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That is the only error, best I can tell. I'm working on it. Johanna Aha! Try it now.

Bill, are you still having that issue in the profiles? I think we've got everything fixed from the server error today, so let me know if you are still having trouble. The database became corrupted, but it should be fixed now. Thanks, Monkey, for keeping an eye on things while I drove the rest of the way here. I had a knot in my stomach thinking the board was broken, and it's a relief to know it's okay. Thanks to everyone who sent me a message, too! I've got my laptop, but it's not "smart", like my computer at home, so everything is a little bit harder on the road, but it can be done. (Just really hard to type!) Johanna

Okay, everyone, try to break the board now!! I'm headed out into the hotel with my camera...stay tuned! Johanna

Can you just buff the grease out as you use the leather? Maybe post a picture to help us see exactly what you are talking about. Johanna

*Johanna waves magic wand to HEAL Beaverslayer's broken hard drive! Did it work? Johanna

Thanks for noticing, Kev! I caught Tinkeritis, I suppose, and have been doing mods whenever I feel brave. It is turned off on the view new topics and today's active topic pages, so I don't know if everyone has noticed it yet, but it has been on for about a week. If you hover your cursor on a forum index, you will see spippets and pics without having to click, then you can decide whether you're interested in reading the thread and click then. Let me know if anyone has trouble with it! Johanna

Since you leather folks have been incessantly Googling to see an official announcement, and one isn't coming, if it hasn't come by now, to the best of my knowledge the owners are now: Lindsay Fink, of SX Industries (a hardware manufacturer), Jeff Ballard, of Thoroughbred Leather, and Greg Sartor of Silver Creek Leather. The name is legally Hide Co. dba Hide Crafter Leather Co. if my multiple sources are correct. It goes without saying that we here at leatherworker.net wish the new company every success and look forward to a bright leatherwork future. I hope nothing but the best to George Hurst, too, for he will always be one of the real "Legends in Leathercraft" to me. Johanna

Did you look at Sidney Wood's descriptions at the bottom of this page? Johanna

Some people don't care for the gap a round hole makes, and they use a chisel (gang punch) instead. The slits are flatter, so no light shines through after the lacing is done. It helps to have one single prong chisel to get into tight spots. You can keep the spacing even by always putting the last tine in the last set of holes punched. Johanna

I received an email today: Johanna First pic is a single loop holster for a Colt Model 1877 Lightning revolver

I've been quite frustrated with the limitations of the board's search. The Google site search on the main page http://leatherworker.net is a good workaround. I've got more to add, but I wanted to get that search up and running. Links to all the photo galleries and tutorials are on that page, too. Thanks for noticing, Regis- I wondered if anyone would! Johanna

50 people have signed into Frappr to "shout out" on the map, and the map has been visited almost 300 times...all around the world, even Romey in Greenland. (Romey, are the cows really mad at you yet?) Despite the few technical issues some people had with Frappr, this has been fun. I can't wait to meet some of you in Ft. Worth next week. (I'll be the one there with the cheap Wally-World purse!) Thanks to everyone who participated! Johanna

Hey, Romey, look in your profile (click your name). You can get topics you started on one tab, and your posts on the other. Also, you can view another member's posts in the profile, or using the drop down arrow by their name. Johanna

Oh, have a little faith...I break this thing at least once a week. I'm reading up on it now...maybe I can just make a button? Johanna :book:

How about the "view new posts" button at the top? Another thing you can do is collapse the forums- just click the collapse at the top right of each section, and the category will shrink to the titlebar. I'll look and see if I can move the other toolbar without breaking something. Johanna

We've got a couple of graphic designers here, and a couple of Geeks as well (dsenette did the banner above in Photoshop) so I'm going to move this to the computer section, and wave a flag for them. I'm interested in what the professional opinion is, too. Johanna

Take some scrap deerskin and make wraps for your fingers' sore spots. Secure with contact cement. In time, you will have callouses, not blisters. (If only this worked for playing guitar!) Johanna

Did you know that if you press "shift" and click on a link, a new window will open up? And, F5, on the top row of your keyboard, makes a web page do a forced refresh? How about that the "tab" key will let you navigate quickly between different fields on a form? And, when the kids want to see what's on your screen and sneak up behind you, Windows Key and m will immediately minimize all the open windows on your screen? It's not often I get to look smart in front of the kids. (I have to depend on one of the girls for almost everything concerning my cell phone.) Hope this helps you, too! Johanna

Pando is "peer to peer" (P2P) file sharing done over Bittorrent. Both sender and receiver must have the Pando software installed. Because of the legal and privacy issues associated with P2P, I wouldn't recommend it. Johanna

I count about 80, at least half left their names. And poor Romey is all by himself, raising cows on ice in Greenland. Johanna

I just reread this whole topic, and I figured someone better mention Dr. Jackson's Hide Rejuvenator from Tandy. It is the easiest add on sale in the world, and can new life to dried out leather. That's how you sell it. Do one small section of a customer's leather item, and they will buy the magic potion. It has saved a lot of neglected biker gear for me, and baseball gloves love that stuff. It will darken the leather slightly, but it absorbs well, without making the leather mushy. A little goes a long way. I use sheepswool to apply it, and dry sheepswool to buff it in when I am done. It will clean leather furniture on a dishtowel. (One end wet, the other one dry to buff.) I have no idea what's in it, but it smells good. It comes in a little tub, and looks like buttery Vaseline. Never put petroleum jelly on leather. Never use mineral oil (baby oil) either. There's probably a chemist here who can explain exactly why, but it's not good for the leather, and it shows. Johanna

What I always saw are guys looking for a good comfortable fit in their hand, and a pointy or whatever shaped end desired. You can sand horns, but don't let them bind in a Dremel, because burnt horn stinks. Johanna

If you get the seat done, David, I'll carry it there. Who is the Cincy Tandy manager? Think there is enough interest for another Ohio guild? I wish Tandy wanted to have a store in St Marys. Johanna

I saw some stencils in the new Tandy catalog, and I know Hobby Lobby has a bunch of stencil patterns in stock. Like Clay said, just watch that you aren't taking out too much and damaging the structure, and you can make a filigree pattern. (Do a search on here for "Vera"- she and her husband do some awesome filigree work!) Johanna

Freak, who let you play with one of Kate's chess boards? Put that down before something gets broken! Who else is going? Guess I'll have to take a zillion pictures... Johanna