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bluesman1951

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  1. Yep some one is going to make a offer for sure . Dont mind using them either . LOL People always pay more if you act like you are not selling what you are selling . So when I walk the plaza in Santa Fe its dress the part act the part and walk slow . Tourist is always going to stop and ask .
  2. Hand sewn deer skin bags /with hand cut fringe using a 60mm rotary olfa cutter to cut the fringe . These are sold wholesale by the dozens on the fringe bags . The small bags are sold by the 100's The primary market for these bags is tourist type shops and the native american community . Lots of folks add bead work and resell them . Each of these bags has at least 10 variations all using the same pattern ,just different assembly . The fringe is cut to 5 strings to a inch without variation . Same technique is used for the neck cords and draw strings . Cutting fringe and strings opens a huge amount of doors ,including braiding decorative stitching etc the list is huge . I am going to deliver these bags on Friday using those new black saddle bags to carry them and finally get some feed back on the saddle bags . Useing the fishing venacular I am going trolling with the saddle bags . Bill
  3. That's as good as it gets . Nothing better anywhere ! I'll second the question "How Much " I want some of this fine work . Well done !!!!! Bill
  4. I would not venture a guess on cost . You could use as a target audience :Professional women , Teenage girls , Business men , Attorneys its wide open with just a change in the look of the tooling to appeal to your audience . Young girls will like one thing and professionals will be drawn to something else. This opens the door for great creativty if you understand your customers . This is a wonderful product with lots of potential . It will make a splendid gift . I am glad to hear you are enjoying making these and wish for you many plesant hours at the bench creating these covers. Thanks for the response . This is a realy nice piece of work . Bill
  5. Very nice ,well done perfect scale ,very appealing . What is the inside like ? In a retail setting what price would you expct to market this at ? Is there a wholesale price ? Who is your target customer for this project ? I really really like this my compliments on a job well done . Big round of applause from me . Thanks for showing this . I really liked your tooling those were hours well spent . Thanks again for showing this . Bill
  6. Stitching is just right here perfect . Well done . The colour is very appealing ,rich looking . Construction is clean looking . Beyond that my knowledge is limited . Please consider this a friendly comment on techniques as I know nothing of function and practical daily use . Thanks for showing your work . Bill
  7. 127 views and no comments it just dont seem fair . First thanks for showing us this work . I can appericate the time at the bench from the first cut to the last stitch . That needs to honoured no matter what . I dont make holsters so this is not my area of expertise . I did enjoy the 3 one and rember thinking " Now This is Getting Somewhere " Nice I enjoyed the last two as well thinking " This Will Work ,Nice " The first two my thoughts were "Great Design ,man that stitching needs to be closer " So thats my thinking on these holsters. I cant imagine what my holsters would look like as I dont make them , so it dont seem fair to comment about what I can not do . My thinking is always "Will This Sell ?" To Whom" at "What Price ?" then "Whats The Competition?" Then the last one "Would I Travel Far and go fishing with This ? Keep on truckin and enjoying the craft and sharing the pics . All My Best Bill
  8. Nicely done ,eye just keeps making laps from end to end nothing making a slow down on this one . First class all the way . My compliments thats gallery ready at any Botique in Santa Fe . Bill
  9. Check out www.goodsjapan.com the best of the best tools live there . Welcome . Bill
  10. No its not all bad not in any way . I hand sew all my work so it all looks the same .I have at least 12 machines from back in the day ,one day I will have to learn how to use them . I dont make holsters so any comment on anything beyond the stitching should be disregarded . That I do a bunch of . When I visited your site there was a lot of first class work there and some where the stitching needed a tiny bit of work . I saw a young man there in the pics and thought for a moment he might be assisting you hence the apprentice thought . Guess I was way off base on that . I enjoyed your booth and the display looked like you were having a great day . I have a bunch of years on you but I bet we would have a great conversation face to face . I thought all the stuff was hand sewn so it just did not compute the differences in stitching on your site with a machine thrown into the mix it all makes sense . The foundation for this holster works ,shape is good that's 99% in the plus side . Sewing makes up that last 1% but it's important . All my Best Bill
  11. This one fine project . Your friend will be vey happy ! Superb job ! Very well done . Thank you for posting the pictures I always enjoy seeing your work . All my best Bill
  12. I stand corrected I absolutely did not see that .Sorry ! It totaly escaped my eyes . Now what do I do ? I tried to help and drove off a cliff in the dark . I must use one of those visor things when on the computer I cant see . Am 62 with diabeties and my vision gets worse by the day so to me it understandable not to see it . Dont know if you will believe me or not ,but that's my story . Without glasses I can not see a single printed thing am colour blind as well so print mixed with colours dont help .What ever its not my area of expertise and I should not have gone down that road ,I will not be making that mistake again . I am at a loss as to how to proceed I admit to a mistake am sorry for saying it was not there and being wrong . Not much more I can do . Bill
  13. Mighty fine work ! No doubt about it ! Bill
  14. Looks like it all went away . Checked all the boxes you spoke of they are checked correctly . I installed new filters and now its clear skies again . Walmart and Best Buy and all the blinking stuff is gone . My screen no longer looks like a blinking fourth of July with adds when I arrive . There is a note with ad block plus that says : It does nothing alone ,specific filters do the work so they must be added . Once I did that all worked just fine . Thanks for your words . Bill
