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Real nice.

I see what you mean bout the inlay. Excellent design though. Looks great. Will you try it again? Also, what the Essex like?

Real nice. I like what you did there. On your chart I really like the 0.6mm at 9spi, 8spi too. I like the 0.8mm at 8spi and 7 isn't. I think I prefer the 1.0mm at 7spi over 8spi. 1.2 looks good at 6 and 7spi The tines on your 5 and 6 spi irons are really big, eh? I recently got a few sets of irons that are closer to 6.5, 7.4, 8.3 and 9.25 SPI (3.85mm, 3.38mm, 3.00mm, 2.70mm) I find that the 0.8mm Tiger thread looks good at 3.38mm and 3mm, 0.6 looks good at 3mm. Not sure how I feel about the 2.7mm with 0.6 Tiger thread yet.

I've had the same problem with chromexcel. I tried wiping hown the gluing surfaces with alcohol before applying the cement. It helped but wasn't perfect.

I have to caution you with johnv474's advice. From what I hear and what I have tried (I've used edge paint a few times), gum trag should not be used in conjunction with edge paint. It doesn't want to adhere as much to an edge that you've tried to slick. Honestly, I would just leave it. You can try some gum trag and a slicker but it won't get you very far. Edge paint will work better, but it will be a total pain. If it were to be used on a bag like that you would want to have painted some edges prior to assembly which you can't do here. Also, edgepaint can be really messy if you don't know what you're doing.

Looks great

So nice. Thanks for sharing

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Hello all. Just wondering if any of you have any experience with Horween's Rockford leathers. From the site I can see that it's Full Grain/Straight Veg/Fat Liquored/Mill Dyed. I think it's always horse. Is it similar to Dublin or Essex? Would it be suitable for wallet interiors and other smaller items like watch straps? thanks! josh

Nice work

I might be able to get by with just some edge paint. However, the rolled edge is much more professional looking in my opinion

When I say "oil tanned", I mean oil treated. In general "oil tanned" leather is actually an oil treated chrome tanned leather.

nice!

Check out their "utility"/oil tanned leathers. Some of those might be similar. Saddleback often lines their items with pig skin. Tandy has lots of that too - chrome and veg.

excellent!

"casting" meant to make that little knot as you stitch. So I put my left needle through first ant then my right needle in over that thread. Now with my right needle now protruding through to the left side I can choose to do the cast or not and just pull the thread. Usually I cast which meant I place the thread over that needle before I pull it. This way the thread goes through the loop. This will make it more clear. Here you can see an example. Nigel Armitage stitches the first 6 stitches with no cast and the remaining with a cast.

Interesting. The holes might be too big for that thread. Try it with some bigger thread and see if you get a better result.

I don't find it hard to burnish. Place it on the edge of a firm surface and burnish with a piece of denim or canvas.

Ok. I see your point. Can you show an example of where you cast the thread over the needle on the back side?

1. How do you get it so the pigskin does not wrinkle when you fold? I think the short answer is that you don't . You can try to minimize it, though. You can glue the pigskin when the leather is folded, but then you get the same wrinkling on the back. Since that is no good, you can try and glue the pigskin in while it is folded half way or a third of the way. 2. Is there a better way to do the corners when you are doing a rolled edge? I have only attempted this once and failed horribly so I am no pro here. I think you could cut the corners at an angle to that when you roll the edges over, the edges butt up against one another in the corners - so no overlap. Even if there is an overlap, the angled cut might look better, See Ian Atkinson's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4meaY6lWOMw&feature=youtu.be&t=13m42s Nice wallet BTW.

Where are you buying your leather? 2 to 3 oz leather should be find for wallet interiors. Cow, horse, kangaroo etc Some leathers have to be split down to that weight (like cow). Some are naturally thinner (like kangaroo and goat).

If you are only using pliers on the back stitches, I'd say that's the right hole size.

Nice job

Probably. Try it out and post your results.

Very nice. Goat?