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  1. DJole
    Very good tips up there, Zuludog. I just wanted to add that it is possible to get 3 prong chisels. My Leathercraft.JP set (http://goodsjapan.com/pricking-irons--stitch-punches-30-c.asp) in 3 mm pitch contains a 3 prong chisel (among others).
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    Newbie

    DJole replied to HCLW's topic in Member Gallery

    Welcome to the forum! What was your old job?
  3. DJole
    Nicely done -- good stitches, evenly tooled design with good balance. It'll be hard for the next one to be better!
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    Ask the good folks at Ohio Travel Bag (who specialize in bag hardware): Website: https://ohiotravelbag.com/ Contact information: Ohio Travel Bag6481 Davis Industrial ParkwaySolon, Ohio 44139Phone: 800-800-1941 / 440-498-1955Fax: 800-989-5559 / 440-498-9811E-mail: info@ohiotravelbag.comOpen: 8:00am-5:00pm Eastern Mon-Fri
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    That's nice clean work for only a couple months of experience. Stop making it look so easy, will ya? ;-)
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    Nicely done! Good contrast with the dark backgrounder and the knot lines. It certainly takes concentration to keep the over-- under-- over -- under pattern going without any goofs! I have also used a fine-tip Sharpie marker to do lines like that (hey, it's just a spirit dye, after all, in an applicator with a fine sharp point.)
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    Do you know anybody who has a heavier hammer/mallet that you can borrow to test your theory? Gotta be some shade-tree mechanics around who have dead-blow poly mallets and the like.
  8. DJole
    I like the idea of the leather cap made of football pieces-- the pieces would already be lozenge shaped and could be trimmed to size.
  9. DJole
    All it needs is a rheostat to control the speed. I'm sure everybody's got one of those lying around, right? (ha ha!)
  10. DJole
    Wow... can anybody really top that? That's a great experience.
  11. DJole
    You mean men's dress shoes in Western (i.e. European) style, or some other kind of shoe?
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    Welcome to the forum! Looks like you're off to a decent start with the tooling on those pieces. I'm not so sure about the dye job on the right hand piece, the flowers and leaves. It seems that the green and pink are mottled somehow, or is that just an illusion?
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    Hey Kopio, welcome to the Forum! (I have a sister who lives in Meridian.) For a good place to start, try this: http://www.ianatkinson.net/leather/toolset.htm Ian Atkinson lives in the UK, and he has an excellent set of videos about how to construct basic leather articles, tools and their use, and so on. The webpage I reference there might be just the thing you are looking for. And you should definitely look through his videos!
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    Make boxes. Bottles and mugs. Masks.
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    What about split rivets? (such as these: https://ohiotravelbag.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/set_split_rivet_3-907x430.png
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    Good work! That's so clean, with a lovely shape and design. How many times did this take you to reach this point?
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    heh! So excited you forgot to take pictures! Yeah, that's a common problem. (Of course, maybe your lucky friend can send pictures to you?) Was this a welted scabbard? I can see that the tip is wider than the throat -- by looking at the stitch line, it seems that the top of the scabbard was not sewn together to allow sheathing the blade. Is that right? Are those incised design lines, or stitched?
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    I haven't noticed this with the Royalwood thread, but I don't stitch with it frequently enough to be a good judge of this.
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    I can't picture it in my mind. Can you take some photos of what you mean and post them? That might help others help you out! (Welcome to the forum, by the way. You'll meet a lot of people with a LOT of helpful experience here. )
  20. DJole
    Purple bullhide... the mind boggles... ;-) But those will be truly unique shoes which, more importantly, keep your feet happy! (and dry... dry is good!)
  21. DJole
    Oh yes, of course! Now I see it! The parallax and reflections threw me off. Good eye, there!
  22. DJole
    Hey, that's nice set of boots for first time! I can see why you want to keep going after being pleased with them. Sorry, I can only comment on the picture.I know nothing about machines!
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    Beginner

    DJole replied to H2345's topic in Getting Started

    Someone referred the Ian Atkinson videos above -- those are great places to learn the basic craft. Once you get started on stitching, watch everything on Youtube by Nigel Armitage over in the UK, for information on expert saddle stitching. Like this one, for example (but realize also that he has many other videos on Youtube and his main website): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGuiha5S2oE
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    heh! I can just picture this happening (and I bet you were there to see it happen!)
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