Patchman, Check out Nick o Sew...they are a ways north of you on interstate 40 a little ways north of Memphis.
Nick Pittman might be of help to your wants.
Holy Sh*T ,from his postings i saw that he was having some problems,but after he did the last armor
he had a different tone of voice............this makes me sad...........
My prayers to his family....
A very nice looking piece of wood work.......BUT, be careful on moving while you are sitting down,
if i were doing it i would have had a wider footprint on the legs.I M H O
Bryan hope this helps you. when i started out doing leather work i went to the Hardware Store and bought
Washers in sizes from 3/4 of an inch all the way up to 2", then i was able to cut my belt & strap ends
very uniform, of course they were 1/2 round. it worked for me...
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yes the Osborne ones are safe ? .But i dont beleive there is anything written or to be understood that it NEEDS TO BE HEATED RED HOT TO DO WHAT YOU TRIED TO DO.
i have HEATED my edge creasers with a heat gun with complete sucess.
Sparks while we are doing the 18th century have you came across a "Fire Bucket" pattern?
I have a List to put in one and i thought a Leather Bucket would be great..
Sparks .... you did very well on your "1st" large undertaking.
Pack that Portmantu head down to West Tennessee and we'll jawbone for a spell, boil some
coffee...............
and might burn some blaclpowder.............
Check your Yellow Pages, i beleive you will find what you are looking for.......
Now if you were in Memphis the local Wal-Mart has a embrody shop in there store.
Monica, the analine dye is not going to work for you......on the Jacket.
you will have to obtain a product like "Meltonian- Nu-life Color Spray"
this is a product that will work.Check a shoe repair store in your city they have it.
A few items i did this week and testing out a new camera.
the book covers are for the Tennessee Craftsman, a double belt ,2 layers of 6 oz leather dyed black Oil dye ,finished with super sheen and a knife sheath for a
Dozer, Arkansas made knife.