rickeyfro

Just purchased a rattlesnake skin online, soft tanned already but still has its scales, can someone tell me the process to remove these, and does everybody that uses these for inlays necassarily do this?

Thanks Troy, same to ya on that Cabbage Patch seat. awesome job

Thanks John

Thanks Max

Id also be interested you can pm me or send to rickeyfro@aol.com

Thanks Harvey, those are the pointers I was looking for Thanks Max Yeah I kinda knew that one but was kinda rushing to get it assembled, will definately go slower on the next

Welll Ive been collecting the tools a few at a time but usually so busy working on customers stuff I hadnt really had a chance to try my hand at Floral type carving but finally had a request for it. I'll be finishing it tomorrow but wanted to post this so's I can get some pointers from you guys. Rick

Thanks guys

I buy from Zack White all the time, through the mail, I use their premium bull hide and it tools excellent and dyes the same and it has a very nice pasted back also. Highly recommend. Also get alot of the Hermann Oak sides from springfield, I always call and speak to Kevin and ask him to pick me out what I need, never disappointed

If you Sheridan style guys were to purchase one set of bargrounders from Barry King what size would you go with? Really hard to tell any difference from the catalog or websiite pics.

Thats perfect, thanks

Im doing a seat for a young lady with some sheridan style floral and she'd like her name "LIZ" down the center, can anyone send me those three letters in a nice feminin monogram type of font. If so my email is rickeyfro@aol.com

is this 1/8 lace? 50 yard spools? If so Id like to get a black and a dark brown. Rick

I was a commercial diver for about 21 years then got injured right after hurricane Katrina, now I work at a friends shop operating a wet saw and a CNC fabricating granite countertops and trying to learn what I can from a couple of master stone workers who work in the monument company that we share the shop with

Thanks again, cant go wrong with Jack

Great Hobby Lobby right down the street

I think thats a 4 plait braid

Awesome, maybe you should spend ALL your time over there

Thanks to all you guys for the thumbs up, means alot to get complimented by a group as talented as this. Rick

Thanks Doc, I was playing around with the airbrush , those were 3 shades of brown faded in

A couple of matched sets I knocked out

Just finished this one up. Back is a modified belt buckle.

I use vinagroon for all black orders, tried every available black dye with every possible configuration of finishes, all of them had rub off. Vinagroon is definately the way to go, cheap easy and no rub off, I just dip it let it dry, oil it with neetsfoot and then use leather balm with atom wax or Aussies. You can do a search if your unfamiliar with vinagroon, tons of threads on it here. I just get a 5 gallon bucket put about 3 gallons of white vinager in and then through in a bunch of steel wool and rusty nails, let it sit for a couple of weeks and its ready to go, just strain it to get out all the remaining steel wool bits, I leave the rusty nails in there and just keep freshening the batch up by adding a bottle of vinager whenever it starts getting low. Guarantee once you try it you'll never use black dye again.

Just wanted to bump this up, if no ones interested Im gonna put it on Ebay tonight

Anyone have a good source for suction cups to attach P Pads to fender?