Halitech
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I don't think it's a blanket ban because the girls at the store closest to me are always working on something and the store is always well stocked and customers are looked after
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If it is a scratch, think of it like wood, no liquid or action will fill it back in. If it's a water stain or bend mark, you can try a deglazer to remove the mark. Posting a pic of what has happened to the leather will help us identify the issue
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I'm with biker on skulls and western carving, not my thing but if I can use them to improve my skills then I don't have an issue. Now, if the image or post is nothing but F bombs, take it to the adult section. Like most of us, I've probably heard and used it more then I should have and still do on occasion but a general board like this should not be promoting its use.
The good news it the posts seem to be gone so I'm sure someone else also found them offensive
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You may be right but the angles of the images are hard to tell. Even the additional pics he posted to imgur don't show for sure but to my eye, it looks like the inside edges are stitched to the inner piece.
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Stitching looks good and your basic design is good but I have to ask, what function does the top piece of leather on each side of the card slots serve?
Also, is the cash slot lined? if so, it should be stitched all the way around to prevent it from separating.
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Not sure where to direct you for patterns but 1 thing you will need is a mold of yourself. Put on an old tshirt, have a friend wrap you in saran wrap and then duct tape. Then cut up both sides under your arms. Tape the mold back together and fill with something to keep it's shape. Then you have something to work on.
If it's for someone else, wrap them up
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Tandy sells them as well. for the cost of the propellant, might as well buy an airbrush and compressor.
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Looks great.
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Carving is what you do with a swivel knife, tooling is what you do with stamps.
Contrasting can be good when done right, other times it just looks weird. Long as you like it, that's what matters
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I don't think you'd ever get down to 2.5 x 3.5 folded as cards are almost 3.5" long.
I don't have any machines so everything I do is hand stitched
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I can see the carving, not so much the tooling unless it's all hidden under the strap going around it.
And I'm wondering why the straps are a different color then the rest of it
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If you are folding anything, you want thinner leather, like 3-4oz max for the outside, 2oz for the insides. I put snaps on my card wallets, which is basically a "front pocket" wallet imo but I do it with a thin strip over the end and I use the glove snaps. Or you could put the snaps on the front slots on something like this, but again, use glove snaps.
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I've never used mink oil but it's a water proofer by design so you are going to have a hard time getting anything to penetrate it until you strip it away. I'm not sure if a deglazer will do it or not as the oil should have penetrated into the leather, not just sat on top. You may be looking at using the boots as they are for a while
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If you are using dyes, multiple light coats with an airbrush would be best on larger surfaces
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If you don't have a splitter, you can also use a belt sander or a small plane to take off the fuzzies
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ok, that's basically what I do now but I was thinking maybe he was talking about heating the wax first before doing anything with it.
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This is the first time I've had an issue with them. Granted I don't order from them once a week or anything but everything has been as requested. And if it hadn't been for a clerical error, I probably wouldn't have had an issue this time either but maybe I've been lucky (although considering my life, I find that highly unlikely).
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never heard of using hot beeswax. Be interesting to see what info comes out about it
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I know this is an older thread but I had to comment after today. I ordered stuff on April 29 and due to crossing the border, it just got here today (5 days with CBSA, not Springfields fault) to find out that they had missed the decimal so CBSA wanted to charge me 69.38 in taxes. My order was 18.79US. I called the post office, CBSA and Springfield. Springfield is shipping out a replacement package at no cost and having me reject the original and return it. They could have told me to appeal the fees and left me on my own but they are going out of their way to help me out.
So, before you start bashing, make the phone call, you'll probably be surprised at how much they are willing to help out
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I just bought 2 double shoulders, 10sq ft each, for 44.97 CDN each from Tandy
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if it's chrome tanned, the only thing you can try is an electric heat edger but you are looking at big money to buy one but it's not going to stiffen it, it will just smooth it out
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we might be able to give more ideas if we saw the stamp and the results of using the stamp. Also, what thickness leather are you stamping?
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unless you are wet molding something and you want it hard, you don't want to use a lot of heat. You'd be better off using something with a fan to simply move the air around.
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If it sprays fine straight then it must be decently thin to start with. I'll have to pick some up sometime soon and try it
Waterproofing leather
in How Do I Do That?
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Due to the nature of leather, making it truly waterproof is almost impossible. Your best bet would be to use an oil tanned or latigo type leather as they would be the most water resistant. However, they are not toolable, dyable or wet formable.
If you are wanting to tool or dye, you can try something like snow proof to give it a water resistance