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Halitech

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  1. Tandy sells them as well. for the cost of the propellant, might as well buy an airbrush and compressor.
  2. Kiwi, it's all your fault. That is all.

     

    :yeah:

    1. DoubleC
    2. Halitech

      Halitech

      And after the show, I still stick by it being your fault.

  3. Looks great.
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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.
  8. 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
  9. If you are using dyes, multiple light coats with an airbrush would be best on larger surfaces
  10. If you don't have a splitter, you can also use a belt sander or a small plane to take off the fuzzies
  11. 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.
  12. 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).
  13. never heard of using hot beeswax. Be interesting to see what info comes out about it
  14. 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
  15. I just bought 2 double shoulders, 10sq ft each, for 44.97 CDN each from Tandy
  16. 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
  17. 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?
  18. 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.
  19. 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
  20. What ratio do you use to cut it? I've heard everything from 10:1 water:MnG to 10:1 MnG:water. Or do you use it straight? And no, I'm not wanting to start the argument about MnG being for floors vs Tankote being for leather
  21. I was always taught and told to use supershene as a resist, not tankote as it is too thick. Did you thin it with water or anything first? Although after seeing your tooling work, I think I'll give up now, your work is fantastic
  22. depends on the type of leather. If it's drum dyed veg tanned then yes. If it's drum dyed chrome tanned then no
  23. that's how most of my projects get started, a hare brained idea and a side of leather sitting here lol The trick to it is to hide any mistakes so that only you know where they are and everyone thinks it's the cats meow when they are given it or they buy it
  24. I've done the same thing, look around, take parts of this job, parts of another job and come up with something all yours. it's all part of developing your own style
  25. Those are great and I'd love to be able to that kind of braiding but doing a turks knot drives me nuts
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