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Hi EveryBody! I am looking for a "placeholder" 3" buckle - so just something to put on the end of a 3" belt. And I only need one. And I want the least expensive I can find .... Is there anybody here that can point me in the right direction?

Hi, does this forum run on tapatalk? And if it does, how do we get tapatalk to recognize it?

Paid $800 for it and it is in excellent working condition! I think this was really a good deal. I had two other guys standing in line to buy it if I did not take it.

Here are the attachments it comes with (and four huge spools of thread):

I have the opportunity to buy this cast iron Tippman Boss in excellent condition. I think most of you will advise me to buy it. But without me telling you what the guy wants for it, what do you think is a fait price range for this machine? Does anybody have more info about the red version of this machine?

Just finished burnishin a wallet back that I dyed with the Pro Waterstain - beautiful burnishing happening:

Johan, You can order them online - I think they are channeled through Woodheads. (Jy is mos in die Kaap, is jy nie!?) Look at: http://www.tandyleather.co.za/p-1091-3445-00-wool-daubers-regular-1-25-cm-10-per-pk-upc-0098834340508.aspx

Thanks for sharing my sites guys! Please let me know if you come across missing photos or broken links. I try to keep it as up to date as possible, but now and again some link goes astray.

I have instructions for the top hat at MAKING A TOP HAT Making the Tandy cowboy hat is the same - just a different pattern.

Hi everybody, The "ART" part of leatherwork lost one of its giants today. Carol Gehrman passed away this morning in the Twin Cities, Minnesota. Those of you who regularly attended Federation Shows, will know her - I think there are very few of these shows that she missed and I think she taught class at a few of them. I have set up a memorial page for her on our guild website at Carol Gehrman There you can see photos of her and a few pieces of her work. If you can contribute photos of her or her work, please send them to me at leatherworker@gmail.com Thanks! Here is one of her carvings:

Hi Aaron, Thanks for the compliment. I will come up with a few pieces where the stain is very even. We are still messing about a bit to see how well we can get to all the quirks of the product. The sponge works really well. You just keep on in circles until the colors are evenly spread and then you have to wait for it to dry to see how light the color turns out. I tried some 1/4" trimmed sheep wool and that also worked well as an applicator, especially in getting a two tone effect. I have yet to try the new high density sponges that are out there now - judging by their price, they better be good! Oh, one more plus point I discovered about the new stains - they wash out of daubers, sponges, brushes and containers real easy....

I agree Spinner. AND, I just started yesterday with my favorite way of testing dyes and finishes: I coated this strip of leather with the new Pro Waterstain and nothing alse, and will now carry it in my pocket with my keys for a few months I will photograph it regularly and record the progress on my BLOG

Aaron, This was not a fair test - one is a dye and the other a stain - they are supposed to be applied differently and with different effect. Neither of these should be wiped off - with the fiebings you should not have had anything to wipe off and with the water based stain, you should apply it until it is even and then also just leave it be. the water based stain probably takes about 50% longer to apply to get the same coverage as you would get with the Fiebings dyes.

I did this on a blue wildebeest hide I had tanned at Kwiktan in Krugersdorp. You can also look up a Petrie Marais from Pretoria - an active leatherworker.

Hallo Daar Brian! (Uit 'n vinnig kouer wordende Minnesota in die VSA!) Andy's idea sounds like a plan. I always start my gussets center front in the bottom and sew first up one side and then start at the same point and sew up the other side. Goed gaan!

The new Professional line of waterbased dyes are meant to be used for an even coat - from what I've seen so far, they are very nice - just a bit dark, so I am going to have to play with diluting them. However, the solution to your problem is quite simple: You have to saturate the leather with the dye to get an even coverage, no matter what dye you use or even what applicator. You want to imitate dipping the leather in the dye. If THAT gives you too dark a result, then you DILUTE the dye, either with water or alcohol, depending on the dye, but you still saturate the leather with the diluted dye.

Just download the free LibreOffice package and you have a very professional set of programs. I use the "Writer" and just drag photos onto it, resize and position them and print them. Very easy to use too (it used to be OpenOffice). You can find it at http://www.libreoffice.org/download

I have been playing with it a bit too and I am also impressed with the black! The other colors are very rich deep colors. The drying time is long, compared to spirit based dyes, but the outcome is worth the wait. Of course, bacause the leather thinks it is wet, it darkens and you cannot tell what the final outcome would be until it dries and gets lighter. I did find however, that it really thins out nicely - sometimes some dyes loose their integrity when you dilute them too much, but not these. I mixed a highly diluted light brown with the gold additive and the result was very eye-catching! I have been a fan of Dubbin ever since I was in the army in 1976 and it softened my boots. When I started doing leatherwork in 1978, Dubbin was my #1 choice for a conditioner and since I have moved to the US, I have even made my own when I could not find it locally. Dr Jackson's Hide Rejuvenator came a close second. BUT, NOW, I think I have found the ultimate leather conditioner: Everything I have tested this on convinced me more and more that this is good stuff! I put some thick on tooled leather - it completely penetrated without leaving anything behind in the impressions. I found the following with the price of these products: compared to other dyes, they are more expensive per fl. ounce, but definitely cheaper if you compare dollars paid for inches covered. Especially this conditioner cream.

I have a set of instructions for doing line drawings from photographs in Inkscape. Have a look at INKSCAPE at LEATHERLEARN

Here is a nice project I did this evening: minimalist shoes for long distance runners, or, Huaraches. [Don't panic - I will not be doing much running in them. I have just had many inquiries about them and materials to use, so I decided to make myself a pair and road test them (at slow speed).] They are super comfortable and not loose at all and at the same time not constricting. I have the whole process documented on my blog at LeatherByJohan

Stefan, Im Mai 2009 legte ich die Anweisungen und ein Muster auf meiner Website für einen Lederhut. Ich habe 3 Unzen und 5 Unzen Leder verwendet sehr erfolgreich. Sie könnenbei www.leatherlearn.com aussehen.

Just take the Timber Brown back to your Tandy store - they had a recall on a bad batch and should exchange it for you ....

Call Roy Fisher at your Tandy store and ask him about the shipping - ordering on the web forces them to be generous with the shipping, but most Tandy stores in the US charges actual shipping on web order - mostly less than what you see on your initial order.

There is no grey or white leather dye that works. Your closest bet is a thinned down acrylic paint - works very well and depending on how thin you get it, you can control the transparency of the paint and have it look more like dye.

I have been inspired by Jim Linnell to do more decoration just with swivel knife cuts. Now I am experimenting with taking it a step further and using the same style of cuts, I add a bit of subtle beveling. To illustrate, here are two can wraps that I am working on. One is just pure cuts and the second have some of the cuts beveled. Here is closer detail to show how I faded out the beveling: Lastly I added a few more cuts just to fill things out a bit. I have an entry on my blog too: LeatherByJohan