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Thanks so much! Thank you!

Thanks so much!

Here is a little weekend project complete. Kangaroo hide bracelet with a moose antler/turquoise trustone/leopard wood bead.......Rory

Nice and clean. Great work!

As others have said, for that price you can't really go wrong. I got mine used for $300 as well. It is a cast model too and came with the old Tippmann stand and accessories. I have had a time getting it to stitch right, but I'll hold onto it regardless. Pic below from when I got it. Good luck! ....Rory

Hello all! I am getting interested in trying a little rawhide appliqué. I have made a couple of kangaroo hide bullwhips before, so I have the tools to cut lace, resize it and bevel it. I also have the Grant rawhide Encyclopedia. I am more interested in how holes are punched and their spacing. What tools are used? The book does not really cover those topics well. They do not tell you to use a lacing chisel, stitching chisel or hole punch necessarily. I have done some testing with a lacing hole punch and it does ok, but it appears some applications should use slits/slots. Most examples of appliqué I have seen online do not seem to use lacing chisels or stitching chisels and the rawhide lace is cut pretty thin. I watch a couple of guys on Instagram and tik-Tok doing some nice work. I have reached out to them but have not heard back yet. Any experienced appliqué folks out there? Thanks…Rory

What Revolver? A friend wants me to make him a shoulder sling carry rig for a scoped or red dot sighted Ruger Red Hawk .44 magnum 9.5". Your own pattern?

Spectacular! Love the sheridan work.

Here are a few projects recently completed. A 6 plait kangaroo hide bracelet with elk antler, and two axe/knife combo sheaths. One sheath is a drop leg style sheath worn on the belt, and the other a baldric style shoulder carry sheath. Both are from 8-10 oz. Hermann Oak English Bridle in Chestnut. I used my xTool D1 Pro Laser to cut out my patterns. Patterns were drawn in Lightburn software......Rory

Springfield Leather used to be a good source from time to time when they had it on hand. I have ordered several square feet of elephant and giraffe scraps from them over the years. Sometimes they have it as scraps from boot companies. Looks great!

Oooooh, I love western stuff! Nice work!

Very nice! I have a couple of older hides I need to use before too much longer.

A little prototyping in cardboard for my next drop leg axe sheath....

Thank you. I need to get it out on the trail. I am working on another version for a tactical hawk. Have a friend down on the US/Mexico border that I may send one to, to try out. Thanks so much!

Thanks. Have been rolling that around, but haven't come up with the best way to do it yet. I wanted to try some sort of piggyback method if I can figure out a good way.