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Apply the very diluted dye by airbrush and build up the coverage and density of the color with multiple passes of the airbrush

I have some Ripstop in various colours but I intend to use it on water-proofing the insides of bags. I don't have a laser thingy to cut it though

I wouldn't try to make the edging integral with the brim but sew on a contrasting piece of thin veg tan leather. It will also protect the edge, suede can be very fragile as an edge

Thats very nice A nice design all in

In the last week I've seen some people that size, at least!

Most very excellent

I've bought from them with no problems. Leather was as described. Delivery was fairly rapid, considering it had to go through UK and then N.I. customs https://buyleatheronline.com/en/home/

Its not 'overkill' for the UK market Plenty of motorcyclists would buy it. I would buy it

Try buyleatheronline, They're in Italy

May I share with you; recently I bought a fold-up table for use at craft fairs et cetera. It was sent on 3-day delivery. Day 3 I got text and emails advising it was due for delivery and the time slot. No delivery. I checked the tracking and at time of delivery it was logged back in to courier depot. I had to wait for the next day to phone their customer services. The phone call was short. 'I'll see why your parcel wasn't delivered'. Within a minute; 'The delivery van broke down yesterday. All the parcels on it had to be taken in. They've now been logged in and out again and yours will be delivered tomorrow. Sorry about that' No BS, no funny excuses. And parcel was delivered the next morning

Thats the way to go

oh, dear, you ppl do have some bad couriers

I dunno what do with that darned wabbit I have a number of skins I've picked up over the years. I sometimes put some out on my table at craft fairs and put small leather items on them. Seems a nice way to display the items

I was thinking no-one was interested in this anymore I look forward to your report, whenever you can make it

I would use a #0 or bastard cut file Thats quicker than 'sand' paper

6.2 mm to 5.55 mm is an easy reduction; less than 1 mm You can file the shank down by that much easily

I heard this one many years ago During WW2 an American Air Force unit was based in the English countryside. The Air Force personnel used to use the local pub One day an experienced Air Force man was with a new arrival. As they came to the pub one says 'These English yokels are so dumb. Wait till you see this' They approached two locals who were having a drink at a table The Airman put down a nickel and a dime and said 'Tell me which you think is worth more' One local looked at the two coins, scratched his head, then said 'Arr, now Oi thinks the bigger shinier coin be worth more' The Airmen laughed at this and walked on into the pub leaving the nickel and dime on the table The second local says to the first 'ere Henry, you know rightly that the dime is worth twice the nickel' 'Aye, I do that, but if I said so they'd stop playing this game' then he showed his friend a bucket under table 'so far I've made $30 this month playing this game with the US airmen'

Its a matter of semantics

Me too I just gently and easily skive away until it looks even

I seal the painted area and little bit around it

It certainly is strong. This scabbard was in regular use until it was returned to me a few years ago for the painting to be refreshed. No glue was used in its construction The secret is to make the thread coming from the back go through a long tunnel to get out the edge

A few stitches would help

Then, can you use two rivets in each place?

They should hold. But what I've larnt is not to have the ends of the loop on the outside but cut a slot top & bottom and fit the loop through from the inside to the outside, then rivet. Any strain on the loop riveted on the outside puts all the strain on the rivet and it may pull out. Had it happen to me a lot until I changed the way I attach the loops Al Stohlman covers this in one of his books

One style of sewing that I've not spotted anyone doing is the grain or flesh to edge In 2006 I was watching an episode of 'Time Team'. In a dig in Ely they uncovered an unusual knife sheath. Certain aspects of it confused the archaeologists, but we will skip over that. I decided to make a recreation of the knife scabbard. It would be smaller and decorated differently. This is what I made One of the things that confused the archaeologists was how it was put together with no sewing showing on the front. And I didn't want sewing on the front to ruin the stamped pattern. I knew the answer - grain to edge sewing A curved awl is used to pierce a hole from a place on the back to come out in the edge of the top piece. The sewing line and spacing is marked on the rear, which may be the grain or flesh side. Then at each sewing stop the curved awl is used to pierce a hole, with great care, then its saddle-stitched with two short curved needles I've tried to mark the stitching to show it This is the stitching on the rear; and along the edge, you can make out the back piece stitching in the lower part of the photo You don't need overly thick leather to do this. This scabbard is only 8mm thick (just over 1/4") I've only done this type of stitching a couple of times