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No problem Black Dogg, and I still don´t think of you as a fool, just because you don´t know everything of the german language ^^. I travelled south to bavaria when I was 22 and I have to admit, that I learned a lot about our language.... and about how you can "bend" it ^^. If you never travelled farther north than stuttgart, than you´ve really been just in the south, but that´s no problem at all ^^. I mean, I got two brothers, each of them speaks like... 5.6 languages and both have lived in america for one year (student exchange, one moved again to the USA and lives in washington D.C right now), but one lived in Texas and the other one in Maine. So tell me who might know more about "the americans" and who might be right about "the american way of life" and stuff? I am just happy that I am able to communicate in english on platforms like this (and I hope I don´t make to many mistakes *g*), And as nobody is argueing about this topic there isn´t any problem at all, maybe just interest ^^
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Hahaha, right you are Jazz XD As the northern germany (so called "Schleswig-Holstein") is the on of the german "lands" (like state, just don´t kow, whether it´s really the correct word for it in english) with the most still spoken languages (! - not slangs) over time there might be a lot just mixed up. So there are frysk, danish, "platt"(-german), high german and romanes, which is like a language from roma and sinti, plus a lot of different slangs. That might sound like a lot, but actually... even if they are still spoken, every single one might be used by just a minority and a lot of people wouldn´t understand it. But it mighth explain the origins of some words
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I am very sorry to disappoint you black dog, but actually I live in bavaria but I am originally from the very north of germany. Yes, over here they say stuff like "griaßde/griaß di", "griaß eana", "servus" (in many variations like "servas" or sometimes even "sers" and that´s slang. But the "grüß Gott" is originally a standart german form of "griaß di god", which is truly bavarian slang. It´s used mostly in upper bavaria where a lot of migrants from the rest of germany live, who often don´t speak the "real" slang (like me ) Besides that it is used in some other regions of bavaria, too like "Franken" i.e. But all in all they just got a lot of (different!) slangs around here.... ^^ In the rest of germany it´s no common phrase. It´s known and used to make a fool of bavarian people now and then, but nobody really uses it in their daily life Where I come from, they say "moin" or "moinmoin", which a lot of german people think should mean "morgen" (Morning) and they just don´t get it, why we use it all day long and even at night. It´s just a word to say hello to sb but has nothing to do with the time of the day So well.... enough of that german stuff ^^. (Even if I am impressed how much you know about it ^^.)
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Immiketoo, I just like your work. Really beautifull belt! And you got an eye for nice (an beautifull) tools, too ^^. I might get a litte envious about that XD
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I´d look for some buckles made of horn or bone, too. After a litle google search a found these exmples: http://www.billigeknoepfe.de/Guertelschnalle-Horn-K15076, http://www.bucklesbelts.com/guertel-guertelschnalle-dornschliesse-horn-1.html (Just because you asked for european sources) Okay, they might be a little overdesigned, depending on what look you wanna achieve, but at least they exist. And of course, it depends on what you/your customer is willing to pay for it.... Another possibility might be a buckle covered (woven) with leather? Just a guess as I don´t know much about allergic stuff.
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Well.... welcome to the forum and I have to admit, that I thought the same.... even if I wondered how proud dumb some bavarian guys might be to introduce themself in their slang to a forum located in the USA...... but... your explanation changed a lot about that point ^^
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Backside Of Saddle Stitch Comes Out Different On Every Project.
Sona replied to DavidL's topic in Sewing Leather
you are saying move the back loop over the thread? right, but try do it counter-clockwise (not clockwise) and have a look at the backside. It should work. As you describe your way of stitching you say that your right thread goes over the left one "on the top of the holes". So for the front side everything is perfect, but on the backside you have the same holes ( / / / / ) in a inverted way ( \ \ \ \ \ ). So you try to make the thread to go from the top of the first (left) hole to the bottom of the second one. And there is the point where the thread gos to the middle of the hole and drives you crazy But as I said before: don´t pull to tight (or try it just to see what happens ) -
Backside Of Saddle Stitch Comes Out Different On Every Project.
