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For a fast job, it looks pretty darn nice to me. My brother came into my shop one time with a guy from the gun club he belongs to. My brother puts a knife on the table and says he needs a sheath for that. I said, " When do you need it for before the guy could answer. My brother says he needs it right now. I can never say no to my brother, so I said, "ok, we're off 2 hours, no finish, no carvings, stitching done on my Cobra4." It did have a welt and a belt loop. But I have to say, no way I could make that belt you did in 3 hours. Nice job

Thanks for the kind words, Double K.

Nice job on those, Bert.

Thank you for the kind words. At times, leather work can be very rewarding.

Thanks for clearing that up, Bert LOL, and you are right. I don't rock, that's for sure, but she sure did. She was a very strong person. Sadly, she passed last year due to her disease. It was an honor and a great pleasure to help her and get to know such great people, her and her husband.

The prosthetist told her it could not be done. She shoots wonderfully. As you can see, she can load, unload, and operate this semiauto all by herself. What a great gal. I told her, " Don't bust his balls too much, it's a hundred-year-old technology. LOL

A couple of weeks ago, I shared some nice picks of a leather job I did, along with an interesting story. Chuck 123 wapti and one other gentleman found it to be interesting enough to comment. Chuck said it was the most interesting thing he has ever seen on this forum, and I'm not sure why it was taken down. I'm not complaining, but I have seen stuff a lot less interesting stay up for months. That said, it does make me think, why bother posting? That was an important job for the folks involved and me.

That's funny, you said even the boxes, because that's what everyone who sees them says they always say the tools are nice, but I love the boxes. LOL

Now that's a Christmas gift, people can be so cool, good luck with that. Now that's a Christmas gift, people can be so cool, good luck with that.

My son's doctor was asking him what he did for a living. When he asked what I did, my son said I do leather work. The doctor said, "Tell your dad to give me a call; I have some leather tools he might be interested in." So I did. We met the next day in the parking lot where the doctor worked. He said the tools are in the trunk of my car. When he opened the trunk, there were two boxes. One of the boxes was a small old trunk, you know the kind with the wood straps, with leather campaign handles, and the top slightly rounded, really cool looking. The other box was a wooden box covered in sheet metal with a thousand rivets around the edges and a beautiful decorative design. When the doc opened the boxes, I could not believe the leather tools, Head knifes, a Gomph pattern maker's head knife, those Gomph edge slicers like you have there. All kinds of edge creasers and a pipe tobacco tin box filled with homemade stamps, all made very nicely. Also, there were letters in envelopes with dates stamped on them, 1891 - 1889. When I asked how much, he said, "Just take them." I held up one of the tools and said, "This one tool is a hundred bucks." Are you sure you want to? Just take them, he said. I said maybe you would like a nice belt or something. He said, "No, I just want you to have them." Sorry about the long answer, but yes, I do have those. I agree with you, it's so much fun using old tools. I'm a cabinetmaker by trade and have a lifetime collection of antique tools. Have fun with those old tools.

Nice job on that. That font is pretty cool. Is that your own design?

That's really cool, you do great work.

Chuck, could you just do a few words on the part where he tips the quart jug, LOL? I'd love to hear it.

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Again, you do beautiful work!