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With a nod to 'Ripley's Believe It or Not!' I thought a thread like this would be fun I'll start with; The B-52 has been in service longer than the period of time between its own first flight and that of the Wright Flyer. From earliest times up to the end of the Medieval period men carried their personal items in a shoulder bag called a Scrip and women carried their items in pockets under their dresses. At some time it all got reversed Belt loops on trousers were not invented until about 1896 So if you see a cowboy film set before this and they are wearing belts through trouser loops they've got it wrong Anyone who has seen the 'Back to the Future' trilogy has seen the scene where modern-era Marty has a gun-fight showdown with Western-era Biff. In that scene Marty wears an iron stove door under his jacket to stop being killed. Its a nod to a Clint Eastman film where the 'man with no name' does the same thing but the script writers of the Clint film were drawing on real life In 1893 to 1896 'Decon' Jim Miller, from Arkansas but living in Texas, some-time lawman, but mostly a cattle rustler and gunman wore a steel plate on his chest under his overcoat, which in a couple of gun-fights with his enemies confounded them on how he could survive a hail of bullets to his chest.

What make of needle are you using? and what way do you attach the thread? My needles don't widen at the eye. And I fix the the thread on by piecing the thread and pulling it down so that its locked in line with the needle

Use one of these; a saddlers palm, aka a sailmakers palm Available for left or right hand. Handy to have for the occasional use. Generally not expensive but some can be I find on thick leather the needle is reluctant to go through so I use a small pair of pliers to help pull it through

I presume you're going to punch or awl the sewing holes, so any of your regular needles that you use with whatever thickness of thread. For saddle stitching 1mm thread I use a 1 or 1.2mm needle, for 0.6mm thread I use a 0.8mm needle

Welcome to the forum Bunch of nice gals and guys here. All willing to share with you Very nice set-up you have there. It'll soon be mussed up!

I see they still do the packs https://tandyleather.eu/en-gb/products/concho-snap-adapter-10-pack

Tandy used to sell packs of 10 adapters to change conchos to snaps. No work need other than the usual screwdriver

I can say that the gent wearing the sandals is a fairly recent immigrant People of colour are a rarity in this country and all are recent, less than 10 years, immigrants

Any bone glue I know needs constant heat to keep it liquid

You can make cups out of hot-melt PVA glue, as used in glue-guns. They can't be used for hot liquids such as coffee or tea but hold up well with soft drinks Now, ya'll will hardly believe this, but I spotted a man wearing the sandals made in the first posting. I was at a small shopping mall, putting my purchases in my car and a coloured gent was doing the same right next to me. As I was moving my trolley/kart out of the way I was watching out I didn't run over his toes so I was looking down. Lo and behold he was wearing those sandals, with one change, he had cut off the ankle strap. I continued to 'fuss' about so I could see more and I'm 100% sure he was wearing the same sandals

Excellent video. I've watched many of these and am always impressed by the workers' skills Who needs a stitching clamp? Just use your feet. No lasts until near the end. One knife does all cutting and trimming As for the sewing without a guide; the more often you do something the better you get at. I had a bro-in-law who was a time served painter (houses, not scenes) and he could paint a 5 cm (2 inch) wide line down the centre of a wall 40 ft long and hardly varied the line by more than 2mm, and both ends were the same, height and width and at the same height on the wall, all done without masking or measuring I want to know what glue these workers use

I swopped out my Caddy's shocks for those of a Japanese van. They were a parts match by GM. The Caddy originally wallowed around like a drunk elephant, The harder shocks meant I could take a sharp bend at 60 mph instead of 25 mph We like stiff suspension on our cars here, especially for competition driving

On second thoughts. they would not do the OP. The screw bar would be on the wrong side as it were

Recently I came across this wee light meant/sold as a light for cyclists. As do many LED lights this one can be cycled thru different colors and flashing or steady light in those colors. I bought one for use on my head magnifier. The light has a built in rechargeable battery using a separate USB cable Then I had an idea. I find it hard to check the alignment of stamps and punches on my Tandy Pro-Press. I've plenty of light from the front but light from the rear is awkward. So I bought two more lights, superglued (CA) magnets on them and, voila, light from rear and top

I wonder if valve spring compressor proper would do the job. They usually can be bought in automotive supply stores or at garage sale for few bucks @Northmount ; thank you

It looks like a Singer 99 class, domestic s/m. It would mange to sew through 1.5mm max chrome tan leather We would be sure if we knew the serial number

That one on Weaver started out life as valve sleeve installers.* I once had them for installing valves on my cars PS. the first one opens a page but no picture shows on it *edit; just remembered the name; valve spring compressor

Warning; diversion; my Caddy suffered a fire when a 'mechanic' didn't torque tighten the bolts on the gear box sump. The sump opened a bit and sprayed hot oil onto the catalytic converter which then ignited, and then the flames burnt out the main wiring. We got the fire out before it spread further. But it took me 6 years to fully rebuild the car as Caddy parts were hard to get here

A lead made of lead is heavy She wound a bandage over his wound

Very kind of you to offer but we have lots and lots in our versions of Wally World, called ASDA and Tesco

We have here 'adult' coloring books. 'Adult' as in grown-up, not as in the naughty sense. They are meant to help with mental health and well being. They have some cool deigns in them which I've thought would do well on leather. And there are some coloring books meant for children which have great designs. An example; I have a childrens coloring book with the pages of the Book of Kells as color-in artwork edit; I went looking for my 'Book of Kells' coloring book and remembered I'd given it away

If clorox is bleach; the one and only time I had mould on a piece of leather, a cased piece which I'd stored between working on, the bleach only removed the oils from the leather. It may have killed the mould spores but left the leather with the mould stains

I found the best way was to refresh the casing water every few hours. Make sure the casing water is pure. Filtered or de-ionised water. Its the impurities in water, not noticeable to us, that encourage the growth of mould

No problem with symmetry when using these; If you punch one side of the sheath first with them, then glue up and use them again the sewing holes will match in direction. This will go thru about 4mm of leather, and even if they don't they leave a hole deep enuff on both sides for an awl to finish off