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Thanks so much for sharing this! Rosemary

I don't know if this would work for leather but quilters use their own saliva to get blood out of their quilts. Something about your own saliva works best for your own blood. They wad up a bunch of thread with their spit on it and work at the blood stain. I have had to resort to this when handsewing the binding on a white corset, so I know it works for fabric, haven't tried it on leather.

Actually I did a double take when I saw this stuff on the Tandy site last week. My first thought was how juvenile the finished products looked, but then thought maybe I was being unkind.

Thanks for sharing this.

There is a special heat resistant fabric that is used for this. I can't recall the name at the moment. People use it when making potholders and items like that. It has a silver side and a quilted side to absorb heat. I have seen it on cases that sometimes come with some of the straighteners. I don't know how well it would work with leather, perhaps someone else does.

It looks great. I'll bet the new owner is really pleased. I especially like how you did the tooling on the belt end.

Another option is the Tandy Leathercraft Library. You can purchase them online as an ebook.

Very, very nice. Thanks so much for sharing.

Very nice indeed. I really like the depth in your tooling. Thanks for sharing.

I just received mine today. I really am in shock that I got it that fast. Normally stuff from the west side on the US takes forever to get to me so I am feeling particularly blessed today. lol . So far with my little bit of playing, I am really impressed. I do small stuff and was having a really hard time with tight curves , circles and wavy lines and this is much easier. I do need to practice more to get better control but that is the same with every new tool. Rosemary

THANK YOU!!!! I really appreciate your taking the time to do this. Rosemary

Still doesn't work. Do you have your privacy settings that you have to be a friend to view your page?

For what it's worth, I agree with Aaron on this. I think extending the landscape would maintain the continuity of the piece. I think bullets on the strap would continue the theme.

I'd love to see this but the link does not seem to be working.

I haven't used Neatlac but I do know that you normally can't put solvent based finishes over solvent markers. One tends to lift and dissolve the other.

Very nice!

The problem the OP and I both have is that the product can't be shipped by mail. I haven't been able to find a retailer in Canada that sells it and I think the OP will have the same problem in GB.

Good luck with your forum. Although you didn't find much in a forum format there are a lot of vintage sewing machine yahoo groups. Some are brand specific, others just geared to vintage machines.

Too Funny!!! Thanks for the morning chuckle.

That's what I have found in my playing around :-(. Even the antique seems to leave too much colour on the resist. As Bruce mentioned the hi lites do work. I was just hoping for some more options. Being in Canada, I haven't found a place with a neat lac type product to try with the antiques .

I am just starting playing with these dyes and have a question. They give a really nice colour and coverage in an all over application. but I wondered if they can be used to get a sheridan style colouring on tooled work. I did try with supersheen but it didn't really work as a resist with these dyes very well. There was a slight difference in colour, not the contrast that you normally want for this type of work. Has anyone had success with them with this type of finish? Thanks.

I really like the look of your site. Uncluttered and classy. It suits your work well. My only concern is the lack of pricing, but as you say, you are working on it. The how to section is a nice touch. As an aside, I have always enjoyed your posts, you have a distinctive style.:-)

Thanks Spinner. The info is really helpful. I imagine over time a person ends up with many of different weights , a true maul collection lol,but for now I have to pick one that will do for most things.