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I'm not sure you're supposed to sharpen the inside curve . There's no edge of any kind on mine but of course there's nothing stopping you. I imagine it's a bonus for people that like to pull.

This is something that interests me a lot and there are so many questions but I don't wanna corrupt your thread any more. Is there somewhere I can go for the answers?

J Wood sells shearling. https://www.jwoodleathers.co.uk/

Welcome Jim. Looking forward to following your journey. Don't leave out ALL of the swearwords.

Welcome Jonas. Love how you've sorted things so you can do them on board. You must have long periods of waiting for something to go wrong and it's far better than crosswords. Look forward to seeing some of your projects.

Is that a self portrait after half a bottle of your favourite? No one can doubt what it's for. Good job. Acrylics have always mystified me. I used to think Acrylics were Acrylics but apparently not so. Some are expensive and some are pennies and I'm still not sure which ones will stick to leather forever and which ones won't. Maybe someone should give the sub species names like with dyes? (although dye names could do with an overhaul also.)

Love anything that's practical, especially when it's for yourself. No pressure and so more enjoyable. Good job.

Maybe spray glue it to the leather prior to cutting the panels out? Just have to worry about it showing at the seams.

I wasn't kidding. If you can turn it into a beer stein you'll sell loads.

It is kinda spooky but compelling at the same time. How did you do it? Looks like wet formed around a mould? If you waterproof it, smarten up the rim and put a handle on the back you'll sell lots of em. Great stuff. Well done.

Take no notice of me Yin. You're doing good stuff.

Yes, better, esp the croc one. I was blown away by that dino skull the other day but God knows how you would get that on a bag.

I spent a while putting an edge on this knife and I'm not finished yet but this knife is educating me each time i use it. The reason I wanted to try this shape is becauswe I don't like the high hand hold of almost all of the other in this thread. I don't feel comfortable with a high wrist position plus I find it difficult to see the line that way. I know there are so many people liking head/round knives so I know it must be me but I've learned two things. Firstly I'ved never used a push knife and with the low wrist hold I'm liking it a lot. Secondly, it cuts like a bitch in that low position using the portion of the blade that's just at the center of the curve and along the long edge. And I won't be doing it but I guess you could even put an edge on the inside curve and use as a pulling knife like a cobblers sole knife. Quite a versatile piece of kit.

Take a chill pill Fred. You know we luvs ya! Go lay down in a darkened room for half an hour. This lockdown and uncertainty has us all jumpy.

Great work Yin as per, but I think I'm suffering from Sheridan/scroll/flower fatigue.

You gotta love smarts.

Not gonna go through em all but there might be something here, https://www.youtube.com/c/StartEducation/search?query=Fireworks

Of course! I'd forgotten it was a subscription. God knows what they're selling on Ebay then. Fireworks MX 2004 I think cant be too far behind. It has layers and brushes, bezier curves and far more than I've ever used. If you watch some of the old Fireworks tutorials it's amazing the things it can do and I think it was hurting Adobe sales so they bought out Macromedia. I use it for the basic stuff like cropping, merging pics, loads of different fonts, slimming a pic down from megabytes to kilobytes in a couple of clicks. And of course there's no subscription. If you can find a copy it'll probably be cheap as chips. There I go, teaching Grandma to suck eggs.

I've noticed a lot of people use Illustrator for patterns. I use an older version of Adobe (Was Macromedoa then) Fireworks MX 2004 which is aso a vector program. I've used it for years but never for patterns. Can anyone tell me if Illustrator is so much better than Fireworks that I should buy a copy? Thanks.

Has anyone tried a dilute glue like PVA with a pigment in it? Wouldn't it at least seal the edge for a finish on top?

Maybe re-wet the holster side, and stretch the leather by wrapping the gun A LOT and letting it dry completely. You can't overdo it cos of the keeper strap.

It helps a helluva lot when punching stitch holes through a pattern also. Helps stop the punch from getting clogged up.

It also helps if you run some sort of wax or even soap along the stitch line.

This!

Can't help with electrics Sofie but that looks like a nice piece of kit. Hope you get it sorted.