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1. Blue guns, or any other colour, are banned in N.I. I've tried to buy them and import them but I can't 2. Airsoft guns can be bought fairly cheaply in N.I.

It seems to me that you are cutting the straps straight and forcing them to conform whereas they should be cut to shape and wet formed to final shape

That brings back some memories. Two pair of thick socks. Then several day and nights waiting for them the dry . . .

Yes, here it is in an illustration, being used by the worker;

I bought this last week, arrived this morning. A repro medieval lunette and awl. Its in an 'unfinished' condition. Its surface is very rough It needs a lot of cleaning up and polishing

You can change over the wheel and for convenience leave off the bobbin winder assembly in its entirety

yes and yes. The bobbin winder wheel has no place to run on Use another machine to fill the bobbins

I changed mine. I found that I have to change the bobbin winder set up as well. I've not bothered to do that yet

Missed that, Reported now

You do realize this thread, the question, is over 5 year old?

On this global warming; I read an article by some archaeologists about a glacier that had melted back by some X.km. It had retreated so far that it had uncovered almost a whole Norse village, and that in few years the whole village would be uncovered. It seems to me that at one time the weather was such that the village was accessible and that 800 years of global cooling had allowed the glacier to form, chasing the inhabitants away from their homes I read several reports like this; decrying the erosion of glaciers but at the same time saying what they had uncovered A few years ago we had a summer of very heavy and prolonged rain. The experts said that is how it will be from now on, due to climate change Then the next year we had a very hot and dry summer. The experts said, that is how it will be . . . . . Make up your mind!

yeah, a great help we wuz !

A lot of firms say that but it means nothing, You have consumer rights. I doubt that they vary much. You have the right to expect goods of merchantable quality. As for getting your money back; how did you pay? I prefer credit card. Then I can cancel the payment, even months later. The credit card company is your insurance

Why not send it back as unacceptable ? Do that a few times and they'll get the message

Although there is no 'standard' belt width for the ladies, I'd go for 1 1/4, or even 1 1/8

The gunpowder store on HMS Victory is exactly the same When I was in RAF, whenever we were to go into the servicing hangars we had to remove all metal from our pockets and put on rubber soled gym shoes because of the aviation fuel vapours. The stoopid bit was, come tea-break time we all sat on the grass right outside the hangar having our tea and a ciggie. You could smell the aviation fuel heavy in the air

Hand sewing; sometimes I cut and burn but mostly I cut the thread tight to the item. I usually give my items a coat of soft wax mix which I polish in. The sewn threads get this too. Also, with some heavy thread I try to bring the end of the thread up between the layers, cut neat, tuck the end down and glue the edge, locking the thread in

Leather buckets have been used for centuries. Some are/were made to be collapsible for easy storage. Very necessary on the old sailing ships such as HMS Victory. For use in fire-fighting they have certain advantages over metal buckets; they take knocks and being thrown about better, they leak through the sides and this seepage protects the leather from the heat. Leather doesn't get hot nor does it burn. A metal bucket can very soon get too hot to handle

Leather fire-buckets were still in use here up to recently

a. my 3D resin printer can print to about 7 inches by 4 inches. I just don't have the ability yet to draw up the artwork as a printer file yet b. The largest brass stamp I have had made is 5cm x 5cm. That is the largest size I wanted but the china-boys can and will cut brass stamps up to about 12cm square, or any combination size you want your artwork to be

I've taken a notion to see if I can make a Phrygian cap in leather Its also recognized as the hat the Smurfs wear Any ideas if there might be a pattern out there in the wilderness, or am I gonna have to draw up my own pattern? It looks like this: or this; I'm wondering if a medieval cap with a liripipe pattern could be adapted. I used to have a pattern one of those

I thought I'd mention; the crystal topped rivets I have sit out from the leather a wee bit so I use these cup washers under them. The washers makes the crystal appear to be bigger. The cup washer just takes up the empty space under the rivet head, it also makes it more secure and less likely to catch on anything

that is chronic

All the crystals I have have short stems, good for just about 1.5mm, 2mm max leather. I would put the rivets on strip or strap of the thickest leather that can take them then glue & sew the strip to the main collar leather. Just working the other way round; thin backed by thick rather that thick backed by thin

I was using the word 'liner' in a general sense, that its not the main construction A simple fix; get a thin piece of leather, if this is on the outside; leather of contrasting colour, like red, stamp it either with an impression or with ink, a design of your liking or initials, or for the inside leave plain. Glue that piece of leather over the bad part; well beyond its ripped edges and over the belt edges, then sew it to the main belt. Making a feature rather than trying to make a hidden repair