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There is nothing wrong with the older Craftool stamps. They work as they should and can be picked up on Ebay for a reasonable price in most cases. A member here, Bruce Johnson, also sells older Craftool stamps as well as some from other makers. He also has a nice selection of other tools for sale. brucejohnsonleather.com

Something else to consider is the original angle on the knife edge. If it wasn't already at 15 degrees it will take a while with that fine of grit to get the edge sharp. Might try using a coarser grit to get the initial edge you are looking for then go with the finer grit to polish it up, followed by stropping.

That's some pretty nice wallets you have there/

Wow that is beautiful.

That is really nice.

I'm with the others....I think it looks pretty darn good the way it is.

What type of leather are you trying to emboss?

Nice looking bag.

What about using saddlelac, clearlac, or wyosheen? I would think a lacquer sealer would be pretty waterproof and work on something that stayed flat all the time.

Alfred, the Tandy on Mobud has the spray saddlelac I know, tho I don't recall if they had it in liquid form. Not positive but I believe the other one on Walzem does too.

You are correct. I would apply a LIGHT coat of neatsfoot oil and allow it 24 hours to even out BEFORE you apply resolene. Resolene is a sealer.

Monica your wallet is beautiful both inside and out. Something you might try in the future if you have a small smear or drop of dye in an unwanted place is deglazer. I've had small drops or my hand "wandered" a little out of bounds when putting dye on backgrounds or letters and immediately cleaned it right off with a rag or qtip with a little deglazer on it. So far has worked well for me and you can't tell there was even a problem.

If I remember right I bought a 24 inch zipper for mine.

In my mind spraying is the fastest way to apply resolene on large or multiple pieces. I spray all my pieces with an airbrush and I've never had a problem with it drying or absorbing. I use mop & glow cut 50/50 now instead of resolene and never had a problem with either. If you are having a problem with it drying it may be that you are applying too heavy of a coat or maybe not cutting it 50/50 with water(same as a heavy coat). I always give the first light coat about an hour to dry then hit it with another light coat then 24 hours to dry/cure. As far as being wasteful and messy maybe you are using too much air pressure. Light coats built up is the key IMHO.

They all look pretty nice to me Ray.

My questions would be how did you apply the resolene and how many coats did you use and how soon between coats. The way it's streaked looks like it might have been brushed on and with multiple coats . Try applying resolene cut 50/50 with an airbrush. One light coat, let sit an hour or so then another light coat and let sit for 24 hours. If you wish to build up the resolene just apply more light coats. Just give it time between coats. This method works well for me.

Tandy has natural pigskin that they say can be tooled. You can probably find it at Springfield leather or several others as well.

Most likely airbrushed.

Really nice case

I recently got some HO from Springfield and experienced much the same. Seemed to cut fine with my round knife but had to strop my BK swivel knife as well as edgers quite often. Also was pretty tough to skive the flesh side. But on the other hand it tooled very nicely.

I use the black Fiebings but never have had a metallic look. I usually get a light hazy look on the black but after buffing well and applying a light coat of neatsfoot oil it turns a nice deep black. Test it on some scraps from other hides if you have some to see if you get the same result.

They look pretty nice.

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I use the Lansky 5 stone set to sharpen all my knives. They can be picked up on Ebay for a reasonable price. It uses a "jig" to set the angles....17 degree being the flattest. Afterwards I strop with green and white compound. Takes a couple of hours to sharpen and strop and works well on round knives. Other folks have other ways that work as well. Check out the sharpening tutorials here they are great help.

Very nice looking wallet.