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Forgive my ignorance Aven but I'll never be too old to learn. Never seen these before, how are they used?

+1 for the hair dryer. The newer one has a permanent place in my work room. For myself, I still use the same ole Phillips that I've been using for at least 45 years. I've even been known to put wet moulded in the oven. Common sense and experiment along with not many rules is what makes this stuff joyful.

Very nice Yin. Very clean and well done. I also, when it comes to Sheridan/Western, think less is very much more.

Check out this thread.

Has anyone managed to pour dye from a Feibings bottle without spilling any? You would've thought they would have helped us out by now with a pour able design. I don't think it's rocket science.

Thanks. My daughter still uses the owl bag every day for work.

A few bit's Including this one. And maybe this one. I think I still have a piece of it somewhere.

How about make it in the flat, do whatever to make the partitions, bring the two edges together and use a fringe all the way down to hide the stitching. Or use laces to join the two sides and make a fringe at the same time. Not everyone likes fringes but I do.

My first thought was the plastic tubes that go inside golf bags but if you don't want plastic you could make the tubes from thin leather, just sew em inside out along the edge on the machine and turn em right side out, stitch em together top and bottom and insert as one piece.

Whilst we're on the subject I did find this which might help not making em dull in the first place. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111749803736

Wish I'd had a decent sized "yard" to explore. You guys take that sort of thing for granted, over here there's far too many people for the amount of land hence the "portions" are smaller. Also, whenever someone buys so much as a garage they put a fence around it. That's the only thing I envy you guys for is the space and the freedom. You should cherish it cos someday some arsehole will try to change it.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

We can all pick a project to suit an argument. I had no specific project in mind, I was merely pointing out that it's possible to mould - dye and then stitch.

Here's another showing dying before stitching.

There's no detail here but it shows the principle. If there were detail such as a gun it would be easy to get out.

Let me first state that I don't make holsters. That being said I have wet moulded many other things. There are many examples on Y/T of getting detail into wet moulding using all sorts of tools including bone folders and fingers as the leather dries. When I pondered this problem I assumed the back of the holster would be flat, (why wouldn't it be if it lies against the body?). But now I understand that not everyone makes holsters this way. If I were to make a holster this way I would wrap the gun in plastic film, lay it down and prop it up level, then using some kind of moulding clay I would press it all around the gun to make a mould. Then using something like resin I would pour it into the mould to make a form that I could use again and again using the normal wet moulding techniques.

We're all different I guess. A blue gun would assume not a one-off. I think I'd rather make a slightly smaller mould and do it the easier way.

Ah, you mean shove the actual cling film wrapped gun in the wet holster rather than use a mould?

Perhaps I'm missing something? Why not just wet mould - dye - stitch - two coats of 50/50 Resolene?

I struggled with my 801 for a while (and still do sometimes). Your asking the worst of it with soft thin leather. Thick veg tan is a breeze, is why any YT vid trying to look good uses it. As someone said fractions matter. Don't forget the tension. I found that mattered a lot on thin stuff. Make sure everything is not just the right distance and tension but also the right shape. That feed roller is shaped like a rugby ball for a reason. It wants to be close to the knife at both ends and the middle. You'll get there, just make sure you have lots of scrap. Good luck.

Good work Fred but as you've found out Chrome Tan doesn't stamp very well. Hot foiling sometimes works and you don't need a machine for one offs, If you have some scraps just lay some foil down and stamp it after heat up the letters with a blowtorch or even the gas ring. It doesn't have to get too hot either.

Excellent job! Well done.

Nice job Chuck, practical, non sheridan/western/floral etc, what's not to love?

Bit late now but maybe a makers mark type lozenge to cover it. I think that blue/grey is a cool colour. Well done.

I remember that picc line. Didn't like it at the time but blessed it many times over afterward. There was two Macmillan nurses feeding the tube into my right arm and I decided that it wasn't something I needed to watch and so turned my head to the left. They said sorry, you have to look this way else instead of going across to your heart it'll make it's way up to your ear. As said, it was an absolute boon because it meant that the second type of chemo came in a tube that plugged into the picc line and I could go home every day.