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Very very cool!

Very nice work. Turned out great. Chris

Very nicely done. They both came out great. Chris

Very cool. I like making bracelets as well. I like the fact that I can get a lot of mileage from my leather when I do smaller projects like bracelets. I've always enjoyed making mystery braid bracelets but honestly I think I need to venture out into other ideas. Maybe when I get a chance to get back to doing more leatherwork I'll try making up something other than just mystery braids. Chris

Very cool. Keep up the good work. Sadly carving is something I've never spent much time doing. I like it, but for some reason I just never seemed to do much of it. Chris

I really like it, looks good for a first holster. Chris

Very very cool! I really dig some of the masks I see you guys making. Has anyone ever done a tutorial on making masks? Chris

Oooooh a webley. Being an Indiana Jones fan I'd like to have one of those. hahaha What I like is that your holster designs sort of match the guns, so to speak, I guess what I'm trying to say is that they look more period than a lot of the holsters I've seen. Which I think is really cool, I think having a holster that looks like it really belongs to a gun just adds character. Chris

I used the 1 ton harbor freight arbor press on 4 to 6oz leather on a regular basis. It works fine. A lot of times though to make it require less effort I'll use a piece of tubing over the handle as a lever. Makes it much quicker and easier. Another thing that I've found is important that no one seems to mention is how sharp you maintain the edge on your dies. The sharper that edge the less effort it's going to take to push it through the leather. Chris

Looks amazing!

Looks great. Did you get a pattern for it somewhere? I'd like to make myself one someday. Chris

I use an arbor press from harbor freight as a clicker once in a while. I also use it to do the larger 3d stamps. They work pretty well, but there are limitations, such as size of item. My die is about 2 1/2" x 5" approximately. One thing about the arbor press, if the die is over a few inches you might have to click it in one spot then move it over a bit and do it again. Which for me has worked out fine, you just have to make sure not to lift up the die, otherwise you can mess up your cut and get messed up edges. I've also seen guys using the larger hydraulic presses from harbor freight to stamp out larger pieces. Chris

I did a search on here but couldn't find anything posted by ducjecs. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. Chris

Looks good. I need to make myself one of these along with a new arm guard. Chris

looks good Chris

excellent!

very nicely done Chris

I really like it.

Excellent work. Very very clean looking. Chris

fantastic work! Chris

Looks like a really nice design. I don't think the strap is that bad. Chris

Very nice. Chris

Very nice. Chris

Looks fantastic! Chris

Looks great. I really like it. Chris