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Very nice indeedy I like the way you rebated the leather to the wood

I like it (But in your photo there is no sense of scale)

What is your budget? George Barnsley; £23 to £40 btw, some ppl call this a half round knife but that is a different shape

Its a 'Birds Head' knife

1. Use a flat thin board, about 6 mm MDF. Place the dummy phone on it. Place wet leather on top. Use lolly sticks (Popsicle sticks) on top of the wet leather and then use bulldog paper clips to hold in place. You may have to go around a couple of time to get the leather even and the sticks & bulldogs tight to the shape. Don't skimp on the leather 2. Use two bits of wet leather. One piece on each side. As above, sticks & bulldogs. And as above you'll need to go around it a couple of time adjusting it all This is pen case done in that manner;

1. I don't make holsters (yet) 2. I reckon it would

Glazed pigskin https://www.tandyleather.world/products/glazed-pig-lining?_pos=1&_sid=c3d0debb2&_ss=r

For wallets and light-weight items like that I prefer a heavy cloth; heavy as in thickish so adhesive doesn't come through it For purses and larger items I prefer a thin chrome tan leather. I have a supplier who sells me some very thin chrome tan, thin as in under 1mm thick. Its also coloured so I don't have to bother with that

You are only using a small amount. I've never had a problem with it. If you think you might its easy to wash out; a bit of detergent in soapy water wiped over it removes any WD40 which might be left

Try WD40. Spray it on a rough cloth then rub it on the belt.

or contact adhesive

Sergey runs an add at the top of the Leatherwork pages. afaik his prices direct are cheaper then on etsy or ebay

Are you comfortable doing this work? Can you do it? I'm reminded of what an artist once told me. She usually did very 'avant-garde' work but she also did pet portraits and people portraits etc which she was good at but hated doing. 'So why do you do them?' I asked 'They pay bills and pay for me to paint what I really like' was her answer

Put a thin piece of leather on the other side, a piece much bigger than the keeper. Hold it in place with a few stitches outside the damaged area. Then when attaching the new keeper sew through the canvas into the other leather piece. You'll be sewing leather to leather with the canvas sandwiched between

A friend of mine figured out how to make the turntable revolve with the door open on his broken microwave and he used it as a spray painting booth

It turned out well so it did I have many projects waiting to be done for longer than yours. Someday . . .

That looks fine so it does. It must have taken a while to do all that

I know of the hand cleaner you write of, or at least a local version. It doesn't have pumice in it though but something else as grit. Although the grit can be felt on the hands its not serious enough to damage leather, unless you use a lot of it and really scrub it in. I've used the hand cleaner to clean the insides of mugs of tea stains. Its less rougher than a pot scrubber

I would make a three-piece belt, with billets at each end that can be replaced. eg; a wide belt with bullet loops and then narrow billets sewn on which can be replaced, in this manner

or goat

I reckon you're going to have the lace cut. or do it yourself. The advantage of that is you can buy leather which matches the original

Standard lace is 3mm x 1mm. But you can get 6mm x 1mm. What size is the lace on this?

Buy the 1 1/2 inch. You can always have it take out the extra when needed, but you can't make the hole smaller

'Rosin the bow' One of my childhood favourites. It was many years until I found out the meaning of the word rosin

Here. solid resin, in the form of small pieces is sold as 'resin' or 'rosin'. The term seems interchangeable but only for the solid form of pine resin. I've ordered 'resin' which is also described as ''rosin' and as 'colophony', yet another name given to the solid form of pine resin Go for 'rosin'. Rosin has always been used on instrument stings and bows and as a powder to increase grip on playing/game surfaces and on bats & rackets; all that and more