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Dan28

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  1. I had two Passport covers to make last year for myself and my sister. I looked around for some of these, not too serious since it was just for us, but I did look. I was mainly looking on ebay for old printing press stamps. In the end I just stamped a U.S. on them. Your stamp is really nice.
  2. I've almost bought a low end 3d printer a couple times. I thought I could use it to make my own leather stamps that I would use with my arbor press. I don't know how long they would last or if the detail would be fine enough though. I've also thought about getting a CNC machine and using brass for this, as I know that would work. I really would like a laser cutter/engraver too.
  3. I've been deer hunting this season, and thinking if I get one, I may try to "brain tan" the hide. I've never done anything like that but have heard about it, and thought I might try my hand at it. I have a pair of deer skin gloves I use for riding my motorcycle in cold weather that are really nice.
  4. Pretty cool. Would like to see it strapped down to that luggage rack too. It'd probably spend 10 plus hours just on the hand stitching. Did you have anything to do with that solo bag I see? I'm interested in that too, but then I'm interested in just about all motorcycle luggage.
  5. Thanks Rohn. mlapaglia, I probably walked about 3 to 4 miles while wearing it this past weekend and it felt fine for the most part. I think I may shorten the lower straps by about an inch or two and then maybe readjust the top two straps as I think I would like it to ride a little higher on my torso. It balances out pretty well with the two full mags versus my 1911. For reference, my 1911 is a Colt XSE Lightweight, the frame is made from aluminum alloy. My mags are Wilson Combat 8 round mags. This is the only shoulder rig I've ever tried on, so I don't know exactly how it rides in comparison to a professionally made one. I have a CCW and did wear it in the shoulder rig today under a motorcycle jacket.
  6. I wanted a shoulder holster for my 1911. Made this on a whim rather quickly with scrap leather I had around. Just use it when I'm hunting and such. The back butterfly piece is tooled with a basket weave because I had a section in my scrap box from when I practiced the basket weave. A couple things I wish I had done differently but I got in a hurry as I wanted to use it before the weekend. I guess technically it isn't finished, as I want to make some elastic and leather straps that connect to a belt on each side, but I didn't have any elastic.
  7. I've probably made less than 10 tubular handles, but here is my method. Whenever I laminate leather straps, I initially cut my straps about a quarter inch wider than the final strap will be. I glue the two pieces together and then once the gule is dry I trim 1/8 inch off each side to get to the actual size I need my strap to be. I do this so my edges don't have glue overflow but I know the glue goes out tot he edge. So I have a whole bunch of various pieces of leather "string" about 1/8 wide and in various weights of leather. I toss 'em in a box as scrap. When I made my first round handle I decided to use that leather as the filler. I use about four pieces of these cut to length and glued in place inside the role stacked two side by side and two on top. My oldest one is just over a year old and seems fine to me. Its slightly firm and holds the round shape, but as not extremely stiff either.
  8. I have no idea about the fleece picking up burs and such, it does make since. But regarding the neoprene idea, I did something similar on a sling I made my dad. I used an old computer mouse pad for padding and and just sandwiched it between two pieces of leather.
  9. Cool, something I've never seen and would never think to make, but I drink out of that style jar all the time.
  10. That's pretty cool. Maybe I'll have my dad make me some. His big thing currently is making odd bowls out of multiple small pieces of exotic woods on his lathe. Give him something else to do.
  11. I like it, and I usually don't like the laced edge style.
  12. Looks good to me. I like the small details on the letters.
  13. I take it you probably used your air brush to do the dye job? Turned out great.
  14. I got a minor wack on the third day as fatigue set in (and worry for my dog who decided to go off on a five hour adventure of his own that day). Seemed like it barely caught my forearm and didn't really hurt too much so I thought no big deal, yet I now have a bruise that is quite a bit bigger than a silver dollar.
