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I would try to oil before dyeing....just a suggestion.

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Welcome to the forum.

Welcome to the forum TurboTexas! Thanks for the photos and congrats on your movie work.

It rocks bro~! Great job

Welcome to the Forum! check this site out....might be helpful for you and other Alabamians~ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alabama-Leather-Guild/267582856612059

No pictures posted brother.

Awesome find. I bought one like show on the right, but I didn't pay $7.50! It also didn't cost me a mint. The same previous owner has another one like the one showed on the top of your photo. I hope to have some $$ saved soon to pick that one up for my collection. Thanks for sharing!

It will be an inexpensive and low on quality. Depending on what your needs are, you might jump ship and see what you can find on eBay. Some of the auctions are overseas anyways. Good luck

Tinneal......thanks for contributing. You will get plenty back in resources. Happy Thanksgiving!

In the sewing side, there is one sold that has a metal head and plastic body. The suggested use is for 'pattern transfers.' I just one on sale on ebay. if I see it again before the ad runs out, I will try and remember to post it on here for you. Good luck

That is really cool. I think I am going to make one or have one made this new coming year. I like this one you made.

The first tool is a roller, the second and fourth is a prickler or spacer for creating a even number of holes distance equally. The snippers or pair of small scissors are used for close up cutting. You can find a pair of metal scissors like this at your local sewing shop. all of these items come up regularly on eBay. Good luck and welcome to the forum!

I sold these for $45 plus $4.95 for shipping within the US. Our foreign brothers and sisters had to pay their way. I will have a few more assembled in the next week, but I will stop at the limit. I am working on another tool design and patterns. Thanks for the comments.

It has been a while since I posted on here thought I am usually viewing and replying to thread posts. I did want to show off a special tool that designed and sold to some of my Facebook friends. I mainly designed this tool for when I travel to do leathercraft. Since I wanted to keep my tool toting to a minimum, I started thinking of tools that had multi purposes. This tool was designed to be used as a scratch awl, gouge awl (hole enlargement), partial slicker, embossing point and most importantly a burnisher. The lower part of the tool is slick and contour steel to a sharp point. The upper part is a custom lathe Cocobolo handle. Together they make an awesome tool for any leathercrafter. Since I do this as a hobby, and not a business, I committed to only making 24 of these little titans. I am committing to promoting this craft so I have given several of these away to include one at this year's IFLOG show in New Mexico. The second picture shows a comparison to a larger awl prototype that I had made that stays on my workbench. Side note: I do want to personally thank 'Spinner' for his innovative and constructive assistance on this and other designs that he has helped me out on. What do you all think of the tool and purpose?

It will depend on the kinda of work I was going to be doing. If I am working on small detail carving, I will usually bust out my 3/8" barrel Leather Wrangler or Chuck Smith. If I was working on a large pattern or large design, I have a swivel knife barrel up to 5/8" at my disposal. Obviously, the blade size would be according to the size of the barrel. I would kinda take measurements for you, but all of my stuff is still packed from my recent move. I would say that the Pro is either 1/2" or 5/8". The Tandy basic swivel knife is maybe 7/16", but do not quote my math. Good luck.

Those came out awesome!

Ditto....very nice work!!

Interesting ad http://www.ebay.com/itm/Saddle-made-Al-Stohlman-Original-Collectors-Piece-/140636502114?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20be96b862#ht_5482wt_954

Welcome to the forum. Nice work you are showing there!

Welcome to the forum!

Very cool stuff you have there!

You can post under the show and tell using a thread like this one you started OR you can go into your profile and post your pictures on your gallery.