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This is horrible, what a loser or bunch of losers who steal. I really hope it gets recovered!

Thanks Chris, I will give them a call. Darren

My apologies Busted, The most I have seen online has been 8-10 oz so I figured the would be the norm for this type of leather. But I would be happy with anything as long as it meets that size requirement.

Good day all, I am looking for 2 pieces of cut Bridle Leather. I am looking to have it cut 3" wide and 21" wide. Please let me know if you happen to have some or where I can but it cut to size. I don't need a full side as it will go to waste. Thanks,

Ya I am a member on that site. Just joined it a few weeks back, lots of good info and lots of good members. From what I gather is that .25 micro's is all around a perfect paste for stropping straights.

BAZINGA! Thats the exact dye that I am using! It is slowly coming back to me now. Crap you would think I was 98 years old! Thanks again Dwight. Darren

Thanks everyone, I guess I should of said what I was intending on making the strop for. I am making it for my Dovo Straight Razor. I guess I could go with a thick piece of latigo and then make the ends out of vegtan as they will not be used for the honing itself. Carve something fancy in that, i suppose lol. CDF the reason barbers have the canvas/linen fabric is to warm up the blade before they start on the strop. Silly question, is Cordoven leather from Cordoba Argentina? If so I allllmost got a bunch of it last year for free. Reason I didn't get it is because my mother in law couldn't fit it in her luggage on her way back from there lol

Hey Dwight, Thanks for the response that is helpful. Now what about the residue left from dying? Feels like im trying to remove it for half an hour with no real result.

Hey all, Been a while since I have done any leather work. I need to jump back on the bicycle and get things done. I am basically self taught besides watching a few vids on Tandy's site and being taught the Saddle stitch by Steve @ Greenman Leather a few years back. My question/questions are dying and buffing related. I cannot for the love of god remember if I have asked this else where, I cannot seem to find it. I like the feibings dye's a lot more than eco-flo, that I do remember. But what I do remember is that feibings has a powder residue that seems to take me hours of buffing to try to get rid of it. Should I always be putting neatsfoot oil on before and after dying? I have never done it before and I have seen a few posts suggesting it. Will it help with the residue? Any buffing tips to help me buff it quicker and better? Also if I am to put neatsfoot on after dying, is it done before or after the resolne? Not going to lie, i feel like a total jack a@# for asking and I am slightly embarrassed but I guess this is the only way I am going to learn is by asking. Thanks everyone

I would like to bring this post some what back to life. I just went for a shave at the barber the other day and he used a nice dovo blade to give me a nice shave. Now I am go hard on learning how to use a straight razor and hopefully not cut myself like I got a shave from Sweeny Todd. I know a strop is going to have to be made in order to hone the blades. I have seen many different topics about strops on various sights. Some say only latigo leather should be used. Would i be completely out to lunch if I were to carve some sort of design on the leather just to customize it a little better? Or would it just get ruined from honing the blade?

There is an app that does everything you guys want. It's called Kwik Draw and it isn't cheap! Looking at $9.99 for iPad and $4.99 for iPhone. Looks worth it to me.

Thanks, Little far for me but I might just contact him. Got some help from Steve at Green Man Leather. Great guy, just couldn't commit to going out there as much as we would of liked. Those sorta things happen when you have two jobs and a family. Thanks again!

ugh disregard my last. im extremely tired lol Thanks

Makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the help.

I probably should of specified. The one im looking for has the two prong hooks and has a figure eight mid way through for stability. But thanks for your help so far everyone.

Hey everyone, I am looking for a pattern for a service rifle sling. I know where to get the hardware thanks to the search bar, but a pattern not so much. I have a wounded veteran friend who wants one for his newly acquired M1 and he has asked me to make one. If anyone could help, that would be absolutely amazing. Thanks,

I have one quick question. What would the result of cracking in the finished paint be caused by? Its only the white that gets cracked for me.

Satin sheen, isn't that the stuff Tandy put out? I just picked up a ton of acrylic paints from a local arts and crafts store they had on sale. $0.99 per 57ml bottle. Needless I bought more than a couple to try out. I am playing around with it right now and trying to do an outline for a letter stamp is proving difficult even with the thinnest brush I could find. Not sure if I need to make the impression deeper or use a tooth pick to try and get the result i require. But thanks again for your help, Darren

Looks awesome. I agree with BIGGUNDOCTOR about the tooling, I love the look and feel of something tooled. I am going to attempt to make a Thundercats one in the next few weeks for an Ipad.