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Found this absolutely fascinating! Approximately 39,600 years ago during the Pleistocene epoch, scientists have come across a fascinating bone fragment that may shed light on the ancient art of tailoring. Discovered near Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain, this artifact is adorned with 28 puncture marks, some of which are not immediately visible. In a recent study published in the journal Science Advances, researchers have put forth a hypothesis suggesting that this prehistoric bone fragment was utilized by ancient artisans for the purpose of crafting clothes. According to their theory, the bone would have served as a tool for creating holes in leather. By placing the leather over the bone and using a chisel, these skilled craftsmen could produce openings through which they could sew, resulting in exquisitely fitted garments. Remarkably, if proven true, this bone fragment would predate the earliest-known bone eye needles in Europe by 15,000 years, making it the earliest-known example of a punch board. This remarkable discovery provides a glimpse into the resourcefulness and ingenuity of our ancient ancestors in their quest for clothing innovation. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=273275065694898&set=a.116640208025052

Hi, I'm interested in the Billfolds Inside and Out book, but the listing is expired. Can you tell me more about it please? Pictures would be nice!

Looking really good! Now you'll have to get the daughter to send you a pic once she's added the blood an gore!

LOL!! I have a feeling that's going to happen to my chair sometime soon! I needed a chair without arms, because of where my desk is located I have to be able to push the chair under it when I'm not using it. The only chair with that design was rated for someone who weighs less than I do. So far it's holding up okay, but one of these days...

LOL, Handstitched! I have fruit and yogurt for my brekkie. Most North American breakfast cereals are just a load of carbs and sugars - not what I want to start my day with! I will sometimes have Cheerios, which are unsweetened, or cook up some Quaker's oats (oatmeal). And once in awhile, I cook up a pan of bacon and eggs, and have that with toast.

Fred, I was definitely referring to the 4 p.m. tea with sandwiches and scones and often other sweet goodies. And I thought dinner in the U.K. was traditionally 8 p.m.-ish, which is why you need tea to tide you over.

Handstitched, although Canadian, I've had traditional English tea, complete with the fancy finger sandwiches, and the multi-tiered serving stand. And more than once. There used to be an old-fashioned English restaurant in a village not far from where I lived that served it, and I've also had it in several other locales. At no time EVER has tea included a burger, let alone onions!! You Aussies are NUTS!!

Handstitched, I have a plug-in battery charger that will start my vehicle in a pinch. I actually needed it the other day, when I left an interior light on inside! I use it more often to start the lawn mower in the spring. And just about every Canadian has a set of jumper cables, and knows how to use them! I gave my niece a set as a Christmas gift, the year she moved to Manitoba to study at a college there! Chuck, good luck with the hunt, and may there be no accidental shootings!

Yeah, I guessed you might be high up! I don't need to worry too much about my battery - my vehicle is in a heated garage, plus I had to replace the battery a couple of years ago. The new ones seem to last a really long time - my Rav4 is a 2010, and that was the original battery! Over the last 3 days, I made one of the most important preparations for winter. I replaced my elderly oil furnace with a modern natural gas furnace. The price of oil has gone through the roof in the last few years. Last winter, I paid over $800 for just half a tank of fuel, which is the minimum my provider will allow me to purchase. The new furnace is much much quieter, and more efficient. I hope heating with natural gas will give me a break on winter fuel costs. I'm also planning to get someone to line the fireplace chimney, so I can use it without being afraid of setting my roof on fire, and the chimney that used to be for the oil furnace should be blocked off to keep out critters and rainwater. My craft room shares the room with the furnace. The blower on the old one was so noisy, I'd jump when it switched on! Nice to have a much quieter fan.

Wow, snow, and you are quite a way south of me! It was just over a week a go that I had to turn the AC on - last night we nearly hit the freezing mark, and last weekend, Wasaga Beach, which is just to the north of me about 20 km. got some of the white stuff. It will pretty soon be time to get the snow tires on the SUV!

