zookeper

i posted this in another part of the forums but maybe started in the wrong place. i'm trying to make a vertical rig and coming to the conclusion that good retension and draw may not be possible without the spring steel closure that i see many fashioned with. i haven't had any luck searching for this hardware and hoping someone can point me in the right direction. thanks!

the way i do it is to gently pull them off with an artists eraser, works for me, i have descaled many and i have never damaged the skin that way.

i have been trying to figure out how to construct a vertical rig that has good retention and now thinking that the steel spring in the open side may be the only practical way to accomplish this and is why it's the way others make them. is there a source for small quantities of this hardware? i haven't been successful with google searching, thought i'd try asking here. thanks!

lists large quantities on website, call them and they will send you what you want. they take paypal www.jrmclips.com

someone has asked me if i could make a holster for him with "spanish bull hide" sent me a picture of a really textured holster as example. does anyone know where can it be found? also if someone has a spare1" nickle finished solid brass (not economy) square heel bar buckle i will pay you double what you have in it + postage if you can get it to me in the next week. thx!

GRUNT!!!! now i know you're hooked!

you get faster after you do a few, what is slow is when you do one with a single length of thread, i did a couple that way and decided splicing is ok.

the burnish seems to cauterize the belt and there is very little bleeding. might be a day or so before i get full feeling back in my fingertips but heck this is only half the stitching i've had to do on inlay/overlay belts so i made out light on this project.

a lot of sweat and love went into this rig the wearer is sure to attract attention toting in this, i am pretty happy with how it came out. as with everything i make this is all saddle stitched by hand. whatchall think?

what belt? i don't see no belt

thanks for the advice. i found a hardware store last week that had #6 t-nuts, the smallest that i found at the big box stores and ace were #8's. these will work just fine but i've seen some that had smaller bases, will search some more online and will have a look at bolt depot.

i've been looking for a T type nut and screw that will work well with dot snaps. can anyone here point me to a good source? thanks!

i am just a novice and someone with more knowledge will correct me if i'm wrong but i think the edge kote is used as an alternative to burnishing, not part of that process. never used/needed gum tag myself but i think you will have better results if you will use wax.

i make a small hole then @1/4" back i make the slot by connecting 2 larger holes. i then cut the gap between the small hole and the slot, this is where the strap will rest when put on and is very secure. it takes a little break-in but i've made lots of these and never got one back, sometimes the girls will want a snap instead.

i can find them at the local hardware store.

great stuff storm! i haven't been here very long but long enough to look when i see your posts.

i haven't added color to any of my carvings in some 30+ years and i think this one came out pretty well. the eyes, claws, teeth, nose are acrylic color the rest are water based stains. sewed velcro to straps for attachment, divider inside to separate 2 pr. sticks

i've never seen leather feathers before, that is great! thanks for sharing, i will try this.

last year i made a wallet with jumping bass carvings and this is what i came up with get the water effect ........

first is overlayed with cobra, second is inlayed piece of gold chain last one with a heavy silver braid.

i have only made a few of this sort of project, but had a lot of fun with it. my wife did get tired of me modeling it:eusa_naughty: lined the back with rabbit that i colored with hair dye.

turns out it's easier than i had thought and the piece that i just finished blended nicely and looks like part of the leather behind it.

i picked this hobby back up after 30 years. i made wrist bands, belts, etc. in high school and stumbled upon a very dusty cigar box of forgotten tools in the shed last year, they called out to me........... i am in north georgia, am an interior landscape contractor, can not , for the life of me, remember what i USED to do with mt spare time. you can see some of my recent work at my facebook page "cb's leather works"

this is my first post, i'm glad i found this board, looks like a wealth of info here and i hope i will fit in here. i am about to do my first project with an exotic (cobra skin on double layer belt with matching trimmed holster and mag carrier) if anyone has experience blending edges with exotics such as this i would appreciate any tips before i start. i have at hand some fiebings burnishing wax (that i have also never used before). i have just burnished my other work, with fair results with burlap and elbow grease, but i know this one will take more.