a. 01...... +01 b.u1o1......u1o1 3.a. u1, 01.....u1,01 b.o1,u1,o1....+o1,u1,o1 4.a. o1, u1, o1....+o1,u1,01 b.u1, o1,u1,o1..u1,01,u1,o1 5. a. u1,o1,u1,o1.....u1,o1,u1,o1 b. o1,u1,o1,u1,o1..+o1,u1,o1,u1,o1 6.a. o1,u1,o1,u1,o1 ...+o1,u1,o1,u1,o1 b.u1,o1,u1,o1,u1,o1...u1,o1,u1,o1,u1,o1 Can some make me a little tutorial about how to do this or point me a the right direction on the knot....by the way thanks everyoen fore all the help so far. I think I'm making a break through.

Thanks everyone! I appreciate the feedback.

I guess one of my problems is I don't know all the nomenclature of braiding. Like what is a bight, i can guess what an interweave is. I have Woolery's book somewhere but it seems hard to understand. I guess I'm more of a visual learner where he kind of gets into the method and so forth. Thanks.

I thought i'd add my two cents. I don't know if anyone has talked about this yet but weaver sells stuff called aluminum oxide. It's so cool. It's a gray power that you sprinkle on a leather strop and use it just like rouge. I first get a good edge on a stone... then hone it down on with the oxide and then polish it with the rouge. It gets plenty sharp to cut through heavy skirting leather with ease. There are some good videos on youtube about sharpening. One guy sharpens his on a cinder block and gets it sharp enough to shave. It's 10% what you use 90% technique.