BruceGibson

You're kidding, right?

Welcome to the Forum! This is a heck of a nice bunch--I learn something every time I come in and hang around.

I don't have a dog in this fight/hippo in this race, whatever. But, I bought my Artisan Toro 4000P from Steve three or four years ago. Since then, when I thought "Artisan," I thought "Steve." In other words, the two were synonymous. I've never regretted the purchase, and anytime I came up with an asinine question to ask, it was Steve who I called for the answer. I won't badmouth Artisan, but I will continue to refer folks to Steve. Irregardless of who he represents, the value is in the man, not just the product, or who's nameplate's riveted to it. Not only has he helped me out when needed, he's taken extremely good care of every referral I sent. And there have been several. There will be many more. Integrity's always meant something, but it's so damn uncommon nowadays that when you find it, it glows like neon in Vegas. Steve's good people. He shoots straight, won't jerk your chain, and he'll be there when, and if, you have a problem. That's good enough for me.

It might be one extreme to the other, but it's either classic country, or classic rock. And, I turn the telephone ringer off.

Denise, It's 54F here right now. Supposed to hit 80F this afternoon. We've had some temps in the teens recently, which is tough on us in this part of the country. A lot of our Spring Break folks found it colder here a week or so back than the places in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, etc., that they came down from. They're splattered all over the beach this week, though. And, "splattered" can be taken literally!

Awesome job, Brian! Very well done!

With you on that 100%. The ones that impress me the most right now are the ones with sense enough to shut the hell up.

Five or six is fine. If I were hand-stitching, I'd go with six.

Thanks, Johanna. When K-Man jumped in and clarified what this was about it set off alarms.

Why is this particular post being moderated?

Something smells funny about this deal. Holsters and camera cases are two very different things.

Camera cases? That's a little off the grid when one leads folks to believe it's holsters. Or, even "holster-style." I don't do contract work, but I do appreciate a candid post. Translated, that means "honest." You could also say, forthright, straight-up, etc. Misleading is generally not necessary, and it doesn't inspire confidence. Hell, this isn't a singles bar.

I think what Jeff's talking about is the "postage stamp" effect. And, I agree with him completely.

Those both look good! And brown's a pain, light or dark.

Welcome to the Forum!

Well done! I'll bet you've got some time with a very small filigree knife in that project.

Nice job!

That's amazing looking!

Bick 4 has worked well for me--no darkening. It's available from Weaver www.WeaverLeather.com or www.LeatherSupply.com

Great post! Congrats, I guess, on getting thrown outta the house! Looking forward to pictures of the new digs...and the beer cooler!

Welcome to the Forum, panhead!

Nice job!!

Welcome to the Forum, Lui! That's just terrible all around. You need to put that in a Priority Mail envelope and send it to me immediately. Seriously--I don't see a thing wrong with it. In fact, I wouldn't even attempt it. Very well done!

Welcome!

Thanks, Troy! Just checked out Slacker...now I think it just turned me into one! Good stuff--thanks for passing it along!