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Hi Helmut: I had an idea similar to Luke's so I drew this very quickly in paint.net. You are welcome to it ... no charge. Perhaps someone can make it nicer for you.

Hey Chancy: I think what the original poster really wanted to know was whether or not the large scalloped "yoke" for lack of better words was designed. Whether it was drawn or a template was used or what. The second photo shows a better example. I use the term yoke because that is what the pattern piece would be called if it were a western shirt. Good call on the stamp though. I didn't bother looking for the second stamp when I realized the "real" question posed. S

You mean the braid between the floral and the basket weave? I think that is a stamp, I've seen one before but I don't recall the maker and the one I saw was quite a bit larger. Ah.. I the stamp I saw was a Hackbarth stamp. http://hackbarthtool...raid-stamp.html Oh! I see what you mean. You mean the Yoke style in the design. The one with the sewing looks to me as if they took a piece of card stock, folded it in half and cut out a design... then when it was opened, they had a piece to trace. Not sure how they would do the other unless it was drawn freehand. Well, at least you have the source for the stamp if you ever need it.

Suicide: This could potentially be dangerous so use at your own risk, ok? Take the handle from an old artist's brush and chuck it into a hand drill or drill press. Then use that to burnish the insides of holes. I did this recently on a guitar strap and it works great! Just apply your burnishing medium to the hand of the brush and spin away. The tapered handle of an artists brush allows you to do a few different sized holes. Please do be careful... I would feel really bad if you harmed yourself.

Ha ha ha... I used an online Band Name generator and plugged in "leather biker" got these. Leather Biker Stroke And The Apostle Leather Biker Shoe Leather Biker Adrenaline Fallen Leather Biker Leather Biker Posse Leather Biker Innocent And The Cannon Lower Leather Biker Leather Biker Of The Revolving Gaseous Leather Biker Of The Troubled Hobo Leather Biker Fix http://www.bandnamemaker.com/ Kind of fun.

"Iron Horse Leather and Accessories"

I would probably approach this a bit differently from the others. Cost of goods sold should include. Labor, materials, advertising (website), trips to shows, etc. But rather than charging by the square inch or by the unit, I would weigh my leather and my dyes when I first get them. Then divide that by the $$ paid (including shipping) and then after each cut or dye job I would weight them again. Then make the units and such in your spreadsheets. Debiting and Crediting as new inventory comes in and leaves as finished goods. I highly recommend that you take a bookkeeping class or a first year accounting class.

Those are really nice.

Baron Tool #903 is a Bamboo image stamp. If you have this stamp could you please measure the stamped image for me? If you have time perhaps you could stamp a hunk of leather and place a quarter by the image? I would really appreciate your help.

You are welcome. A humidifier might help some but so will a pot of boiling water on the cooker. Just don't let it boil dry. LOL Plants help with household humidity too... if you can keep them alive. lol. Good luck.

Wink: While I tend to agree with the others.... in this case I'm just going to remind you that your ambient humidity is going to play a factor on the leather drying out. It's only about 20% humidity in my house right now and in that case I have to re-dampen the leather frequently. Case it well, then have a tub of water and a clean sponge handy. As you work, you'll notice it drying out a bit re-dampen, let it blush... and begin again.

http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/10144517-AA.shtml Dharmatrading rocks.

Thanks TR. I did try a sample and the color turns out bright.. Yay! I was just worried that it would require some sort of special process. thank you for taking time to answer.

LOL Mike... I am sensing a theme and it seems to be ass heavy. LOL

I have read some tutorials on how to tan hair on and what happens if you don't get it just right. (The hair falls out) I suspect that is what happened to these and they just put more acid in the bath to make the hair that was staying stay for good. This is an example in my opinion of Marketing a mistake as a desired item. If I can find it again, I'll pm you the tanning tutorial link so you can read through it. If

Why not use a french edger or something similar and counter sink it a little bit on the flesh side of the leather?

Looks like an Ulu to me. But I tend to believe that head knives were based on the Ulu. http://www.icollector.com/images/174/2671/2671_0270_1_md.jpg

Ear muffs Guitar strap lining.... Moccasin lining... ooo can you imagine that mink on your tootsies? Hat bands

There is a leather supplier that goes by Maverick Leather Company, so I think that might cause you issues if you go with oneof the Maverick names. Just saying. Ryan and Son Custom Designs. Might work ok. It leave it open for your other media. Two Dude's Customs... anything like that.

I got a great deal on a side of chrome tanned leather. The color is a sort of grey white. I would like to use it in some projects but I am wondering if it can be dyed. Have any of you tried redying chome tanned leather? If so, are there any special processes or things I should be aware of?

Very nice stuff. And thanks for sharing the legend. I love stuff like that. Uh, oh... my marketing degree just kicked in.... May I suggest that you have some tags printed that outline the legend and attach them to the bags?

I went through this with black dye. I deglazed it twice and redyed but had the same results. Some folks here said to mix the dye with neatsfoot oil. That didn't work either. It wasn't until I said screw it and put some eco-flo dark cocoa brown that it evened out and looks black. Weird. The leather I used was fairly old and had a nice golden color I don't know if that would cause the problem or not but it sure was a pain to fix. Good luck I hope you find a solution.

That's ok, I just wanted them to see it. The telecaster gurus there are pretty excitable... I wanted to see how they respond.