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Most excellent. You captured the Nordic, aka 'viking' decoration very well. That interlacing, also used by Irish Celts is extremely difficult and you have done it very well

Most excellent. Thanks for 'reporting' back in with your news

I've not used pens for antiquing but I use them for other lining jobs, such as letters. Gel ink pens work best but need care as the ink is not waterproof. Brushing on a sealer over the ink can smudge it. I dab on a light first coat of the sealer, then a heavier coat Pens used on a number of these and some coffee cup cuffs

I checked mine last weekend and yesterday No change. Nowt happening in way of mould/fungus or bad smells. All pieces are getting a wee bit darker on the grain side but I think thats because they're getting direct sun light on them. All pieces smell faintly 'leather', with just a hint of the stronger oils on those pieces A proper detailed check this weekend

a. the few knife sheaths and sword scabbards I've made I've just rubbed in plenty of beeswax on the inside part

Just think; someone's therapist knows all about you

I keep sniggering. A 'hot box' means somat else here Another way is for your 3 year old daughter sneak it off your work bench and hide it amongst the tomato plants in your green house, and you not find it for 3 weeks, long after you've made another for your friend No 3 year old handy? plenty of parents will lend you one for a day Sorry, I'm just being silly

Nice looking shootin irons easy-peasy to make holsters for dem Ya gan doit lad

Very nicey indeedy You're very good at these caricatures

Almost 2 weeks ago I went looking for a large plastic envelope containing nearly 50 A5 sized sheets of double-sided sticky. I had used a few sheets just a few days before. I spent a few days looking for it. I looked in the usual places and even in the unusual places. I couldn't find it so I ordered another 50 sheets which arrived last Thursday. On Friday I started a search for my set of chopped-off fingers to get my hat band ready for this coming week. Even though I'd set them out early last week I couldn't find them.As I looked for the fingers I found the envelope of sticky sheets. Late on Saturday as I was putting some hardware away I found the fingers Then I went to put the new stock of 50 sticky sheets in with the old stock - but now I can't find them! Hat is ready though;

I too missed this one Its very nicey indeedy. An unusual pattern for it. Not seen anything like that afore

Interesting Good find

I use a beeswax mix rubbed on and burnished. Others on here use Gum Tragacanth

Its a very nice set. Clever idea using elastic on the bottle sleeve @Klara they have to cover the label cos they don't have real whiskey ( but think tantalus) I've seen plenty of bottles of whiskey. I wanna see a picture of the Rodeo Queen,

Same thing in three different countries

I don't think it would work on trolleys here. They have a plastic slide in tray in which you put in a coin or token. Pushing in the tray releases the chain on the other end. But mostly we have gone coin-free, with auto-lock wheels on the trolleys

If it helps you decide; I've seen restoration 'tags' on everything from old shotguns, vintage car engines, vintage car upholstery, old buildings, especially old churches or community halls and all sorts of things even on old aeroplanes If your work is good and you are proud to stand over it, then imo, put your restoration tag on it. And keep a record of what you did on it I found an old and corroded 'rebuilt by....' tag on my vintage car engine. The company was long gone by the time I got my car but a previous owner had contacted the engine rebuilder and got a copy of the works sheets which specified what had been done. It might be the same with a saddle; in the future an owner may contact you to find out what you had re-furbished

KAM is the name of type of snap/popper They come in different sizes and a multitudinous of colours The most common size is T5, which I use most of of but there are many sizes. The next main size is T16. T5 are about 12.5mm across the cap and a 5mm post. Its only good for thin leather, up to about 1.8mm thick. T16 are 16mm across the cap with a 8mm post. There are variations but are hard to get You need a special tool to squeeze down the central post on the caps A full set of several hundred T5 snaps in different colours and the pliers can be bought for under or about 15 E T16 can be bought for about 6E per 100. The same pliers tool works with them. It usually comes with the necessary parts, as seen in the picture above eg; https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364488348551?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338749387&toolid=20006&customid=GB_14339_364488348551.146494749527~1869017347642-g_CjwKCAjw-eKpBhAbEiwAqFL0monctUkpe5DA2IkEdCAx9rn7xBA-i5-OHL4MsITycXFfb9qgPohu5xoC8bEQAvD_BwE I use them all the time on thin leather goods, like the key-ring purse or these pen cases

KAM snaps Thats what I use

Try asking at a general automotive supply shop for those connectors. I've seen similar in SAAB and BMW cars

My NFO is quite thick, until its warmed up considerably. You'd need to thin the NFO quite a a bit, especially for the finer airbrush But there is car equipment for spraying heavier oils. There is a car under body protective called Waxoyl. Its very thick and you can get spraying equipment for spraying it on to the underneath of cars. Your compressor needs to be powerful though eg.

I've re-oiled all the pieces and put them back in the car. at approx 11.00 10/22 I noticed that the backs of all the pieces have returned to very nearly the original leather colour but the fronts were still dark. Except for #7 (Vaseline), both sides were actually a bit lighter than the test control piece

10/22 09.30 - up date All pieces - no fungus #2 has the faintest smell of oil (Rapeseed cooking oil) All other pieces smell faintly 'Leather' Pieces #3 (lard) and #4 (NFO Compound) are much more flexible than all the other pieces which are all about the same, a little bit stiffer than Control Piece #2 which is in my leatherwork room Night time temperatures inside the car dropped to about 5.6*, We have had a bad stormy weather the last week which gave very heavy overcast and cold days. Day time temperatures in the car was about a max of 7.6 to 8* Later today I'm going to give all pieces another dosing of their oils But so far it looks like all the oils or fats are fine with NFO Compound and Lard (pork fat) winning

Try getting magnets rated 50 or 51. They are the strongest. You can also add magnets to each other to increase the strength, BUT you can only stack a maximum of 10, thereafter you have a diminishing effect, each magnet after the 10 reduces the strength Your Thing is just great If you were to do this again, or if I was to do it, I'd reduce the size of the sewing holes and use finer thread just in red, and hide slim bar magnets under the finger nails

Adding the wire was very clever,