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a. Old fashioned wax based shoe polish in the flat tin. Not the liquid type in a bottle with a sponge applicator. b. put on a rubber glove c. small bit of cloth wrapped around a rubber-gloved forefinger d. get some shoe polish on the cloth, a fair bit, don't skimp. e. apply direct to the letter lines f. Immediately buff off any shoe polish from the raised part of the letter g. set aside and allow to dry, maybe an hour or so. Not letters, but a stamping in a small valet tray done as above

tbh, I think letters don't need beveled around. A bit of black shoe polish rubbed into the letter lines helps to make them stand out from a brown surface

I believe this is an annual event and afaik Le Prevo attends it

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This knife can be bought real cheaply, £10/£12 https://www.windowparts.co.uk/don-carlos-moon-knife.html

A veiner is a tool which is a curved line with wiggles on it, see here; https://www.tandyleather.eu/en/product/v407-craftool-veiner-stamp They are used in the stems of flowers to add details. Practice on your edges of the flowers. Move the beveler stamp over a wee bit as you hit it, a 'walking' type motion. If you have to use thicker leather, skive down the edges where you are going to sew. Recently I made some book covers using 2.5mm thick leather. I skived about 1cm of the edge down to 1mm thickness. I used one of these; https://www.tandyleather.eu/en/product/craftool-pro-wide-edge-skiver If you are on a tight budget; I got one of the skivers for £3.34 direct from China, I'm waiting on a second one which has cost me £3.02. You can buy starter sets of stamps which have all the basic tools for under £10 As the others have said, cloth is good for lining too. Old silky type material from shirts bought at a charity (thrift) shop are a useful source Otherwise, fine work there PS. It would help us to help you if you put your location in your profile

Milliput would indeed be the job. Available in standard green, black, white and terracotta. Museums use white and terracotta for replacing sections of pottery which are missing, they use the contrasting colour to show up the replacement or repair. Milliput colours are inter-mixable as well

I have three of these for my stamping tools. Yes. I like them. I have the tools in rows, alpha-numerically sorted

The oils may be preventing the contact glue from working. Can you remove the oils or use non-oiled leather? PS. I use UHU a lot too. I get it in a Poundland shop. If you go to get it beware they sell two sizes of tube for £1. One tube is 60ml and is in a plain box, the other size is 30ml in a fancier box. Home Bargains also sells the UHU / 60ml for 99p or £1, depending on the local shop

a, has your leather any oils on it? b.are you gluing the flesh side or the grain side? the grain side needs roughing up before sticking or it won't stick very well. c. I used to use Evo until it became impossible to buy in N.I. for a while, then I switched to the B&Q and Screwfix glues

B&Q's own contact glue. Its available in 'liquid' or 'gel' https://www.diy.com/departments/diall-neoprene-contact-adhesive-250ml/3663602709305_BQ.prd Screwfix does their own contact adhesive as well; https://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-contact-adhesive-beige-1ltr/34758

I'm thinking - as an acid is used, an alkali would be used to neutralise it. In the 18th C it would have been lye, made from roasted oyster shells or limestone. A little lye destroys, a lot will preserve. Near where I used to live there had been a murder in the 1920s or so. A farm worker murdered and robbed a neighbouring farmer. The worker buried the farmer under his stock of lye meant for use on the fields. Round this way Lye was also used sprinkled on dead bodies to speed their decomposition. But in this case the amount of lye mummified the dead farmer's body and preserved it, for the police to find it.

Please stop with the personal attacks. Now you have started your own rant thread please leave this one alone so others can discuss the OP's bag in a tactful and helpful way

Abbey sells them new for under £25 https://www.abbeyengland.com/solingen-french-knife-4529-7754.html I have an old one which I use sometimes I got mine in one of those knick-nack shops which used to be everywhere in the UK - the ones that sold second-hand household items, old tools, the odd bit of furniture. I got it for £1. The seller thought it was a glazier's knife and I've seen it sold as such too.

I get my brass stamps made by a chap (or chapess) in China. He's on holiday right now. I draw up the artwork and send the image to him as a jpeg and he cuts it in brass. Being brass it can be used plain or heated in a soldering iron or whatever. This is my present maker; https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Custom-Made-Design-Logo-Leather-Stamp-Carving-Tools-Branding-Iron-Mold-Plate/142322898759?var=441360988493 I've also used this maker; https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Custom-Made-Design-Your-Logo-Leather-Seal-Wood-Stamp-Branding-Iron-Carving-Mold/382286790022?var=651096957971

I agree that magnetic closures will not be sufficient, even some tuck-tite types aren't strong enough I would attach the ends of a handle to the top of gusset, towards the rear so it doesn't obstruct the opening too much.

I contribute but nowt changed for me

you design one and get it made

the client has cos you have put the price on each item

nice suggestion: glue some magnets on the jaws, at the lower level of the outside leather. most useful for attaching a needle to whilst sewing. I have several magnets on mine

I'll chip in. When I had to get a stamp made for a club it cost me £26. This, with anything I have to get especially to do a job I price into the cost of the main job, by pro-rata. In this case the club wanted 10 items - my choice of what to make. So I made them coffee cup cuffs. Pro-rata the stamp was £2.60 to be added to each cuff, but I didn't add that as I knew there would be a repeat order. I added £1.50 = £15 covered.(cos I like the club) Year two, the club wanted 16 items made, so I made them luggage tags and key fob purses. I added £0.70 to each item. = £11.20 + the previous £15 = £26.20 = stamp paid for Year three the club wanted 14 items. I made them small valet trays. No need to add any extra. Year four - this year, I reckon they'll be wanting about 12 items. If you charge $100 for the stamp right off the client may be ok with it, but if you hide its cost in the price per item its easier for them to swallow. eg $100/50 items = $2 per item. Can you add that to the price of the item? I like to have the stamp made and keep control of it. Means that client has to come back to me (muhaaa!), they can't take the stamp away and get stuff made by a competitor.

Hoods were made of leather as well as other materials. Although leather hoods were mostly worn by soldiers Look for 'Simplicity' patterns. They did a whole range of clothing patterns, mostly in association with the SCA, who sort-of supplied the general information for accuracy. Patterns range from Viking to Medieval, leggings/trews, surcotes, bodices, hoods & hats, you name it they had it in their range of pattern packs. The packs can be hard to find and can be expensive now A couple of examples; https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Simplicity-Sewing-Pattern-1552-Medieval-Tunic-Cloak-And-Accessories/401924648368?hash=item5d94936db0:g:cvYAAOSwpDZcrGdQ https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Simplicity-Sewing-Pattern-9753-Mens-Medieval-Costume-Size-XS-M-Uncut/173927637220?epid=1643030098&hash=item287ee520e4:g:EXMAAOSwantbinUj I don't know what style you are needing but I have a couple of basic patterns for hoods I could share with you

I'd go for the Osborne. afaik you can't really trust that the steel in the Stohlman is top grade these days.

Le Prevo in Newcastle used to do 'bag lining'. A very stiff fabric type stuff. I have some somewhere but I've never used it With upholstery leather I double up the layers, sandwiching cereal box type cardboard in between. If a soft gusset is needed than that it left as a single layer

Punter = an Ulsterism or Scots for a paying customer