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Thank you, i look forward to making this. looks great

Leather Wranglers can answer your question better than anyone. They are great and have answered any question i have ever asked quickly.

just make the inside strap of the belt as long as you want and clip the ends together. then you can wrap the outside of the belt around the inside to get its length. sewing the belt is similar. once your tooling and dying is done, you start gluing one end make your loop and fit it all together once glued start sewing as soon as you get far enough along to loop it together and clip it to hold keep sewing. end result is a nice curved belt with no wrinkles, crinkles or binding. i love redneck science

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the stitching looks good. I like the fact you lined the back of your wallet, many people forget to do that and it adds a lot to the overall piece. you kept your tooling simple which is good for starting out. Practice you beveling a bit more, the action with bezeling is kinda like a jackhammer, but lighter. a veiner would bring out the some detail in your vine work, but that comes with practice. What stamping tools do you have? the flower in the middle is clean and simple, I like it. Overall not a bad start wallet at all. keep up the good work. on a side note, your liner leather can be very thin, even a fabric will work which will make it easier on stitching.

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I like it, it looks great. I was a little concerned about the magazine pouch at first, in the picture you posted it looked like a piece of leather liner around the top. but on a closer look its just a decorative line. I like the rope border you put around everything.

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Looking good, keep it up.

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I do a lot of custom holsters, in my opinion a custom piece means no makers mark. I have never had an issue with it. The work sells itself and i feel has actually gotten me more work. people like to brag about their quality and custom items and tend to show them off. as long as the work is superior they will let others know it was you that did it. and the product will advertise itself well.

I have heard that horse hide is a bit tougher than cow hide and supposedly doesn't stretch as much. but i have never used it myself. Some people swear by it but i feel that any difference would be negligible as long as its quality leather and stitched.

where are you located? you might try looking up some possible local tanneries to see if they can donate to the school system.

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when you release the air out of a manual press, do not let it all out, just enough to have room to get your die and leather out and have a bit of room to work. it will cut down on your time a lot.

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i just seen that that is a half ton arbor press. i would not recommend any arbor press under 1 ton. I love my arbor now that i have it set up. but when it comes to large stamps i find my 1 tons falls a little short.

I agree with wizard, go with the 6 ton harbor freight, you can then get some 1/4 in 10 inch plates to open up more area on the press, that's what i have done. I can even do some die cutting on it now. just make sure to square and level it up when you build it. well worth the price at harbor freight.

that's looking a lot better. keep up the work

I would recommend using snaps and Chicago screws. probably use a t-nut on the back to secure it a bit better. can use a touch of glue or lock tight on the threads to help lock it in.

those are pricklers, they mark the leather for spacing your holes to sew and get even stitches.

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