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Here are a few to watch;

Bruce bought them new when they were first published

More from me Forget your poundo board or pieces of scrap leather; make yourself a big wax block. When stitching chisels go though the leather and into the wax they automatically get 'lubed'. After a session some heat will melt the wax and give a good surface for the next time And to help pull those chisels out of the leather and to mark the stitching line I'd be lost without my Tandy pens - I have many of them I have several lead weights, for use when gluing up large areas, holding large pieces of leather on the cutting table whilst measuring up and cutting. . . . I really must do something with them. I have a couple of 1 kg barbell weights as well and my TandyPro Press. I'd be scunnered without it. Used for die cutting, 3D stamping et cetera. I keep the supplied base plate off and use some pieces of delrin or nylon . . . .

I don't think so, but I don't know. I seem to remember I was watching and wasting time, a load of those 'hacks' and this came up in my side-bar listing. Also, Istr, it was a Eastern European, with subtitles that weren't very good. Oh, and I think it wasn't called anything to do with lace, some terrible translation

I've seen this made with two razor blades. A thick block of wood for a base. Mounted to it at an angle, on each side, and slightly spaced apart blocks of wood to which the razor blades are screwed. On the base block of wood in front of the blade was a another long block of wood with a 1mm x 3mm groove in it to keep the the lace down. This was so the block could be changed if another size of lace was used. In operation the base was clamped to a work-table and the lace was pulled though. The razor blades cut off a bevel on both edges. I think I saw this on youtube for I seem the remember the worker turning the lace over and cutting bevels again so he ended up with <>

To answer the OP; try a shampoo meant for shaggy dogs. Apply lightly with warm water and a sponge. Comb out using a curry comb, sponge and paper towel dry and finally hang out where a good breeze will finish the drying

Simple answer; yes

Yup, looks nice

I find searching off-site easier and quicker. I use google; put what you are looking for followed by leatherworker.net and it brings up a number of listings I just did a search that way and among it brought up this

Who would have thunk it? That you could do this; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cl7lnzj9ze1o

Wonderful Job

Leave them out on the grass and let the ants have a feast

Might. But I'll stick with the vaseline on these. They had about a week for the vase to 'soak' in. Next time I'll put them straight out

Buy a pattern off etsy or a Tandy pattern. Its all worked out for you

There was misty rain this morning and I checked the vaselined pieces Most strange; the control piece showed 100% water absorption, as expected, but the test pieces are in a range from 5% to 100% = 5. 10, 25 75, 100% I'll dry them and try them again

Leave the wood handles on , the lemon juice wont harm the wood and might loosen any dirt on them

Try letting them soak in lemon juice for a few hours

There was a small amount of rain during last week but I was otherwise busy and never got the Vaselined pieces out. I got them out today but there is no rain forecast

Its possibly a black lacquer and normal paint stripper wont work on it. You could try a soaking in lacquer (cellulose) thinners, otherwise its a case of sanding it off with a very rough grade of grit. When replacing it I would use Hammerite Paint. As Hammerite is fairly thick you could just paint it over the old paint and the patches wont show. Hammerite comes in many colours so you can also choose one you like

yes

I found Fiebings Oxblood came up pink

It seems we favour pliers I use these very long ones for where I can't get my fingers. i.e. inside dice cups, these pliers are used to pull the needle through. I have two other pairs but they just not as long but very nearly Its not often I can't pull a needle through but when I can't I use these pliers. They are also used when I'm putting flat lace on the lacing needle, they are used to press the lace down onto the prongs without damaging the prongs A piece of cork used when I'm making a hole with an awl. Its used to back up and support the leather so the awl goes into it, not my fingers (!) Small pieces of cork with mapping pins. I use these to hold parts together whilst I sew them up I wouldn't be without my anvil. Used as its supposed to be for hammering and shaping things, eg setting ready-rivets but its also a good weight to put on pieces glued up

I think; The general public doesn't know all this. The newspapers reported, correctly or not, of peoples card details being stolen, the public read this and believed it. The fitting of RFID blocking material is like a comfort blanket to the public There was a similar 'scare' when we used the paper and roller system. Where the card was put in a hand operated machine, a paper receipt put on top. A roller was run over them and the card details were impressed into them, then we signed the receipt. The 'scare' was the shop was making two copies and the second was put thru with the first for payment; you were paying twice.

I've found that even mass produced knives that are supposedly exactly the same can have small differences which affect their fit in a sheath

Its cheap enuf but you don;t get much for your money I'll stick with plumbers aluminium tape