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  1. YinTx
    Well, took longer than I expected for this to show up on Ebay... I must say the original is still much nicer looking! https://www.ebay.com/itm/Men-Originale-Leather-Crossbody-Bag-Petto-Vintage-Casual-Shoulder-with-All/273147739469?hash=item3f98dfbd4d:g:L-sAAOSwdHtasWXL YinTx
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    Good steel shouldn't need a stone for a long long time between strops. As someone said, it should be really really sharp. Scary sharp is actually what you should refer to a dull knife as. Dull knives are scary, because they tend to cause injuries. To give you an idea, I tend to sharpen X-Acto and razor blades before I use them for leather work, because they are too dull. Never test a very sharp knife to see if it will shave you - if it is sharp enough, it will as easily cut you as shave you. The paper test is a decent one, - knife should slide through paper without snagging or hanging, with a very clean cut and clean sound as it goes through. Not quite sharp enough requires a bit of a "sliding" action to go through the leather, a proper sharp one will "push" cut through the paper and change directions easily (ie, you should be able to cut an "S" curve through the paper just by pushing it). No matter what, always keep your person and all bits of your person behind the blade. This way, any slip or snag and you are pushing away from yourself, not towards a finger, arm, body, etc. Hope you heal soon. Although in reference to kitchen knifes, Burrfection has some youtube videos showing decent sharpness on knifes, and demonstrates paper cutting as discussed above. You can compare your current knife status to one of his freshly sharpened ones and know if it is sharp enough. Skip to 6 mins to see knives in action. Then you can decide if it was the leather, the technique of cutting, or the sharpness of the blade. YinTx
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    I would guess at a bleached veg tan. Some of the unbleached leathers like Hermann Oak have a more orange/brown shade to them after a little exposure to light. Imported veg tans tend to look like the one in the photo. I've seen some European and Japanese veg tans with that lighter color as well. YinTx
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    Nice looking work as always. Any photos of the inside? YinTx
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    I use a variety of knives for skiving, it really depends on the situation. And as I get used to certain tools, I begin to use them more. For instance, I hadn't really used the safety skiver I have, but when I learned to properly sharpen the blade, it became really useful. But I'm not so good with the super skiver I have. For some instances, the round knife does wonders for me. I have a Barnsley paring/skiving knife, sometimes it works well, sometimes I have to use something different. Also, my splitter works great for lap skiving belts/straps etc. YinTx
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    Fantastic work, thanks for sharing the process with us. Look forward to seeing the results! I must say, these look as good as some of the older stamps I have. Well done. YinTx
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    Yeah, I imagine so, lol. I also imagine Barry King is going to sell out of some of his tools on account of this video. YinTx
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    I have watched a number of his videos, but had not seen this one yet. Just watched the first one on 1.5x speed, and I can GUARANTEE he just took my tooling to the next level. Might be simple stuff for some, but for those of us who haven't really seen great tooling in action, this stuff is gold. Thanks for putting this out there! YinTx
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    I'll take it. YinTx
  10. YinTx
    Thanks for the details. I had no idea folks were using velcro! Explains a lot. I like your idea for attaching a bit better. YinTx
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    That is a whole lotta tooling! Nice work! YinTx
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    Awesome work, that toe plug came out nice. YinTx
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    Sanch, my apologies, it appears I may have inadvertently hijacked your thread, lol. I appear to have steered it from tiny tools to big horses heads and flowers! Looks pretty good. Linnell is like 6 hours up the road from me, perhaps I should take a trip and an extended class! YinTx
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    I am always impressed by these things. How, may I ask, are they attached? YinTx
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    Those came out great! YinTx
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    Happened much sooner than expected! Was really different to do. Those long sweeping curves are unexpectedly challenging! define perfectly good? the new ones are pretty cheap in many ways. and I think the # is actually 104-2. YinTx
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    New work

    YinTx replied to Stewart's topic in Art

    Fantastic, thanks for sharing! Light came out pretty good...can feel the cold and wind too. YinTx
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    Do you have the A102-2? It is already pretty small, and you could grind it down a bit smaller if you had to...if no, they are pretty readily available and not very expensive. Alternatively, a file and a tiny bolt and a bit of time.. you could have what you need. YinTx
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    Swamp Stream Fishing

    YinTx replied to Stewart's topic in Art

    Nice work! What size are these panels that you make? YinTx
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    Can you take a close up photo of the edge that you think is off? I'm having difficulty understanding your question, I think a different photo perspective may help my understanding... YinTx
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    Most of my work has been small, but not very many tiny like that. The tools are useful when you need them. I plan to try some old style larger work here in the near future (as in sometime this year) since I have yet to do that type of work. YinTx
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    Maybe this is the one you were looking for? YinTx
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    I made a post some time back on a wallet I did with tiny stamps, and listed the ones I had used. Not sure if that is the one you are looking for, if so I'll try to find it. YinTx
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    Neat design. One thing I have run into with these phone wallets is that the tab with the snap tends to either get in your face or snag hair if you have long hair if you talk on the phone. How does yours fare in this regard? YinTx
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    Thanks! And I presume the blade is not your style? Oh, yeah, I'm never really _happy_ when my Spirit Stitch shows up, but I've come to expect it and accept it, because it's gonna be there, and it's proof I'm not perfect! YinTx
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