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Number 2 sold/pending. Thank you.

Being a solvent based paint, that sits on top of the leather, Edge Kote should stick to gum trag treated edge OK, as long as you don't overdo the gum. And use no wax of course. But there are much better ways than Edge Kote, which look better, and last better. Like HWH suggests.

Numbers 4 and 3 are sold, thanks. And # 1 is still pending. number two still available .

You get what you pay for? I'd like to see you hand made edgers.

Great work area. But way too clean! :> That's an interesting stitching pony/horse. Did you make that?

No's 1 and 4 are sold, pending. Thank you.

Thank you both, PM sent, Bikermutt. I will send you one now, Geargarcon. Slip

That's great Mike, did they happen to tell you what thy fixed? Just. Curious. I'm a happy Iwata owner.

#4 1 1/8 long. Slots are, 3/16, 5/32nds, and 1/8. End button is 5/16 and 3/16. Thanks for looking. Slip.

#3 1 & 1/4 long. First wide slot has a sort of a flat profile, which I like for some things. It is 1/4 wide. Next slot is roughly 3/16, and third is 1/8. First shoulder is 9/16. End button diameter is 5/16. This burnisher would be suitable for slightly larger work.

#2 1 1/8 long. Slots are 1/4, 3/16 and 1/8, roughly. With a 3/8 end button. Shaft is 5/8 long. 1/8 diameter.

#1 1 1/16 long. 3/4 diameter. Slots are; 7/32nds. 3/16ths, 3/32nds. With a radiused shoulder on the end and a 1/4 inch hole button on the end.

A bit of a preamble if I may. A couple of years ago I made two of my custom awl hafts out of a piece of Lignum Vitae i had had for over thirty years. And two large drill press burnishers. I kind of wish I had kept one of the awls, as it tuned out the remaining piece of this rare wood I also had was nice, but not quite like this one. Genuine lignum vitae, (the tree of life) is pretty much non-existent these days. And the old growth wood, like this awl haft and these burnishers are made of, is exceeding rare. I had two strips of wood left over from that project. One 8 inches long and 1/2 inch square. Not sure what I can do with that. Maybe make a pointer. :> The other small billet was about 7/8 inch square. So I finally decided to get around to turning it into something, so to speak. Hence, these burnishers. A few people inquired back then if I also did burnishers for a Dremel and at the time I wasn't. And then many other projects later, I'm back to give this a try, and hopefully make something beautiful and useful. I may get one more out of what's left in my lathe chuck. But essentially, what you see here is it. Which is why I'm referring to these as being limited edition. This beautiful golden, yellow, green wood is gone. I could certainly make these out of cocobolo, as many others do. I have loads of that. And I may in the future. But I decided to take this last small piece of this scarce wood and make some nice tools for a few folks that might be as much into the beauty of a nice tool as they are of its utility. Any of you here that might be lucky enough to have worked with this amazing wood will know what I mean when I say this wood is a distinct please to work with. Especially on a lathe. I rough out a cylinder on my wood lathe, but then do the final turning on my metal lathe. This extremely heavy, dense and tight grained wood cuts almost like a hard wax. Turning it with sharp cutters is magical. It takes an amazing polish like no other wood and it gives off a very pleasant and distinctive woody floral scent when you cut it. And when you burnish with it, for a while at least. Nothing else smells like lignum vitae. It's intoxicating. And while I think you could burnish edges well with just about any hardwood, this wood makes for a burnishing material that's a cut above. Being naturally very high in oils , it was used in ships and submarines as bearings for their large propeller shafts, its natural lubricity and imperviousness to water making it ideal for the purpose. It has an almost waxy feeling to it, and thus, burnishes very well. Some will remember it is what the old Tandy and Osborne ring burnishers were made of. Anyway, forgive my too-long screed. I've made four of these, which I'll identify by number. And please refer to the number when inquiring about one. I didn't make these to any set pattern or dimension. Just concentrated on the general fun of creating these and then tried to makes the slots what I thought looked good for various thicknesses of leather. But in general, I designed these for smaller work. Although I think one could do a holster in 7/8 ounce in some of these larger slots. The shafts are 1/8 inch tool steel drill rods. Two of these have longer shafts, two a bit shorter. My Dremel is the older flex shaft with hand piece type...as is my Foredom... and my hand pieces will accept a longer shaft, as they're hollow. But on a motor-in-handle type Dremel, as is common today, I'm not sure if there is a stop for the shaft. Probably so. So please be aware of this. These should ideally be used up close to the chuck, to lessen potential flex as well as less strain on the motor, and for better control as well. I'll describe to the best of my ability the dimensions of each of these. All have 3 grooves of varying widths and end treatment which features a button for holes, etc. But each is a little different. If you are interested in one, please send me a personal message. And which number you are inquiring about. First come, etc. Coming up with a price on these was tough. I'm asking a lot for them. Relatively. Especially when compared with the cheap Chinese made burnishers so prevalent these days, made of who knows what kind of unfortunate Southeast Asia tropical wood. But as you can tell, I consider these in a different light. $36 each... plus 2 dollars shipping. USA only. I accept Pay Pal, friends & family type payment only, thanks. Any questions, please let me know,and thanks.