Okay, thanks! I was really trying to puzzle out just how the bag was put together. So, from the looks of it, the body of the bag is made out of just one piece of leather, correct? The only seams are the vertical ones on the sides, then the horizontal ones on the bottom edges. I originally thought there was a seam on the bottom where the left and right sides of the bag were joined together, and that's why I wanted a photo of the bottom! Now I see that's not the case. Very simple construction!

As for forgetfulness - hands up if you've ever bought a duplicate leather working tool because you forgot you already had that particular tool! Just found out I had 2 plastic gizmos for drawing circles and corners...one is still in the package, so I'm wondering if Tandy might take it back!

Cool! Love the colours! Again, I'm curious as to how the bottom is done. Can you please show a picture of JUST the bottom? What did you line it with?

It took quite a bit of searching, and I kept coming up with fake silicone hands, but I finally got it! Here's the link, if anyone wants to give it a try! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1389838800/leather-hand-pdf-pattern

How to get blood on leather? Um, I think we ALL know exactly how to do that... There's a reason I keep a box of band-aids handy by my work bench! You'll show us pictures when it's all done, right?? RIGHT?? Sounds like a really cool project!

Yes indeedy!!

Yes, we've forgotten how this old sort of tech worked! Both my mom and my dad told us what it was like to live in the era before all houses had electricity. The farm my dad grew up on didn't get it until the late 1940's. My mom's family were without it until they moved to Weston in the 1920's; a small town that has now been absorbed by Toronto. I have one thing from that era - a pewter candle holder that belonged to her family. And at a recent family reunion, one of my cousins held a lucky draw for two glass kerosene lanterns that had been passed down from our grandparents. I declined to enter, as I'm getting up there and have no children to leave the lanterns to, and I don't want their history to be lost.

That's a 'Court Jester' reference, isn't it?

The funeral parlor that looked after the arrangements for both my mom and dad gives the families candle holders to remember their loved ones by, as so many people/faiths/whatever you want to call your belief system/ have the habit of lighting and burning candles to remember their loved ones by. You might have a business opportunity here (thought the ones this funeral parlor gives out are sculpted metal.)

There could be some veg tan mixed in with the chrome tan. I suspect the deer tan may be veg tanned. Or else they've just named it that due to the color...There's an simple way to tell: dampen the surface and try tooling/stamping it. If it will take a tool mark, it's veg tan! I had to do this once with a piece of mystery leather someone gifted me. Yup - wouldn't stamp, so chrome tanned. If leather is mouldy, you can tell by the smell usually. Edit: there's obviously some non-leather mixed in with that. Some of the pieces look to have a woven fabric backing. Could be either so-called bonded leather, or an imitation leather like Naugahyde.

Just a correction, Sup - it wasn't my table the Shabbat candles burned - I am not Jewish. It was a lady I was working for who was suffering from M.S. Yup, never leave candles burning unattended! My parent taught me that, and they both spent their early years in homes that used candles and coal oil lanterns. Okay, have one candle holder I'd trust for that. It's a chunk of limestone, about 8" by 6" by 3" deep, with a natural depression in it that's just the right size to hold a tea light. My husband found it somewhere. I left a tea light burning in it overnight, the evening he suffered a stroke, and was taken to hospital... :'(

So, how many deer do you get on average? :D

LOL, Chuck and Fred!

One for deer hunting season:

Chuck, I'm not much worried about starting a fire, though to be on the safe side, yeah some testing might be a good idea. I once saw the results of what happened when a Jewish family left their Shabbat candles burning in a bowl they THOUGHT was fireproof, then went out somewhere. The result was, even though it didn't catch fire, the whole house was severely smoke damaged, and the dining room table ruined. Cost thousands of dollars to clean the house from top to bottom. Sooo, never ASS-U-ME as the saying goes... In my case, I was just REALLY pissed off that the finish on my desk was damaged! They also often call tea lights 'warmer candles' and they ain't kidding!