Beaverslayer

Johanna, I've smoked for 35 years now. I have only tried to quit once, and that took laser therapy, and hypnosis. It only lasted about 3 weeks. I know the hell people go through when they try to quit. I come from a long line of smokers, and as the Stephen King book goes, lost a lot of fingers because of it. But it is My Choice to smoke, and for whatever reason I choose to give, it is my choice. I think that along with your own will power, the Chantrix, or the Patch or whatever, you will also get all the encouragement you need from all the people here on Leatherworkers that love you. That being said, YOU HAVE UNTIL INDEPENDANCE DAY that's it, then the hat DOES COME OFF, your choice, as it is your choice to smoke.

Johanna, I have the perfect solution for you. You can take it as a threat if you so desire. You have ONE MONTH yes you read that right. ONE MONTH, if you do not quite smoking by July 4th INDEPENDANCE DAY for all my American friends. The tin foil hat comes OFF...yes OFF. I don't know if you saw the pics of me sandblasting in "All about Us" well you can't tell from the pics, but I am wearing the tin foil hat under that helmet that feeds me air. Now Independance Day is the PERFECT day to say "I am INDEPENDANT" and no longer dependant on smokes. I know you can do it. If the little train did it, SO CAN YOU. ONE MONTH Johanna, and we all know the hell you'll be in if the tin foil hat comes OFF

Roger, that is some great looking work you've done there. I just gotta get me one of those pebblers. What weight of leather did you use? And are you going to post pictures of the vest once it's laced on" Would love to see it. Ken

Kathy, that little critter is just soooo cute. I think it would be a very sad day if it ever ended up in the freezer. You should make it your new house pet, I'm pretty sure such a young lady such as yourself has the time and stamina to house train one of those. Just think, a few years from now......not the Freak Show......But Leno, or Letterman shows. Ken

Well another day done. Man I think I'm a bit too old for this, but once commited, I have to stay. And what the hell, he is paying me quite well to boot. By the end of the summer I can hit the Tandy store, the Leather wholesaler, and maybe even get a bunch of Barry King tools as well to keep me busy over the winter. Tom, would have loved to go to Scotland, one of my all time "Want to see" places. I think I could wander the countryside there for years and never get tired of it. Well off to bed, real work again in the morning. Ken

This morning while sitting in the truck waiting for it to warm up, the UPS guy showed up. He had my PIF from Shirleyz for me. I was unable to get a picture of it at the time, and the batteries are dead from all the pictures I had taken at my sandblasting gig, so I will post a pic in the next day or two. Thank you Shirley, I just love the "Black Vested Lady" a wonderful addition to my office. Ken

Well a good friend of mine asked me if I could help him out for a few weeks with his sandblasting business. Not expecting it to be too terribly bad I said sure why not. Well here's some pictures of me at work. Man I'll tell you what.....this sure isn't as easy as pounding leather all day. But I commited myself to help him out for the summer, after him only asking for a few weeks. There is a bonus to it all, I get an all expenses paid trip to Montreal, Quebec next week to see and explore the Kenworth truck factory there. A small sandstorm Got tired of standing A bigger sandstorm After a five minute rain and hail storm, had to shut here down.....YEAH I'm sandblasting driveways and sidewalks to expose the aggregate to make it look real nice. This is becoming very popular in the new housing areas of Calgary. Ken

Ian, that's a seat of beauty, I just love the mean Lepracaun, it fits so well and the airbrushing looks real good from way up here. ken

Alisa, welcome to the forum, great to have you here. As Regis has said, there are some VERY talented sheath makers here, that do some awesome work. You can see their work in the sheath section of the forum. Ask questions and someone will answer. Ken

Daman, welcome to the forum, you will fit right in judging by the pictures of the work you posted. Everyone here is very friendly and always willing to help out where they can. Enjoy. Ken

Paul, welcome to the forum, a very friendly bunch here always willing to help out where they can. Are you wet molding the hood to get the shape around the eyes? It's a really cool looking jood. Ken

This is looking real nice Marlon, can't wait to see the finished work. Ken

looks good Daman, matches the fender bib. Ken

Daman, I really like this, the aluminium inlay looks very good the way you've done it. I especially like the lace job. Can we see the whole bike now? Ken

This turned out really nice carr, you've done yourself proud. For future reference, a good pork bone can be carved up pretty easily with a Dremel, and you will find that it is much harder than chicken bones. Ken

I like these a lot Storm, very nicely done. Just wondering what kind of odor is given off when you do it. Ken

Very nice looking Kimber, great job. Ken

"Now that's a KNIFE" I really like your sheaths, very nicely made. Ken

Clay, thanks again for all the pictures you've been posting. I am amazed at this ladies work, the frog and those flowers....WOW. Ken

Real nice job on the seat 276, and the ride is awesome looking, I love the look of it. Ken

AWESOME work, Peter Main truly is a Master at this. Thanks for sharing these pics Clay. Ken

Great work carr, keep it up. This is going to turn out real nice. Freak will be proud of you. Ken

carr, they look really really good, great job. Ken

Roo, that is way cool, I do hope you used acrylics though. Ken

You are so lucky Grumpy, I was so admiring that board. It is very beautiful. Wonderful work Kate, such a great gesture. Ken