  15. There is a portion on the upper left corner of the basket weave where I left and came back and got off track and did about three stamps in the wrong place before I noticed my screw up. As for the bow, I got a PSE Stinger X at 70# that I backed off about 1 full turn on each limb, so it may be drawing in the high 60# range Shot it a lot this past weekend. I'm a complete beginner and am a bit sore now having used muscles I don't normally use, particularly my left arm triceps (I think that may be the sore one). I lost/damaged a few arrows getting it sighted in, but think I have it set at 20 and 30 yards now. I think I wore out my dad's target as I was getting pass throughs and knocking the stuffing out the back. Odd thing, while I had the arm guard with me, I never actually used it.
  16. I didn't follow any tutorial, just "winged" it. I think I put down the green first, and then slowly built up the black edges. I did dilute the black dye quite a bit with denatured alcohol so that it took several passes to get the edges as dark as they are.
  17. I bought a bow and am going to learn to shoot it. So I decided I could make myself an arm guard. I don't normally stamp or carve due to the noise. When I do the stamping I do it in my lap on a piece of granite, as I'm in an upstairs apartment and doing it that way limits the noise and vibration that transfers when doing it on my bench. Think I could do better on another one, as this was kind of a learning experience and I would definitely tweek the design on another one. But it will work and its for me so I don't mind a few mistakes in stuff I'm using myself. Oh and here is a small bag I threw together for me to carry my iPad in to and from work when riding my motorcycle. Its made out of cheap Tandy leather I had that was on sale, except for the strap which is Herman Oak. Mainly decided to do this because I don't always need one of my larger bags on the bike if all I'm carrying is my iPad. I also got a cheap air brush after reading Colt Knight's posts about them. This was my first attempt at a "sunburst" effect. The inspiration comes from one of my favorite guitars, the Gibson SG in Emerald Burst.
  18. Picked one of these up this past Saturday, as I want to do some sunburst type dye jobs. I tried doing that once before by hand with Black and Royle Blue. I thinned out the black and used a big hunk of wool that I rubbed on cardboard after soaking up some black dye to get rid of the bulk of the pigment. Then lightly brushed it from the edge of my piece to the inside try and get a gradient affect. It kind of worked, but took a while. I think the air brush will do it quite easily, I'll know in a few days. So far all I've used it for was a black belt just to test it out. I probably did about a little more than 50% alcohol to a little less than 50% Fiebings black dye. I'm sure I would have used a lot more dye if applying with a dauber. I didn't use a respirator when I applied it, but I think I am in the future. Got a little worried that I may have breathed in some of the dye, even though I had an exhaust running.
  19. I created the rough template of the red one based off a style I saw my mom carry in the past. I made a pattern for the two sides and the gusset but just winged everything else, which almost caused me some issues. The exterior pocket on the red one was a pain to attach, which is why I changed the style on the second one. The snap I used on that red exterior pocket also is kind of hard to close when empty, so I changed it on the second purse. To be honest I probably would have never tried that that purse again if it had not been a request. I think if I make another purse, I'll come up with a whole new design. One thing that stands out that I learned on this site (I think from a comment from Monica on my first tote bag) was that do the lining separate. On the first I just kind of glued it in after the bag was made and it is not that clean looking. The second purse I made a basically a second bag from the lining and then sewed it in. It comes out a lot nicer that way I think.
  20. Hello Chris, I'm actually going to be in Ireland and Northern Ireland this month. Was thinking of trying to find some local leather shops while there and looking at what they have to offer, supply wise.
  21. I've definitely gotten the Bontex brand from Springfield Leather. I think I got a 4 foot by 4 foot piece. It came rolled up though, but will flatten out rather easily.
  22. I'm going to be in Ireland and Northern Ireland this month, Dublin to Belfast, to London/Derry, to Galway, and back to Dublin. I will be in a rental car and thought about maybe trying to find some of this thread in a local leather supply shop. Does anybody know of brick and mortar leather craft suppliers in or near those cities, and what are the odds they might carry the Tiger thread?
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