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No, this was just for one of us working stiffs who's been working on a build for 2 or 3 years.

Just finished this one, real nice polished pan, wish theyd have let me do something a little more original

Slick, do you ever get as tired of hearing what youve got to say as the rest of us do????????????

Slick, Arent you the guy who went on and on about how foolish we were to spend so much on stamps made by Barry King, etc. ????

I thought the whole point of forums was for people to discuss there opinions, seems like if everyone that dares to disagree with yours is a fool you may wanna just open two email accounts and write yourself...

Any tricks anyone wanna share on sharpening one of my favorite tools??

Zack White sells some real nice leather with smooth pasted backs, I usually get there premium bull hide

Storm, I didnt see anything in Kings post about returning that blade!!!!

Thanks Gary, thats exactly what I did do and it worked fine.

Here's a question, who is it we have to justify spending our money too? Last time I checked I was free to spend mine on whatever I chose. If that was Snap On Wrenches or Barry King basketweaves that was totally up to me, as is calling something crap if , in my opinion it is. How about posting a few pics of your work so we can see for ourselves if you can get the same result with the craftools...

Thanks for the assist

Ive had about 4 tools bend, all hidecrafters, all used on properly cased leather, none beaten on "wham, wham, wham" and all of them replaced by hidecrafter with no problem

and then?

Can you guys and gals recommend a quality lacing fid? I really only seem to be able to find Jeremiah Watts, anyone know overall length on his?l

Thanks Everyone

Beautiful as always Dave, just curious as to why you left part of the dragon scale free?

I want to order some hardware to start making some holsters, what do you guys use the most as far as T-Nuts, thread size, and height wise? I'll be using mostly 7-8 oz leather double thickness. Im guessing for attaching loops on IWB holsters Id probably want like 1/8 or 3/16 heightwise. But what about for a tension screw?Im guessing on this and would rather not order the wrong stuff so Id appreciate some help from you pros. Also what else should I get while Im at it, I figure some countersunk finish washers, and machine screws, thats another one, what lengths screws and what type of heads do you guys use most, slot,phillips, allen?

Does anyone make good patterns or instructions for making chaps?

Thanks guys, got a little something special planned for the bottom too, hope to get it done this weekend. Rick

Thanks guys, not sure on the dye yet

Just wanted to post pics of this one as it progresses

Not a problem Troy, I appreciate it, staring at that mexican round too long at one sitting tends to make things blurry

Damn you guys are good, Im on it. Thanks for pointing it out

Thanks for the compliments

Just finished this one, oiled and antiqued and laced with kangaroo. The maltese cross on the back was done by welding on a lazer cut out of a maltese cross and then wet forming the bottom leather on it. Bottom shott Side shot