  15. You are way out of line with this sir . I went to the site tried every option to find a contact page and could not . I mean I really tried clicked on every option and never saw a phone number or email info . I understand loyalty completely. Simply not going to stand for a butt chewin when I was just trying to help some one . I live here and speak the language and could not find a contact page ,so what chance does a guy from Germany stand ? I dont use these kind of tools in my leather working ever . Have no vested intrest in this ,no money to be made ,cant see why I am involved . So Ill just step back from this one nothing to win here . Thank you for your words . Bill
  16. How did 76 people come here and look at this and leave with out a word ? I like this ,its well done the shape works ,the craftsmanship is superb . Just plain well done . My compliments sir! Right fine job. Bill
  17. Lutz , I went to the Barry King Site . There appears to be no way to contact them direct . Its a simple order something put it in the cart pay and say where to ship to . Looks like they are not talking to any one . Suggestion there are other companies that carry Barry King Tools maybe you call them they have contact information and appear willing to talk to a customer . I will help you with this in any way I can . Send me a message on this site and I will try to get this done for you . I know how hard this can be . I would like very much for you to have sucess in getting this tool . Bill
  18. I like this . I can see it as larger ,maybe legal pad size something a attorney would carry to court . I think the key to sucess is to be able to take a project and make it ten different ways . I belive this in a larger size would be a winner . Also some tooled flowers on the cover make it teenage girl friendly as a diary for another avenue . My compliments this is well done . Lots of potential here ! Good luck with this ! Bill
  19. I went and looked at your face book page ,you have plenty of great stuff sewing is just fine on those projects . So the only conclusion I can draw is you have a apprentice and this is his work . Thats a little unfair not saying that up front . The purpose of a critique is to give a honest assement of a project and perhaps offer a way to make the next one better . This aint your first rodeo sir and I dont know what lesson you hoped would come from this ,but I hope it is productive . Bill
  20. The shape looks good ,I am not a holster maker so imput from me is of no value in regards to holster function and fit .I do hand sew all my work so I do have something to say about that. I would not have used that thread on this project . It just dont work. Your sewing holes need to be closer together . These are streched out way too far . Good news is the shape and design seem to work so the foundation is okay . The other details need some attention and you are ready to go forth . Nothing ever gets better if people just blow smoke up your backside with compliments that are not true . So in my humble opinion this is where it stands for better or worse . Hope this helps ,closer sewing holes different thread straight clean line for sewing and you have a winner . Bill
  21. You are 100% correct . My ad block program stopped working and I went from clear skies no ads anywhere to a blizzard of ads in the blink of an eye . Big surprise for me . Life is about choice always ,its not choice when the only choice is a bad one . One could live like a monk in silence to get away from the ads ,but that might not be any fun at all . I wish to thank you for your point of view and yes you are correct there is no flaw in your thinking at all . There is a saying among pilots when talking about weather CAVU ceilings and visibilty unlimited nice as it gets ! There is something to be said for CAVU surfing on the web . Some one must pay the bills so that may be impractical but one can dream . Thanks for your imput . Bill
  22. Thanks for your words and thoughts . I am in agreement with you . For me its all about choice : To see Or not to see . I would enjoy them all in one place and out of sight . When the thought comes lets go shopping comes to mind one click and there they all are to view at once . I had a very effictive ad block program running so I surfed with no adds at all ever anywhere . One day it stopped working and I was buried in ads like a ticker tape parade . Made me nuts just could not make them stop every screen every site flooded with stuff . There is no doubt that the vendors are giving good service and quality products . Funny thing I never saw the ads here till my ad block stopped working . They were always there and I did not know it .LOL So chalk this up to one of those computer overload days . You are 100% correct in your thoughts . Thanks . Bill
  23. Thanks for sharing your story,sounds like you had a great time . Did some business and avertiseing had all the base's covered looks like . Something to put in your good to know catagory : Direct sunlight kills leather finishes it bleaches them very fast and all your beautiful work suffers . Best to opt for shade when selling outside . Just saying shame to learn that the hard way ,it just sneaks up on you and your stuff is damaged before you know it . Congradulations now you have your feet wet and are a show veteran with many more to come . Well done and thanks for the pic and the story that's class keeping your word and sharing the story and pic . Thanks ! Bill
  24. Very well done !!!!! Sweet work ,good as it gets . Thanks for showing this ! Bill
  25. Sounds like you are a really nice person. I do mind "Targeted ADs" I dont want to be watched ,recorded ,or have my surfing monitered .The world fails to understand the concept of the word "MINE" ,if its mine leave it alone . Data mining is a creepy invasion of privacy . I have recived mail from me to me ,had my contact list hijacked ,had face book account hacked ,gotten thousands of Nigerian scam emails, I am glad life is giving you a enjoyable experience ,I have out in the weeds on the edges of cyber spce and its not wine and roses trust me . I guess what I am saying is I want CHOICE to be able to choose to see something or not . I guess I could never turn the computer on ,that would be a choice as well . Seems bad choices and no choices are the order of the day . For me its like having no front door on your house and the public comes and goes as it pleases . LOL If you are computer savy I suppose steps can be taken to stop all this mischief . When you arent smart enough you become every ones victiam ,a virtual punching bag for every one up to no good . So once again it appears "Its My Fault " I am not smart enough to stop them . LOL
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