Sylvia

Have one... and it won't work with Barry King's blades. In his wisdom... he's made the shank of his a few mills LARGER then the standard Blades. So the damn thing don't fit in the keen edge. I love the knife... but that little tidbit pisses me off about it. LOL

Oh what I would not give to get a good look inside that treasure chamber. LOL

You might be able to brand the letters in with a wood burning tool or a soldering iron.

Thanks!! LOL Some how my mental image of you being a biker and zig zagging your finger snap..... isn't quite right! No, this is just practice since I've never done a dragon before. This design is just a bit to wide to fit on a 3 inch strap. I might color it and send it to the guy as a "gift" I know his wife was looking for a brass dragon for their wall. I had a hard time with getting those claws right with this Gawd Awful Barry King straight blade... I swear it's like a full 1/8" thick. I guess I'm going to have to learn how to sharpen that hollow blade after all.

That's why you break up your time into segments. 10 minutes "today we are doing this" 10 minutes.. "here's how you do it" 20 minutes "practice and trouble shooting" 20 minutes "clean up and review/ how did you do?" Your hyper kids aren't too bored and the ones who want to do it... will sit and work as fast as they can. Gosh I just flashed on a program I truly believed was ran by Jim Henson of Muppet fame. We had a puppet making workshop...LOL It was fun and I had that puppet for a long time.

Did this in about an hour. I used my swivel knife, speed beveler and a modeling spoon/stylus tool. I did ALL those scales with the knife. (ouch) Since I have 2 more tools I can use I may go back and do some more beveling... with a different tool. Anyway here it is.

I keep mine rolled skin side out. and standing on end IN a box that can keep it from unrolling. I don't like rolling it the other way because it causes the surface to wrinkle and there is NO way to get that out.

maybe this will have the instructions you need. https://www.leathercraftlibrary.com/p-1220-2691-shotgun-case-and-bird-bag-pattern-pak.aspx

ok... here's a peak at my binder solution. If you are wondering I painted my templates with Sharpies allowed them to dry. I'll come back with some clear nail polish or some spray clear and put a protective coating on them later.

looks like Fish, Snake and Lizard to me. Here's a site with exotic leathers.... maybe you can compare your stuff with what they have? http://www.exoticleather.biz/index.html

I think Bluesman hit it on the head. Proper casing. It's hard sometimes to wait until your leather is ready to cut with a swivel knife. We get excited and want to get to carving.... but ... Too wet and you get wrinkly almost torn looking edges on the cut.

:D Gee that's interesting because I thought all Laced edges were "Spanish Braid" LOL Seriously though.. it's a blanket stitch. I'm fighting a migraine now. If I have time today, I'll experiment a little for you. I think it can be done with two needles, I just have to spend some time with it. Also PM me your email... I think I have something in pdf that you might like to have. Syl

reminds me of the old school leather hacky sacks. I think they were filled with sand or small beans These days I dont' think you could find a leather hackysack... it's all hemp, cotton or faux suede.

Back before hubby and I hit "hardship" status, I did a lot of "crazy coupon lady" shopping. I have a binder that already has baseball card protector sheets in it that work great for those tab and shield templates. (lol it still has coupons in it from 2009!) I'll just add some full size sheet protectors for the larger spiral templates. Most of them will fit just right. The binder is one of those that zips shut so even if the try to slide out of their spaces... they will still be contained. I'll post a picture or two when I'm done.

You might also want to mention that you are a "LWMEMBER"

For me it was color... I like the clear but if I drop them or set them down it's hard for me to SEE them. I've dropped mine, accidentally shut one of the ranger belt ends in the drawer... and not even a crack. But if they did crack or break they are inexpensive enough replacing the set wouldn't be too painful. I bet if that did happen BRL would be happy to cut you a new one for a nominal fee. Certainly couldn't hurt to ask anyway. Which reminds me... I think I'm going to get a binder and some of those sheet or card holders to put them in. That way they won't take up room in my drawer and won't be sliding about.

Ah! I'm familiar with this one too. I use it to make adjustable leather thong necklaces. Thanks!

Hi: You are going to die when I tell you this but that looks like a blanket stitch with 2 stitches going in each lacing hole. here's a tutorial on youtube This might be a better demo for you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QQovb4SGyo

They look very nice! Beautiful in fact. Maybe it's just me... but is that an "N" in America? Or is the font weird and makes the lower case m look like an n? What font is it? I think I have someone who would like that font on their project. Really though very nice job... I think any cowgirl would love to own those.

I'm glad you like them too. That leather gauge is a neat little doodad isn't it? What I like about it is the size... with it being close to a credit card in size but a lot thicker it would be an easy thing to slip in the pocket on the way to the leather store. Sure did make me realize that I've been using a lot thicker leather than I though. :D I can't wait to see what you think of the templates when you use them. I'm really liking mine!

Let me see if I can paraphrase. If your project requires 24 inches you use 48 inches of thread. thread both needles on the waxed thread then tie the ends with a fisherman's knot.... so you have two needles floating on a loop of thread. Then you bring the knot to the middle opposite of it's position and hold these while sliding the needles to the ends. Then you twist the thread (in opposite directions?) so you now have a thread twice the thickness with your two needles on the ends. Is that about it? Now.. which fisherman's knot do you use? I know about 6 depending on the application. This one? http://www.walleyehunter.com/knots/knotuni.gif

Hi Bob... don't ask me!! Ask the original poster. lol I was just letting JayJay know that Tandy now has the pattern on the library site.

Ok fess up... how do you prep your thread?

Jeni: On a lark I looked at spokane craigslist. I found this add for someone that "Pays Top Dollar" for leather tools. http://spokane.craigslist.org/wan/2995143794.html I wonder if you could call him and see if he's received any big lots lately?

Would this work for you? http://www.tandyleatheroutlet.com/p-21-velvet-suede-trim-piece-red.aspx