No. I find haggling to be an inordinate waste of time. Can't tell you how many times I've seen people soliciting "offers" for their stuff...and sent me insulting, low-ball offers for MY stuff...especially when I hadnt asked for any offers. I just don't have the time or patience for it I guess. But that's just me...
You know what I think that is? It looks exactly like a combat boot eyelet...I mean even down to the way it's installed...looks exactly like what's on my jungle boots...
That's called a plough gauge. Might help you find more info about who made it if you have the right name of the tool.
Looks similar to mine and mine is a Blanchard.
Yeah, the best threads do cost more, but it's worth it in my opinion. I primarily hand stitch too and if I'm going to take the time to do that, I'm going to do it right and with the best materials available.
dq7133 -- call Campbell-Randall...they have automatic rivet setting machines and can answer your questions...I'd highly recommend buying from them instead of some unknown source on ebay...
Depends on the bell knife skiver...I've seen at least one that will let you skive larger areas than the 2" max per pass that most offer (so only 4" total)...you still have to do it in multiple passes, but it works even for larger areas.
It's "Gail HoughT"...with a "t" at the end...not "Hough" and I hope the OP would've found the book he was looking for already because he posted this five years ago...
Yes. They are out of business.
The "search" feature on here is less than worthless. If you want to search, go to google.com and type site:leatherworker.net and whatever you want to search for right next to that and it will work.
If I recall correctly, Nigel said the Seiwa ones were much better quality than the craft-sha ones...for what it's worth. I'd recommend watching his video reviews. He's very thorough and objective.
I've used the Seiwa ones and they are awesome. I like them more and more every time I use them.