Nick Clarke

I Like them very much nice and clean looking.

Hi could you please post photos and do you know how much postage to Australia would cost? Cheers Nick

G-day and welcome to the Forum. I have no Information to help with the Snake skin, But I can help with the Leather dye I have an Australian supplier for you to try I use them and they are a good supplier http://ozgraff.com/p...?id_product=120 Give them a try if you would like to Cheers Nick

You could try this one http://www.ranch2are...om/hsbtplc.html Good luck Cheers Nick

Me again I was looking for something to do so I did some more research and found some information that sounds plausible to me Assignment of mortgage from Thomas Adams of Walsall, co. Staff., bucklemaker, by the direction of John Wilkes late of Walsall, then of Darlaston, co. Staff., gent., to Thomas Blakemore of Darlaston, ironmonger, of lands and premises in Darlaston. MS 3449/Acc 1939-023/513514 22 February 1790 In some other articles it states that he was a buckle maker and he shared the premises with a Harness maker so I think that it is plausible that he made the plough gauge. Cheers Nick

G-day Mate I have the Dictionary of Leather working Tools, c.1700-1950 the only entry in the Dictionary is Thomas Adams (London and Walsall ). No other entry found Cheers Nick

G-day to all you wonderful Leather artisan's out there Well it has been a little while coming but here goes HI, my name is Nick and I have a Leather problem. I have been using and abusing Leather for about 30 years and now think it is time I take control of my Leather problem. It all started quite innocently when I was about 10 years old while staying with my Grandparents for School vacation. At the time my uncle was on leave from the army and he also stayed with my Grandparents. And so I was to find out that he had a hobby (or so he called it), he would take a piece of Leather and pound on it with funny shaped metal implements and make lovely patterns on the Leather. Well that was it (Monkey see Monkey do), I must have had addictive personality written large all over my face because he decided to let me have a go at it, and since that day I haven't stopped. Over the next 6 years my addiction grew and started to become an all consuming problem. When I was 16 I started my career at sea, it is then my addiction moved up a gear and went from relatively innocent beginnings to full blown gluttony. It just so happened that one of the fellow seamen that I was working with was also afflicted with a Leather problem but his was in the advanced stages and was hard core. It turns out that he at some point in his life was actually using and abusing leather on a professional level. He had worked for several Saddle manufacturer's hear in Australia one in particular was Sidney Hill he had learnt how to make saddles, tack and cases for a living. Well he just happened to live about 5 kilometres away from my house and so when I was on my leave I started to learn as much as He was willing to teach me. Since those day's I have managed to kick the addiction only to be dragged back in to the vicious Circle time and time again. So it is with this reflection on the past that I look to the future and realise that I am an addict and it is better to learn to live with the addiction than to fight it. It is my belief that with the help and support of the lovely people of this forum that I will learn to lives with my addiction. Yours in Friendship, Support and mutually beneficial learning Nick

G-day Bruce I am thinking with your reply that if I want to case Leather for a holster ( Horse butt ) I should use just plain old water ? Cheers Nick

Hello Fellow Leather Crafters I have a Question for The Group The casing of Leather for moulding is it the same as for tooling ? The formula attributed to Ben Cox 1 cup bottled water 1/2 cup Lexol 1 tbs. baby shampoo 1 tbs. Listerene. Thank you in Advance for your Replies I absolutely Love this Forum Cheers Nick

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Hi All I am a long time reader but first time contributor. I have a question for the forum members, have any of you lovely people out there in Leather land had some experience with using Evo-Stik Time Bond I would be grateful for your feed back as to how well it performs And any other comments you might care to share. I personally have only been using it for about six months and think it is very good but I do not have the same experiance in the Leatherworking as some of you. Thanks Nick