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I can come and pick it up, I’m in Long Island, NY. I’ll send you a message now

I would like to take regad machine with the accessories . Can pick it up anytime

Thank you very much, guys. yes its a reverse nut and clockwise - down for unscrew. Actually Artisan email the answer pretty quickly as well! I also had to wait yesterday for a stronger man help! Changed my knives and everything is working fine.

Hi, I need a help with the strap cutter. I bought it recently second hand and it was fine. It was standing for a couple of months and now I was planning to change the blades and can’t unscrew the nut. Please help me with the direction to unscrew, up or down?

Hi, I am trying to sell my hand press from Gold star including 7 different dies, mostly for rivets, single and double sided. Press is good, no problem. I am currently adapted different tool for other tasks including rivets settings, so this one no longer needed. Link included below. Thanks for looking. Ebay link

Bank wire transfer.

I am going to use it for a handbags. I was very much inspired by Peter Nitz’s bag and thought that I can think about something like this for myself.

Thanks to everyone for a lot of information. I placed an order with Abbey at the moment.

Thank you very much!

Sorry for late answer, but I don’t know the answer myself:) Every Leather is different and I’m just trying every time on small piece. I have adice heating tool now and settings are changing all the time accordingly to the task. One handle for creasing is not that hot as another one , for edges.

Could you please help me to identify what sort of hook closure this is, how it’s calld and possibly where to find it? Many thanks. photo from this blog http://after-the-denim.blogspot.com/search?q=Hook

It was a cow skin, I am buying some offcuts from local shop, they sell leather for apparel and furniture, not sure what weight, I think it good enough to be a chair or sofa as well

I made it from scratch, pen, paper, ruler.

Black Vernis 600 edge paint with electric heat tool.

Guide sells bonded leather. About 20$ per yard. I go to Global leather often and to another store next door. http://www.leathersuedeskins.com yes, I do crease edges with electric tool.

Yes, me too. Two leather tubes over two fingers. I was thinking about the archers gloves, but tubes work fine for now.

Thanks for the links. My paper is yellow aluminum oxide roll - non adhesive. Description here: Siarexx 1960 rolls are c-weight / b-weight are professional products designed for hand & machine sanding in the woodworking industry. A stearate coating helps reduce clogging on the abrasive & prolonging the life of the product. Available from Grades P40 - P600, this product is a good all rounder for the woodworking & industrial maintenance. This product is also available in sheet, strip & disc form.

I realized just now, that I made a mistake in handle construction. Cord has to be in between the layers. Next bag going to be better I hope. Peter's photos are the best guide for me. Learned a lot just from looking at them over and over again. Example:

About handle attachment. This is the Piter Nitz Instagram photo. I tried to follow the same steps. Stitches are all way around, starting from the bottom.

My handles have slightly different pattern and I sew them all way around a "leaf" , there is no way I can see any reverse side of the handle with cord. In my bag for reinforcements I use bonded leather glued between the layers. For the top flap in between flap and the back side of the bag I added a narrow folded leather piece. I saw it in Hermes bag. Just go into a Hermes shop, ask to try a bag and look inside under the flap or examine a details photos from eBay. Some sellers add good detailed pictures to their listings.

Useful tip. Thank you very much! Handles were difficult to punch, stitching was easy

All leather. Black lamb. I work in garment district in Manhattan and very often can go to the local leather shops and dig in discounted leather piles. Red leather was a discounted piece, good enough to work around the imperfections and still make two large bags. For the lining this time I couldn't find anything like this, so had to go for somethings at the full price. I think goat would be better for this job, but I couldn't find any there. Body of the bag backed with the thin red lamb leather as well for additional stability. Handles have 10mm round leather cord. Bottom and the closing strap have 1mm bonded leather insert for additional stability.