Sona replied to DavidL's topic in Sewing Leather
If you wrap the thread on the backside around the needle (to create a overhandknot) it might depend on the direction. If you stitch right handed with left hand priority (so you push the right needle through the whole after (and over) the left one) you gotta wrap the thread around the needle in counter clockwise direction to get a slanted stitching line. If you do it clockwise you´ll get the straight line with slanted wholes which looks just not right. If you stitch in another way (right hand priority or sth else) you might want to have a look how you have to change the direction to get the right look. Two other things that might help (personal feeling) is not to pull it too tight and to pull a little into the right direction (if the thread should lay on the bottom, pull a bit to the bottom, top to the top...) But as I can see in a lot of videos, that that second point shouldn´t be neccesary. Good luck with your stitching -
As I don´t own any dixons and a lot of people try to compare them to each other I´d be very interested in a comparison of the two brands.
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Thanks a lot. "Seax" - okay, got it ^^. Gonna try to keep it in mind for the next one. And yes, a "sheath" for a saxophone would be a little strange, that´s right.
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Funny I guess you thought more of a saxophon than a "knife"? As I play the saxophon I thought of making a case for mine for a long time. But I guess I´d use more wooden components with some leather applications than making it totally out of leather (maybe because cabinet making is my dayjob ^^). but I think that thought will last for a little more as I don´t play a lot right now and I´d have to order a custom made inlay for it Actually I didn´t use any antique, but a dark brown Hi-Liter over some prof. Oil dye "Walnut" from Fiebings. I lek the Hi-Liter a little bit more over the antique because it doesn´t change the color as much as the antique (without resist) and I don´t "have to" resist it, but I could. I like natural finishes like some leatherbalm/wax more than resolene or Kote so I normally don´t have to use one of those. Glad you like my work. Positive responses from this place is appreciated a lot
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So this is a comission I got a little crazy about as I just ruined it totally bye trying to harden it....-.- (and I made a test piece... -.-) So actually it had to be made twice. The second time I skipped the hardening stuff, just soaked it a bit and baked it on a lower temperature so it would get stiffer, but not hardened (and not ruined) All in all I am quite happy how it turned out due to the fact that this is my first attempt on celtic ornaments (others than just celtic knotwork). It is for a larp-sax, so it is not that thin. But anyway... hope you like it
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mmmh... I´d think glueing won´t ever be as strong as stitching due the glue just adheres to the surface while the stitching goes all the way through the leather. So the glue might be quite strong, but as long as you can rip the piece apart (because you just have to rip of the very top layer of the surface) I won´t be satisfied with the product I produce. As a additional component any kind of glue might be great, but I won´t use it as an replacement for stitching...
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To be honest, in my eyes such offers are just too susect. If they´d be of an equal quality as a dixon, it would be just about the same price, maybe a bit more or less. But it wouldn´t be this low. That´s the open market.... you won´t sell high quality for this low, because you would loose money buy selling stuff. And you won´t sell bad quality for an enormous price, cause you would sell just for a very short time (of course with some exceptions) That´s just a reason, why I tend to buy less tools on ebay and similar sites and more in specialized shops. Just my 2 cent....
