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Nice work! Tell me.....and about 500 other people here... HOW do you sew throught the shark?!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pete

Thank you so much! It makes clear sense to me. What I can't figure is-when you want to mirror the "scallop and bead" from the spine to the front and back covers, do you lay the spine on the covers where they will end up and use dividers ....and then tool and assemble? sorry for the ignorance pete

I just replaced my pickups on my Schwab 5string electric mandolin. The old pickups are in mint condition-already wired and ready to put into another body. It's a custom wound Seymore Duncan set of humbuckers and 3 way toggle. No soldering required!!! I would love to see them go to a new home. I am asking $50.00 (paid $175.00) and I will ship in the US. Let me know thanks pete

Very nice Bob! Tell me please- I have made dozens of binders/journals/albums but have never tried the 3 piece design. How does one adjust for the spine width? Do you measure & tool the 2 panels first and fold the spine pattern around it? Do you layout all 3 pieces first, tool and then assemble? and on and on......! Care to give a short explanation or a tutorial on the layout?!!!!????!!! thanks and again- great looking albums! respectfully pete

Gorgeous!! Question- do you cut the spine beads with a knife and bevel, or do you use a beader blade? If so what kind and how do you use it? Some folks like Bruce Johnson (I think) cut the first line and use it as a groove for one leg of the beader blade. Others use a double beader and follow the pattern lightly as keep running over and over it with more pressure each time. Great work pete

I have been tooling since the late 70's. Quit for awhile but got back into it in the past 10 or so years. I have the original ceramic blade that I started with and have always loved it. I can cut 2 oz-10 oz with it, and even NOT CASED , dry as a bone leather cuts smoothly with it. I have upgraded the barrel and love it. Question is- I thought that there might be another blade that I could use as a back-up, so I bought a Henly and a leatherwrangler-both 1/4" angled like my ceramic. For some reason, these high end quality blades seem to drag! I strop the heck out of them and they still seem to drag! Albeit slightly, but they do have some resistance. Maybe I got a great old ceramic 40 years ago and it has gotten so smooth that it cuts like butter- or I don't know what a steel blade should feel like! ANY comments from those of you who prefer the ceramic? I only use the steel for decorative cuts as they have a narrower blade. ANYONE<ANYONE? pete

call Kevin at Springfield Leather and tell him what you want. He will cut it for you at whatever oz. you want and it will be blemish free. pete

How do you sew the stingray?!!! I keep breaking needles- even on a tippman! Drill first? pete

Springfield also sells a really neat item. It's a plastic beveler that fits into a swivel knife. I had one years ago and forgot about it. Ordered another and I can bevel an entire belt edge in under 5 minutes. I now use it for everything straight. You could do your quilt beveling in seconds. Push easy and it bevels like a too- push hard and it will burnish. pete

If it is a finished piece then it is most probably treated and won't take water to case. You might try a tiny piece near the buckle if you really want to risk it. pete

Tyrel- I REALLY curious now having studied the fotos. What exactly would you have done differently?!!! Go into as much detail as you like please pete

stunning! perfection.. pete

Back sew 2-3 holes, pull BOTH ends out the back side, pull tightly, and hold your razor as close as possible to the base of the protruding threads (pushing against the leather) and WIGGLE THE THREADS rather than cutting or sawing them off. pete

Welcome Sinpac! I REALLY like your design stamping. Was that a cam that you used? If not what stamp DID you use? pete After a closer look- it LOOKS like you used a basket stamp AND THEN a cam!!!! Great look! How did you get it????????? pete

So................... WHAT WAS THE ANSWER!!!?????????!!!!!!

I'de be really interested as to how HE was measuring it! Plese go into as much detail as you want. pete

really wild! ONLY thing that I wouldn't like is the stingray seat. I'll bet a calf roper would go through a pair of jeans at least once a week with butt burn to boot! I save my stingray for grating wasabi and horseradish.(I love ot cook) pete

Don't think you're the only one!!! Skulls are ok, and HERE they are really well done for the most part. But what the (*@#$ is the fascination with them?! I've seen them posted on saddles, purses, lighters,hats,dashboards, bracers,.......... Must be a "culture" thing of some kind like piercing and tattoos. Although motorcycle seats I can understand. Just didn't want you to feel alone

I wouldn't out a border around it. Jagged hole and lots of spiderwebbing/cracks. Have you seen the fake (plastic, clear, stick on) bullet holes that you get at a joke store to make it look like someone shot your windshield? Check out google for joke stores, pranks, etc. pete

GREAT points TwinOaks!! When I conceal they don't have a clue.

Bob, I have tried glueing the smaller pieces to plexiglass but I have found that after 2-3 projects, the plastic gets warped and doesn't sit flat. The ROCKING as I tool and carve drives me crazy! How thick is your plexiglass? pete

Yes, Welcome! WHere are you from? I"m in Mt. Home. pete

If it doesn't have to be REALLY waterproof, you can't find a better product than Bick's #4 pete

NICE BIT, Bruce!!!! pete

Not sure that I understand your problem. I have a piece of latigo, though the dee rings, brought together and a bleed knot. Been on my snaffle for at least15 years. Please explain what you are trying to do. pete ps- HOW do you pass it through, bring them together ( it's now a circle/oval passing through the dee rings) and end up with "one ply!" You have one side passing through his mouth!!?