Rawhide

One particular advantage I have is that I live in the Fort Worth area and I can walk into Tandy, or Hidecrafters (They are right across the street from each other.) Anyway, a couple of months ago, someone told me that Hidecrafters had filed for bankruptcy. A couple of weeks ago, I was in the store and the investment group was in the store going over something or another and the person checking me out mentioned they were being bought by this investment group. I don't know the name of the investors though. Hope this doesn't spell bad news for Hidecrafters. Rawhide

Just wondering if some of you experts out there know how to care for a ruby blade. I know you don't have to sharpen it, but do you need to strop it? What do you clean it with if residue builds up on it, etc... Many Thanks

Here is a purse I made for my wife. And a small tool carrier

Thank you for the welcome David, I'm going to attempt to post a picture of a purse I made and a tool carrier.

Just wanted to formally introduce myself to everyone. My name is Marlon and only been tooling for about a year. I am learning a lot, mostly from books. My wife got me started by talking me into going to a class and has regreted it ever since. :biggrin: Hope to converse and learn with you. You have already been a wealth of knowledge from my lurking. Nice to be here.

Thanks for the tips Barra. Screwed up brown paper eh? By that I assume you mean wrinkled lunch/grocery bags?

I notice that when I pull my stitches tight, my thread darkens quite a bit. Any andvice?

I don't know what kind of resin you can buy to fill the voids and eliminate the pitting, but I'm sure you'll pay at least $20 for the chemicals. You can go to a head stone maker (grave stone) and get one of the screw-ups for little or nothing. I bought a piece two feet, by four feet and had them split it into two tooling stones for $40. I could have had the one for $20. Just my $.02.