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  1. I was wondering if someone could tell me what the marks on the scale of the osbourn #84 splitter are. Like where is 10 oz and where is 6 oz. I currently have a weaver 8 inch and there is no scale and the difference between 18 oz and 6 oz is 3/4 in. the difference between 6 and 10 oz is about 1/8 inch. this makes it completely worthless to try to skive the end of a belt. Thanks for the help Ray
  2. I meet a lady selling masks like this at a street fair and asked if she was willing to share her basic methods. She said she soaked the leather in watered down white glue and then stretched and pinched the folds. It sounds like free hand wet forming with the glue as a stiffener when it drys. The leather looked like it was mostly embossed splits, under 3.5 -4 oz, and factory dyed. Ray
  3. You can get sewing machine belt by the roll 1/4" or 3/8" round leather for the old treadle machines from ebay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Oak-leather-Treadle-Belt-Belting-for-Motos-SEWING-MACHINE-Motor-New/301517238462?var=600437664816&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908110712%26meid%3D00a37422736a45399e74b40a1856330f%26pid%3D100677%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D30%26sd%3D292202519826&_trksid=p2385738.c100677.m4598 Just 1 quick find example, but it shows the brand name. Ray
  4. I wrote Fiebings and got a letter back some time ago with permission to post it here. This dates from 4/2014. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Leather Dye is Alcohol based. Pro Oil Dye is alcohol and oil color based (I think he means the pigment is oil color based). Leather stain is vegetable oil based and can be mixed with most other oil up to 20%. Professional Oil Dye is the best product as it dyes more level and does not fade and can be used on oily leather. In many cases Leather Dye works and is lower in cost. You may pass this on to others. Thank You Richard Chase President _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I would try the stain on Harness because of the oil base. I didn't find the stain at Tandy but I did at Springfield. There are only 4 colors of the stain as far as I know. Ray Imperial Leather Works
  5. gandgphi: It looks like you are in CA and so you cant get the hobby size fiebings products. There are two was to get around this. 1 If you have a resale license you can order it in minimum quart sizes for professional use. They can not be put on the shelf for retail but tandy can/will custom order it for you with the right paperwork (your results may differ depending on the store manager, but I have done it.), or you can get it from Weaver or Springfield. 2 The other way is to use Angelus products. They are made in CA and don't fall under the VOC law. They are my preferred brand, and can be ordered on line. As a side note, Angelus makes a product called luster cream. It seems to be a waxie finish and the colors have 10-20% pigment in them. I use the neutral to finish/slick the flesh side of belts among other things, rub it in well and it will even stop die from penetrating most of the time. I found this out when I got a bit on the edge and then couldn't get the edge to take die. Using the matching color to a died piece can make small scratches disappear because of the pigment in it. Ray
  6. ENC

    Weight Belt

    It sounds to me that you are talking about what the LARPers call a Hero's Belt. Basically a 4-6 inch wide ranger belt with 2-3, 1 inch buckles, (1 buckle for every 2 inches wide). Then add some magazine pouches ( wet formed and sewn on ?) and use a vacuum sealer to make up shot bags to keep the shot from spilling out. You would be able to add or remove weight as you need to. I hope that helps. The hero's belt always reminds me of movies like the Seventh Voyage of Sinbad. Ray
  7. You could try searching for bleed knot. It might be a good way to use 2 or more pieces to make a longer leash. Ray
  8. If you are using a thread size less than 138/(135) you may be able to go to a smaller needle. This link goes to one of our sponsors and has needle size minimums for thread size . http://www.tolindsewmach.com/thread-chart.html Ray
  9. It is back stitching using 1 thread, 2 forward on top 1 back on the bottom. Look at the corner on one of the wallets where you can see both the top and bottom stitching. You will see that the corner stitch on the top goes diagonally missing the corner hole, but the corner hole still has 2 threads 1 going in and 1 coming out. Ray
  10. What several of my friends have missed when doing hole layouts is there is 1 less division than there are holes. 11 holes 1 in apart cover 10 in because you have a hole at 0. Also its much easier to use metric measurements, it's much easier to mark out 5.76 mm than 2.4 inches, after you do the spacing division and end up with strange decimals. I use a XL spread sheet to do the math for me and come up with a measurement for each hole then place the ruler , clamp it and, mark each measurement distance from the 0, avoiding iteration error like you get from walking dividers. Ray
  11. Thank you TinkerTailor, You got it right on the head. In only 24 views, I got my answer. I knew one/all of you had the information somewhere. Ray
  12. A friend has had this "belt" for over 30 years and it was old when she got it at a thrift store. I have looked everywhere I can think of to identify it, but have had no luck ,so I figured I would ask the experts. I am going to make her a new belt for it but I think it looks cool and would like to make some belts with buckles like it to sell. She said it was never brass in color, so I checked it with a magnet and it is magnetic. I also found what I think is an anchor on the back (see 3rd pic). I was thinking it was something to do with tack but now I'm wondering if it is military in origin. If anyone can identify it, has any ideas about its origin or where I might find more please let me know. Thank you for your help in advance. Ray
  13. You can add Inkscape to the free list for Vector graphics. I have been using it for years. Only down side is I have to export a format that my old version of photoshop will take to print. That may have been fixed in the version released in Jan 2015. I haven't tried to print directly from the new release yet. My $30 epson printer from 10 years ago will print up to 8.5 by 44 in. I tape paper together on the back side, and set length/size I need in the printer set up.
  14. In any case I would glue the seam together first. If the bag is big enough and the leather soft enough you can feed it under the foot from back to front before you start stitching and then sew your way out of the bag. If not you need a "sew off machine" (or to stitch by hand). Its like a cylinder arm machine except the cylinder arm goes in the same direction as the feed. Some machines sew front to back with an arm that is perpendicular to the front edge of the table. Others look mostly like a normal cylinder arm machine, but sew right to left off the arm. Ray
  15. That tool has a lot of slop in it. The blades move every time you use it and have to be reset to the correct spacing. If you are doing round spots up to 1/2 inch, this is the next step up is. http://www.tandyleather.com/en-usd/search/searchresults/8114-01.aspx. It looks like Tandy has discontinued the kit that had 4 sizes in it. The next step up from there is expensive...a hand press and dies. Last I checked with Standard rivet it was about $125 per die, but they can make one for any shape/size of spot. I have been using the tool you have to mark where I want the spot staple legs to go or you could use a divider, and then use a single flat lacing punch to make the slots. Then I roll the legs so they point back into the leather with round nose pliers, they have to be strong for the bigger stuff, and once they are rolled, I put the leather face down on a piece of carpet over my stone and tap the legs flush into/with the leather. The carpet lets the spots sink in without scratching or flattening them but is hard enough to hammer down the legs. Hope this helps, Ray
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