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SteelcityK9Cop

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  1. If you jump on the turnpike at 28 and then jump back off at Rt. 30 it's will probably only be about a 30 min ride to the Tandy store. Welcome to Western Pa! I hope you enjoy it here.. it's a great place to live with a lot of fun stuff to do. Everyone is real friendly as well! We will also have you bleeding black and gold in no time!
  2. Greetings from Da'Burgh! Where you gonna be moving to?
  3. As a 1911 aficionado...... I hate you,,,, I soooooooo hate you... you are so lucky! Damn what a nice combo!!!! BRAVO to you both!!!!!!
  4. Define successful lawsuit.... a $50,000 settlement for a round cranked into their leg because they couldn't keep their boogerhook off the trigger when holstering sounds like sucessfull to me. I just don't want it to be MY $50K. $300 a year sounds like a great investment. And you don't know what the circumstance could be... "the holster deformed with use" "they should have told me not to put a loaded firearm in there" "no one told me..blah blah blah" I bet no one ever thought you would get big bucks for hot coffee at McDonalds either.
  5. Steven.... I'm scheduled to meet with my State Farm agent in a week to talk about product liability insurance. I have my auto and homeowners through them as well. I asked a rough estimate regarding cost and they couldn't give me one. What's your approximate cost per year with them?
  6. You would have perfection if you finished off those belt slots.
  7. Finding regular belt buckles made in the USA has proven next to impossible to me....and I have tried soooooo hard to make sure everything I have tool and supply wise is US made. Watch buckles...ouch.
  8. Wiz... Having carried everything from a Government 1911 to a Glock 27 every day for the past 19 years.... don't worry about the flat back. Most concealed carriers really like a flatter back side... it is MUCH more comfortable to carry. The last thing I want out of a carry holster is having a whole lot of pistol on the back side pressing into my hip
  9. 1) Leather dust from sanding.... 2) Vapors from Dyes, Finishes, Glues... 3) Cuts and amputations from evil Head Knives... (Kidding about the amputations) All can be avoided to a degree... your landlord thinking you are Heisenberg may be a different story!
  10. Not to step on Wiz's toes... but I was not enjoying sewing with the enclosed center foot that came with the 4500 that I bought from Cowboy Bob.... I wanted to see EXACTLY where the needle was going to drop. So I called Bob and he modified one for me that had an "open toe". I can't say enough about Bob's service to his customers.
  11. Al Bane has a great basic skills video 441 Machines.... might be something that helps you get to know your machine better. It helped me a ton.
  12. I just made a one gallon test batch.... im not getting the DEEP black i see in the photo. It's only been a week however.
  13. Gotta give props to Bob... bought a 4500 from him as well and it has been a great machine. I drove out to Toledo to pick it up and Bob took the time to show all of the operational details. Since getting my machine, I have called Bob to place an order for some thread and to my surprise he remembered who I was and asked how the 4500 was running. I asked if there was any such thing as an open toe center foot for the machine and he had one made for me and sent our within a few days,
  14. The big thing with buffing after you dye is to remove the pigments left on the top of the grain that have not been absorbed into the leather. There are so many ways to do this.. by hand with a cloth... with a horse hair shine brush.... with a horse hair buff on a machine running under 900 rpm. You name it.
  15. Everyone has their own "formula"... try some different things and see what works best for you. Here is my "procedure": 1) Oil with Neetsfoot 2) Dye then buff 3) Resolene 50/50 with water 4) Fiebings Leather Sheen then buff
  16. Here u go! http://www.pilgrimshoemachine.com/sewing_machine_parts.html
  17. As for leather... I bought a little bag of scrap from Tandy and it was just that...total scrap. I bought a 10 pound box of scrap from Springfield for about $30 and I have enough big pieces to make at least 7 practice holsters. The pieces are great to practice sewing, edging, dying... you name it. Just my two cents.
  18. I just bought a C.S. head knife.... it might be sharp enough to slice cheese. Had to send it out to be sharpened. I think someone forgot to work on it.
  19. That's about right give or take a few bucks. They were nice "scraps"... could easy make a few cheepie practice holsters out of them or other larger tooling projects. Hope you do as well!
  20. Same with buckles... have seen a few buckles on here with engraved logos.... "those are beautiful, where did you find that supplier , zzzzzzzzzzz. lol
  21. So far I have found the best deals on scrap leather at SLC. They sell 5 pound bags of tooling and 20 pound boxes of horse tooling... I called to see if they had 20 pound boxes of cow tooling scraps and they made one up for me. A bunch were almost 9" square if not larger and range from 3-4 to 8-9 in thickness... great stuff to practice cutting, sewing, furnishing, and whatever else you want. The scraps Tandy sells at the store are crap.. expensive and you can't do much with them.
  22. Wrumble... there is a Tandy store in Greensburg which is fun to visit. The "Pitt Pounders" Leather Guild meets there every two months. We are also not far from Weaver's in Ohio. Unfortunately there isn't anything "in town" as far as leather stuff goes. My mail order tends to go through SLC.
  23. Yea...everyone I have ever asked about custom snaps, buckles..ect won't give u the time of day. It's a shame more US companies are not making their own hardware and offering these services...heck of a potential money maker.
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