Wulfing, While I don't do any tooling to speak of, and only stamp now and again, I've wondered about those mauls with plastic, (nylon? Delrin?) heads. Do any of you that use them experience the head sliding off the stamp, what with being a cylindrical shape made of slippery material? Or maybe it's a non-issue...as I'm mainly punching holes, and I know doing stamps requires, or should, a couple of light taps at most. I have a couple of rawhide mallets that I like, but the rolled variety, where you're striking with the flat end of the cylinder. Makes good contact but those mallets, even in the larger sizes, are not that heavy. I've been tempted to make a maul in laminated, or stacked leather rings. Just to see if I could do it. And I love to make tools.

This sounds odd to me. I don't tool leather but do occasionally use the few stamps I own. It shouldn't take several whacks to make an impression in damp leather. Unless.. you are using some form of leather other than veg tanned, A. Kelley. Are you using vegetable tanned leather? Or similar? Some leathers, being more highly processed, like oil tanned or chrome tanned, don't take stamping impressions well. Just a thought.

"Slip, new folks don't know how our site works." Right, thanks. Sorry...I posted a little hastily.

Interesting question. I just purchased some Crimson Hides chisels. 3.85 mm spacing between teeth. Only to find that none of my vintage overstitch wheels , 6, 7 or 8 marks per inch, etc., are exactly the same. 7 is close, but not quite. Metric vs. inch is the problem.

You posted this FIVE TIMES? Annoying.

Thanks for that, Bikermutt, I just got on Amazoon to take a look and was amazed at the number of stitching chisels and pricking irons listed on the site. I hadn't really looked there so was astounded. Seems like all kinds of vendors, mostly Chinese I guess, have jumped on that bandwagon. Tempted to order one of the cheap 3.85 mm irons just to see how the quality looks. And how it works.

Right-O JLS, I was just curious about the mention of the motor speed. Never seen one that runs at 6000 rpm. Unless Andy is ralking about a Dremel or other hand held device. Maybe Andy was speaking of SFPM. But that still seems awfully fast to me. I run the lignum vitae burnishers I made on my metal lathe..maybe around 1000-1500 rpm or so.

I've got to ask, Andy, is there such an animal as a bench grinder than runs at that RPM? Never seen one. Also, why is that much speed, or SFPM , necessary? Thanks

I will add also that one reason I chose the Crimson Hides irons was the mention of the steel and process they use. DC53 tool steel, hardened, one hopes, properly. I don't know much about tool steel but have worked with it a little bit. DC53 is tough, high quality stuff. So far, I had seen no mention of the steels used by the Chinese made irons. Not that they're not done properly. But the detail offered by Crimson Hides was at least somewhat reassuring. I also wanted actual punches and not pricking irons.

I guess they are the black Craft Tool punches. they're black...anyway. Not familiar with the "Pro" variety. Just did a search and am getting mixed results using "Craftool Pro" as a search. Some show tools like mine. I will add that I opted for the DHL shipping on my Crimson Hides tools, which increases the cost of course.

I just received my set yesterday. Haven't even had the chance to use them except a quick trial. Since I only dabble in leather work I only got the 5 and 2 tooth chisels, in 3.85 mm spacing. Got tired of using my Craft tool punches. My initial impression is very favorable. While the pictures on their site make the teeth look like they'll make big holes, they don't. Very nice diamond shaped holes, which may have to be opened a bit with an awl blade during stitching. But I tried them out on 7/8 ounce veg tanned. They're beautifully made tools. And reasonable compared with others. And Sherlyn was a real pleasure to deal with.

That metal work is very impressive. Would like to see more on that.