bikermutt07

This was a good read. Thanks.

Looks really sturdy. It should keep her cards in pristine condition. Nice job on the execution as well.

Great job.

Good job, thanks for sharing.

Great looking rig.

I would check in with him, if you haven't been already. Any order I have placed, I always emailed him about every 40-45 days. I wasn't pushy, just checking in, know you're busy, etc etc.

Both are great quotes. I think the tooling guys have to have a lot of fixes in there bag of tricks.

Most of his books can be had on Amazon for less than 20 American. Not sure how that translates to Sussex?

When I did my run of bracelets I stripped out a shoulder. There wasn't much waste. That gave me plenty of materials. I didn't complete them all, but made gifts of some of it to newcomers. Never hurts to pay it forward.

He may have had someone drop off the list. I'm sure that it happens. Knife is ready and the person doesn't have the funds ready.

Dibs if sale falls through.

Nice job. Should last a month shy of forever.

That is awesome. Glad you got it so quick. It's gonna bring you years of cutting pleasure.

Correct is subjective. I love the look of the angled stitch myself. I think it looks classy. Is it stronger? I don't think so... You can make your stitches as straight A's you want. I won't mind.

Kind of funny how Sewing machines can seem to just fall from the sky sometimes.

Don Gonzales has a nice video on antiquing. Pretty sure he uses shearling for final wipe down, and prepares the amount of finish left to account for what wipes out. Did that make sense? I do antiquing, but his videos are so darn entertaining.

I have only been playing with my RB-1, but it is handling 207 thread just fine. It may be pushing the range but I don't think so... @CowboyBob has the rb-5 's listed to take 207 on his site.

Everyone here contributes. I have seen some of the coolest techniques and styles from the newest of newbs here. I have been playing off and on for four years, but have only produced maybe a slow year's worth of products. I have such a hard time commiting to a style or even to cutting into the leather sometimes. My perfectionism mind is never truly honored with my finished product. So, a lot of time I have a problem just getting started. It is an ongoing conundrum for me. And, I see others just turning out project after project like YinTx. He and I started within a few months of each other and his work is so more advanced than mine. Not that I mind, it's not a contest. Just something I've noticed. I have been trying to take inspiration from Don Gonzales. Man, he just grabs that leather and gets to working it. While I will roll out a piece and stare at it for three days. I think I have started to ramble a bit. Not sure I had a point....

I thought it used to be The Wiz, my bad.

Yeah they don't have that for I phone. Grumble grumble.

Thanks @Wizcrafts, and I am appreciative about the clone boom. I have seen you fellas mention that before. Did you change your handle?

I woul think they would need backs. I would lay the concho face down on a poundo or rubber mat and then use a shallow domed setting tool on it. Why didn't they come with backs?

No problem. Just let me know.

Great job. Simple, sturdy, and elegant.

I'm not opposed to the point y'all are making but I'm a little curious and ignorant... How much of a role does the contact cement play into say a pancake "unzipping"?