Tim Schroeder

Thanks, I spray the whole piece brown then cut in the black. I have a small brush I have trimmed down to just two bristles at the end. Trimmed sheepskin for the black. The brown is Fiebing's light brown and chocolate brown 50/50 and then thinned 50/50 with thinner. Sprayed thru a HVLP spray gun. I don't oil after dying, just after tooling. After dye two light coats of Wyosheen then Sheridan Brown antique finish to high light all the cuts followed by two more light coats of Wyosheen. The inside pocket with his name was pretty tough. I had to do it three times to get it right with out cutting thru. That stuff is very thin. It's about half as thin as that 2/3 W&C. Makes nice wallet interiors and you can dye any color you want.

Made this for one of my wife’s coworkers. 2/3 oz. W&C. outside cover. The inside is some 1.5 mm veg tan from Frogjelly leather. All handstitched with .6 mm Tiger thread. Except the ID window.

Staggering the circles definitely helps. Make them as big as possible to limit the fill.

This is for a make up bag for my wife’s co worker. Tooled on some W&C American Vachetta 2/3 oz. The second one is for wallet. Also on the W&C.

Nice set up. I really want an airbrush and the knowledge/skill to use it. I spray all my dye thru a DeVilbiss Finish Line HVLP auto paint gun. Just a great big airbrush. 55-60 lbs pressure. Any less it wants to get spotty when spraying really light. Tried the spray bottles and little sprayers at Home Depot. Not even close. I do understand what Dwight is saying about it being more like a topcoat. I use sheepskin for black and many coats usually. Everything I do is the same dye with black around it. I started spraying the dye when I made those backgammon boards in my albums. I was using veg tan for the fields, so I made a template 1/32" bigger than the points/pips and taped the stencil to the raw veg tan. Sprayed very light probably 10 coats at least so it wouldn't bleed past the stencil. No cuts in the fields. The guy was professional player. The blue on the outside of the Braves board is sprayed and it turned out pretty even. I get up to a 12" pattern if I want and total control how much dye. Almost everything has a coat in all for directions and then some. I haven't really noticed the sprayed dye being a problem with all the stuff my wife and daughter have. I still understand what Dwight is saying.

No but you can adjust the needle bar distance/needle from the hook. When I was working on my 441 I thought you would need to adjust this when going from a #19 needle to a #27. I think maybe you commented on this issue. Cowboy Bob sent the directions on how to do it.

Thanks, Yes I agree with you. I love the way the HO tools better than the WC but I don't do much so I buy just what I need for any project. Nice to be able to order by the foot. I ordered double what I needed for a wallet and these two panels and the piece I received wouldn't dye right. I tooled two of those wallet covers to match these (8 hours each) and the dye just looked like hammered crap. I still have that piece of HO but it doesn't dye good. I spray all my dye so I thought the first one was something I did wrong but the second one came exactly the same. I've never had a problem with HO where I get it but the last couple of pieces just weren't usable.

Panhandle Leather

Johanna already told us it was for the people with access to the political section. But the moderators only give it to people that support Trump. @Northmount @Johanna please take this off my profile and list me as a contributing member or put it on every members profile who had access to that section. Why only Chuck, Frodo Tsunkasapa myself and two others.

Only Chuck Frodo Tsunkasapa myself and a two other have this Title.

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I spray my dye thru an automotive spray gun (HVLP). It turns out a lot more even than wiping dye on. The black I do with trimmed sheepskin.

I have a set of the Craftool Pro Classic's with the big fat black handles. I just sharpened them (every grit of sandpaper from (800 to 10,000)and they cut very smooth. I just bought a set of the Kemovan Round D2. #2 thru #7. They are very sharp and cut super smooth on veg tan. I bought the Kemovans because I like the Cocobolo handles and the small steps between sizes. In a set they were $43 each shipped to the house. The Craftool #0 is the same size as the Kemovan #5, 1.6mm. The Kemovans only go up to #7, 2.0mm so I bought a Wuta M390 #5, 2.2mm. I also bought a Diudus #4, .7mm off of Amazon ($16) and it was very sharp so I decided to try the chinese stuff because I can't afford the Ron's Tools edgers. They are very expensive. There's a local leather shop here and when I looked at the bevelers they were all Ron's Tools and they love them. I was always trying to use the Craftool #0 but it always wanted to dig in. After close inspection you could see it was bent from the factory. I took it to the local Tandy and they said just tough luck they couldn't do anything. Took it to Tandy headquarters in Ft. Worth and they said SOL. They don't warranty their tools. I bought a new one and wanted to see how sharp they are from the factory. After sharpening the new one with 800,1000,1200,1500,2000,2500,3000,5000, 7000, 10,000 it wasn't even close. From the factory they were OK but not even close to the sharpened one. IMHO the sharpened Craftool is noticeably sharper than even the new Kemovans.

Thanks everybody. @PastorBob Its not the stamp from Sergey. I did buy the biggest diamond tuck stamp off Ebay from Bulgaria, but is to small for the purse. I hand cut and double bevel every line twice. I go back and bevel again after I use the horse hair blade for the finer lines around the diamonds.

Thanks @AEBL and @Jan236. I have them dyed now and was supposed to have this done by 4/28 for our anniversary. Not gonna make it because of physical issues. I will definitely be using the W&C from now on. It is very soft and you can make unwanted marks very easily. But it tools and dyes better than the HO I have been getting lately. I will try the regular tooling W&C to see how it tools and dyes.