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Mold On Rawhide Skin Of African Drum
Sona replied to shakeyhands's topic in Leatherwork Conversation
yeah sth like that. just try it carefully and watch whether/how ot works. -
Mold On Rawhide Skin Of African Drum
Sona replied to shakeyhands's topic in Leatherwork Conversation
Well that´s pretty awefull to be honest. Got an original Djembé from african handcarvers myself and I know how valueable it is to me. But just to the mold: First of all, I don´t know the wheather at your place, but don´t put the drum directly into the sun! Keep it in a warm and dry place, but it you place it in the sun, it might create strain to the wood because of different temperatures on the outside (sunny side and shadow side). This might result into cracks in the wood because 1. as you said it isn´t properly and completely dried and 2. It isn´t able to dry equally all over. Besides that rather than trying some bleach solution ´d try it with denatured alcohol. Even if you uploaded some pictures I can´t see, whether you might be able to reach the inside with your hand (and arm) or not. If you can reach it, try to rub it off with a cloth dampened with the denat. alc.Otherwise maybe with a long brush or sth. If that doesn´t help I´d dilute the alcohol with some water and "swing it out" (don´t know whether this is the correct english phrase, but I hope so ^^) carefully. Insted of doing this just once with a lot of it, I´d go for it multiple times with less of the solution. Hope that might help -
I just have two Blanchards and two japanese ones. So I can´t compare them to Dixon or one of the others. Acually I don´t really use the japanese one anymore which is more like a chisel. But I just love the blachards. Quite fine work, marks are not that wide, so you won´t get problems with smaller threads and for me it´s just a joy to work with them. Yes, they are expensive... but I for myself will just save some money to buy another Blachard with a different SPI rather then testing the other ones. Reason for that might be, that a lot of people say, that Blanchard is just the (!) top quality, and I love it. So why trying sth different
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If you wanna use those burnishers clean them up and be sure they got a nice smooth surface. They work great, exspecially on multilayered edges. You just them them up, apply some water on the edge and walk along with the burnisher. They exist in quite a lot forms and sizes. Got a bunch of them myself. The welt knife/cutter looks interesting
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The problem with metal is that it needs nearly nothing to react with water. So even if you dust it of it might be that there are some metal fragments left behind in the pores or sth like that. And you won´t see them until they react with water. IF this is the result of some metal stuff, you sadly won´t get it out. So I just hope for you, that it´s sth different....
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As I needed a little bag to match the hat I made some time ago, I made this girdle purse. Actually it isn´t practical at all, but all I need (well.... let´s say one of the main priorities) is that it looks and feels as "realistic" (in the quality point of view) as possible. So this one is about 20cm x 20cm and is quite limited in the capacity, but I like it anyway XD The front is made of sturgeon again the rest is mainly goat and some calf skin (I guess, but I am not sure). The yellow inlay is made of wool. I hope you like it
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i also use slightly(!) waxed nylon. Right now I use a lot of 0.8mm in diameter, but depending on the piece I wanna make I´ll order some 1 mm soon enough i think But acually there are times I prefere linen over nylon. I can use thinner needles due to the fact that I thin it out at the end and I´ll never have trouble getting the neddle through any hole this way. In addition linen accepts dye. So I just got a spool of white thread abd when it comes to stuff like red or green leather (which is.... let´s say quite rare ^^) I don´t wanna buy a complete spool of thread in that colour just for one piece (and maybe another in 10 years -.-) So I just dye the thread the same way I dye the leather plus I wax it. And that´s a fact i just love about linenthread ^^.
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You are welcome. I am just happy if I could help you in some way And I am pleased that you found and like the edging thread. (Even if I read it a lot, I think it couldn´t be said enough: I like this forum *laugh*) I think it is a general thing you might wanna keep in mind: If anything (exspecially standart steps like stitching and so on) doesn´t really work or is just a pain in the ass, the possibility that you either are doing it not in the correct way or the materials/tools don´t fit well is quite big
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looks nice and solid. But I gotta stick with rosiart. Exspecially for a wallet I´d use a thinner thread. I never bought thread form Tandy, so I don´t know what size that is, but I think I´d go for some 0.8mm or maybe even thinner (depends on the holes and the appearence you want to achieve). I for myself just use some braided polyester-thread and the different sizes are marked in the diameter (in mm), So I don´t know, what thread you prefer and what size it should have. In addition I think you might wanna try some edge work. They look a bit fuzzy to me, so I´d polish them or at least smooth them down. In my eyes that might be a big upgrade to you wallet. (But anyways: it´s a nice piece of work and I like it. )
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Tooled Hat "pillbox"
Sona replied to Sona's topic in Purses, Wallets, Belts and Miscellaneous Pocket Items
Thanks a lot. The stitch-line may be a result of my new pricking iron (yehaa! ^^) it´s an 8/8 from blanchard (plus a 8/2, but I didn´t need it on this project). Actually I´ll go for another with 6 SPI when I got the money... for sure ^^. Yeah, the backside was quite a problem I discovored too late. I use a stitching clamp (not a pony), so I just see the front plus I had to bend the leather over the folded wool while stitching. I glued the wool to the mainpart, so I had it locked in place, but either I should have stitched a bit more careful or I just need some more practice with the clamp. But as I said, I am quite satisfied with the result
