bikermutt07

@immiketoo

Great video, Mike. I think at the low price point one can expect to do a little work on the blade. I'm sure on the 79 dollar Tandy needed some work as well. I know in the wood working world, the smaller the cost the more work on the blade is needed. Just what I have seen.

Have you tried Weaver, Ohio travel, Springfield Leather, or the Buckle Guy. Lots of sources out there, just not sure where you are? I noticed my tool from Tandy deforming shortly after I started using it. I made to look for a different brand.

It looks incredible. I don't know the first thing about embossing.

Nicely done.

This is just in time. I have lots of new stuff to organize. Out grew my work room by a good bit last weekend. Anyone else have some tips?

Good looking rig.

The M90 I mentioned above would work well. You just have to mask off the areas that get sprayed. Wait time is like 5 minutes.

On another note..... If real saddle repair person wants to move to the Shreveport Louisiana area, the only guy repairing saddles retired a few months ago. There was no one to take over when Larry retired. I'm not even considering being that guy. I'll warn you up front though, these swampbilly cowpokes like their stuff looking ragged. The more beat up the better. This is a weird state I wound up in.

There is someone on here that uses it for a burnishing compound.

Those look great. Nice use of the tools in a simple way. Even I could maybe try my hand at some tooling like that.

@robs456 thanks for sharing that. I hadn't thought about dying something like normal and then airbrushing it. Best of both worlds. When I start airbrushing I will give that a try.

@RegisD Sweet!

First, realize I have no hurt feelings about your comments. I'm not the guy who would jump in with both feet into an industry I know nothing about. These are tiny ponies that children ride and I was planning to start with simple halters. My figuring is this... These ponies don't really get a lot of weight on their backs. And I was looking at simply replacing bad parts on saddles with new identical parts. Now, I understand that just because that part needs replacing doesn't mean the point it is attached to doesn't also need replacing. I'm a pretty smart man at knowing my limitations. And, I feel pretty confident that I shouldn't try and build a whole saddle from a book. I'm not looking for a full time career in saddle making. Leather is my hobby. If I did this at all I would do it safely and slowly. And I would come here for answers to my questions, before I did anything. Because, we all know this site is full of talented expert craftsmen. People with far more knowledge than me. Cheers.

I haven't, but this is what I've gathered here.... Airbrushing will never penetrate like hand dyed, but the general consensus is that the level of control is so much better that it offsets the lack in penetration. Also, everyone seems to thinl the scuffs add character. This is just my hands off observation. I recently scored a whole bunch of airbrushing stuff so I will have some "hands on" soon.

You can make a single one with a belt loop. Less extravagant than the one pictured. I have seen them made with no hardware using a bleeder knot on each leg.

Great job

I’ll take that bet. But, if the tariffs are off by then chinese needles will be fine. Official bet: If Donald Trump is still alive for 2020 election, I bet that he wins.

I'm not sure I would make that 2 year bet... The opposition to our current president doesn't have a single candidate in play that could give him a run for his money. America is waking up to the tired old millionaire white politicians ( Republican and Democrat ) claiming to be for the little guy and minorities. Not trying to go all political or anything, it's just what I am observing.

@chrisash a lot of times industries move to cheaper countries because their nation of origin taxes them too much. This is how America was robbed of it's great industrial might. It wasn't labor costs that sent our companies over seas as much as it was our greedy politicians and the "EPA". I'm sure labor costs played a part, but not as much as one might think. Inflation in our country ( also caused by greedy politicians ) probably played a more significant part in making labor costs look much higher.

Thanks for that, guys. I wasn't sure. I had been to their site several times in the past, but never ordered anything from them.

Great job Stetson.

I think Weaver sells both and has a splitting service. It will cost a little more. Maybe Wickett and Craig do the same, I'm not sure.

Great effort, and the bread looks delicious. Sourdough is my absolute favorite.

I think it will all settle itself down before long. The Chinese and others have had high tariffs on American goods for decades. Pretty much since the end of WWII. Our president is just trying to level a playing field that has been lopsided for a long time. We just need zero tariffs in a world market. That will make it a real fair trade market. And I'm all for that.