Beaverslayer

You saddle makers always impress me with the work that you do. Very nice carving on this one. Great job. Ken

Looks like a pretty cool tool, but boy is it expensive. Ken

Sorry Johanna, that domain name is already taken. ken

Rawhide and Wolvie have given you EXCELENT advice. While doing my sentence, I lived with a very large number of people that do exactly what they said. They would steal your wallet or whatnot with your identity papers in it, then take notes or pictures of it. They would also use an electronic device to take the information off you credit cards, even your drivers licence if it has a magnetic stripe on the back. With this, they are able to "Become" you to a bank or credit issueing company. Identity theft is the fastest growing crime these days, and you have to make sure that there is a "Fraud Alert" put on your credit bureau. Ken

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I feel for ya Wolvie, I do hope that you can get it all worked out. By the way, I thought you were going to go with a Dragon design on your seats? Ken

As Wolvie says, I don't know much about holsters, other than they hold guns. One thing I do see is the belt loop holes. What I'd do with these is to use a large round punch to make the top and bottom of the slot, the using a sharp knife and steel ruler, cut the sides of the slots. This will give you are cleaner looking slot. Also the strap could be burnished. Ken

Hey Wolvie, glad I could help without helping..LOL Ken

That's very nice. How long does it take to make one of those? Ken

Very nice looking Elton. Ken

Other than the thread color I think it looks perfectly fine. For a first time, you have all the basics down. Don't be so hard on yourself. Ken

My tinfoil hat is off to you, very kind jesture. Don't ya just love this place and the people that hang out here? Ken

I saw that on your website, love the color. Ken

Wolvie, I hate to be the one to tell ya...but...Damned shame to have to cut all that lace out. I'm pretty sure what you're going to have to do is, start over and add 2/2" to 3/4" to the overall dimenssions to make up for the lace seams. Ven if you were to soak the @#*%! out of it, the chance of the basket weave getting screwed up is very good, and when it comes time to lace the front to the back, you're going to have problems. The only other way I can think of to rectify it without having to scrap the leather, is to use a basic "X" cross lacing as you see on a lot of Beezas seats. That will give you much more room for the corners to actually become rounded. One other thing, the person riding on the back is going to feel that lacing digging into thier back all the time. Ken

I'm with rdb as well, way to dark. Also, if you're planning on doing that style of lacing, you should use a round hole that's just a bit smaller than the lace. With the slotted holes, your going to get "Lace Wear" and as you go along lacing, the lace gets thinner as you can tell from the picture. By using a round hole, the friction is far less, and your lace will pretty much stay the same width all the way along. I usually only pull about 5 feet of lace at a time as well, this also helps to reduce the friction wear as you're lacing. Ken

Marlon, that looks real good. Where did you get the Masonic symbol? I have a friend that would love one of those, his company logo kind of incorporates it into the name. Ken

Nice looking holsters John, what guns are those, they look pretty nice? Ken

Paul, you do make some very impressive sheaths. The inlay work you do is very nice, and again I have to comment on the way you do the lining. Great work. Ken

Not yet, but a friends son has a few of those pocket bikes in the garage...think he'll notice one missing an inflated tire? I really want to try that out and see what comes of it. Ken

Yes, very nice indeed. I was wondering if any of the members did cowboy boots. Ken

That's a great idea, love it. As to the clasp thingy, try Lee Valley Tools, they stock an emense ammount of hardware like that. Ken

Great looking seat, for a great cause. It's nice to see people who donate there time and such to these wonderful causes. Ken

I like it Randy, what type of lizard is it? Ken

Dave, looks like you got your work cut out for you this evening. Looks real good. I did like the look of the skull though. Ken

Very nice looking Kat, do you hand embroider or is it a machine? Ken