kiwican

Post away! Lots of tool and history bluffs here.

Hey Chief. I've seen your skill set in leather grow leaps and bounds over the years. I have little doubt that you could fix or recreate this and as an engineering exercise I'd say go for it. The other side of course is the legal side of "what if" this generally why people have waivers. Waivers are in my experience. Which is likely more experience than most (I work and teach and train in extremely high risk areas where people get hurt or worse on an almost daily basis) is that waivers are not worth the paper they are written on as waivers are built in the premise that one has the knowledge training and experience on the thing being signed off on! And that all reasonable precautions have been taken. In short it's often fairly easy to prove negligence which voids the waiver. In the safety business there is a reason my hard hats and body armour and harness get changed out every 5 years...even when it's not needed to do so. As I said I believe you have the skills to do this and should take it on as an exercise.

I have a few coaster rounds. I need to give this ago

Sweet rig

Love the history of this

My face bball hat is due to be retired. I think I'll use it for practice. I'll be hand stitching tho

That looks cool! Does it add much overall weight to the hat?

Those look great!

Great job

The mad skills you have just keep getting madder!

Nice

I like that. How do the edges burnish up? Or did you use an edge paint?

Nice job. I'm betting he will want a bandolier next for the shells!

I like the idea of adding the challange coin

Great job!

Nice. I like the look of that bag

Still looks good

Built last!.

Very nice. Is that done on a coaster?

Nice! I'm attempting shoes myself. Simple chukah style. I have crepe sole and have just a knife to cut it in the past with no issues. Not sure if all crepe is created equal?

Wow. Gotta say..some of your best work yet! Love it

Great job. Keep us posted on the progress. I think back on the history of such items and what they have been through and seen. Preserve history where you can!

I like the edge work you did

I like the addition of the nylon strap

Happy ho ho hos !