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  1. dikman

    New holster.

    dikman replied to doubleh's topic in Show Off!!

    Very nice, you did a great job on the tooling.
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    Interesting solution. I can guarantee that would get you arrested here.
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    In other words it was just all gunked up. At least it turned out to be an easy fix.
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    A new knife

    dikman replied to zuludog's topic in Leather Tools

    You couldn't resist making one, could you? Looks good, interesting bolster design.
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    They look like they belong in a fancy collector's case! Must be rare finding a complete set.
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    Simple, olde-school style, can't go wrong with that. Knife looks nice too, just needs a bit of patina on the blade (too shiny ).
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    Well, that's..........different.
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    That is impressive! It must have been fractured when fitted, I don't see how you could do that otherwise. A bit of JBWELD? Just kidding.
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    My thoughts too. The fact that at some point the lights come on indicates things haven't blown up inside.
  10. dikman
    Looks very good for a first attempt. Of course, you do realise you're supposed to give details on colour and finish too?
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    I haven't used it much but don't seem to recall any issues.
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    You'll also need a looooong arm machine, there's no way that could be wrestled under my Pfaff 335 binder, for example.
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    Just to add to the thread, I have an old G.Barnes plough gauge and hadn't given much thought to how it was sharpened. Much to my surprise it has a bevel on both sides of the blade. I hadn't really noticed it before.
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    Pretty poor response, he's admitting his products are in the "close enough is good enough" class! As for the OP, it left me scratching my head, wondering what was the point? That you can use tools from other trades for leatherwork? Nothing new there.
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    If the blade is similar in size to the one in the link it should be possible to re-grind the blade. A belt grinder would be best but an angle grinder should work, just take it slow and keep cooling the blade. Finish off with oilstones/waterstones.
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    A very interesting knife, particularly the bolster. He certainly did nice work.
  17. dikman
    That explanation for the double bevel sounds odd to me - and why only on one side?
  18. dikman
    Not strange at all. That's how I got into sewing (and industrial machines) I couldn't buy the holsters I wanted so made my own.
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    Yep, the common terminology is cap and ball. That is very, very nice work indeed! The carving is what I was trying to achieve on my first attempt at carving a holster (and didn't quite get there).
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    Looks good, and not overbuilt. On one table I had I screwed a piece of angle iron across the underside of the table as I felt the top wasn't stiff enough. Looks like a target frame on the right of the table?
  21. dikman
    Nicely executed holsters. And a pair of Schofields too, lucky you.
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    Thanks, it might be simple but it's very effective.
  23. dikman
    Yep, definitely a redneck!
  24. dikman
    Exactly my thoughts too, kgg. Realistically, I don't see any benefit, in what we do, in having a direct-drive sewing machine.
  25. dikman
    Nothing to add about a machine, I just wanted to say that your knives look very nice, a practical size and shape for a using knife. Your sheaths are also well designed, but how did you get that mottled finish? You can't just post them on the forum without explaining how it's done, it's just not allowed.
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