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Thanks, I'll look into that

oh, thanks, I didn't know it was a double flap in that manner I've noticed that the retaining strap can be of two ways; stud low and strap down to it, or stud high and the strap goes up to it

Thanks, it all helps

Thanks chaps Due to UK laws I can't have the pistol at home so I think I'll draw around it, the way AS shows in his making holsters book, and photo it. Maybe make a wood copy in shape as you suggest I've seen the photos on t'ineret. I'll print some of them off. The client insists that the holster has to have the German eagle and swastika on it but I've not seen a photo of an original with that on

I have several types of blade sharpeners. On dies I mostly use a small slip stone and for small places that can't reach I use a telescopic fish hook sharpener

Nice

They are becoming hard to get I just remembered I got one of mine free. I bought it from China via ebay. I ordered the one with round profiles and they sent a square profiled one. I complained through ebay and the seller apologised, told me to keep the wrong one and they sent me the correct one. I tried to pay for the wrong one but ebay isn't set up to do that. I didn't want to take advantage of the seller. Found these on ebay. a reasonable price. You can use these in a mini-motor tool as well https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364008622688?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20201210111314%26meid%3Dfad5ee17d88a4ad181cff908186f64e3%26pid%3D101195%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D385165560986%26itm%3D364008622688%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D3458402%26algv%3DSimplAMLv11WebTrimmedV3MskuWithLambda85KnnRecallV1V2V4ItemNrtInQueryAndCassiniVisualRankerAndBertRecallWithVMEV3%26brand%3DUnbranded&_trksid=p3458402.c101195.m1851&amdata=cksum%3A364008622688fad5ee17d88a4ad181cff908186f64e3|enc%3AAQAIAAABUPqB0EgCndAssfMWNy0AT0GytGzF9%2By0G%2BlcW69DgBK3Qlz4BjwJQqPkN4K8I7qz9GoVciN1QNWqyS8EeqYS8rZRsDvyvw34m3N%2FyJKokwCTIIc3RNym2SNW8ARudP72DyiwgIY0dfUnIr5%2BMZDTaovm%2F9i6HbqogXHgrRtlBOXJBpTaj6VaBdDGueRiM2kTHzxVZaNY4y9kDOJFMEzaakQx%2F4NYu00LohEwG8x9DCOSYMhS%2FBQrbdnB6WWKKU1tfGkQW7bnrhnZ5hb0JQ34JDg1V91Cmh8qr1TGWwphIOclAnOdqvKdlYxe6unAQ8BeCUaEimvhqgrmtaM%2BmgXL5in5TYj58%2F7uLCGik9Ckbim5JtD0%2BuJ9hhuvSwgPwjOeSg0GYE8j82MG1o1pTbwbM6uqSkP4OXTLl6GzgCb4eKApLrXBP1rDpe7P6Ynzux5OGA%3D%3D|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A3458402

Would the US post be so prohibitivly expensive? One 3D resin stamp would weigh about 5g, 1/5 ounce. A small standard postal box (does US post still do those?) about $3? The postage and box for my & was about, I estimate, £3

@Gezzer btw, your piece is very nicely done, and inventive We are all just thinking of alternatives and not dissing your creation

Okee-doakly Try making contact with someone with a 3D printer. Just a couple of weeks ago I got some 3D printed ampersands (the & sign) made in 1/4, 3/8, 1/2 and 3/4 inch sizes and the chappie sent me several copies of each. He charged me £20 for everything, having to draw it up, print them and post them to me

I'm thinking they might be cordwainers tools or book-binders tools

Instead of a snap/popper what about a piece of elastic, in a closed circle? Like a scrunchie? maybe a couple of them, one top and one at middle, or maybe not

Now there's a phrase based in leather work; in early times shoes did not have heels. Men got heels on their riding boots, to keep their feet in the stirrups. A rider only needed a low heel riding a slow nag but for riding the more expensive and livelier hunters the rider needed a deeper heel. Thus a rich man, who could afford a good hunter was 'well heeled' now you know I'm full of interesting (read useless) information like that

What is so special about a General's star? Would not one like this do? https://www.ivan.tw/collections/2d-3d-stamps-clearance/products/final-sale-star-frame-3d-stamp

No, that is not mine, but I have one like it and another of different profile, more square-ish. They are, or were, fairly cheap to buy. Altho I've not used mine for a while since my last soldering iron died With these you don't need any pressure, just a light swipe along the edge A pyrogravure is just a glorified soldering iron. Most good ones have some sort of temperature settings Main point is tho, keep the heat localised to protect your hands. Too much dry heat can dry out your fingers and hands, You'll need to put hand cream on after each session to prevent dry cracks forming on your skin, which can be very painful Something for only those who know what they're doing; when I was a bee keeper I put a resistor into the mains supply feed line of a 40w soldering iron to make it reduce its heat so it would just about melt bees' wax

Reading thru the story it seems the gist is that the tale of a lot of anacondas is a myth

Would not using a pyrogravure* on low heat not be a lot easier and safer? I don't use edge paint much but mostly a beeswax mix. Rubbing that in and buffing it real good with a coarse cloth rubbed hard and fast builds up enough heat to soften the wax and get it into the edge * or an old electric soldering iron on low heat, maybe with a brass burnisher? as seen here

Anyone know where I can get a pattern for a Walther PPK? It needs to be a flapped holster, WW2 style I got asked to make one today. Its needed soon as well. Nowt like putting on the pressure

mmm, interesting. something that could be made from an off-cut. I'm tempted to make one, then find someone to wear it!

Just how thin? It doesn't look too thin to me. The goat should last well enough I've had thinnish sheep on my work stool for almost 3 years now. Admittedly the stool is not used a great lot, not like 24/7, but pretty regularly, the sheep is lasting well

is that 0.030 of an inch? if so, I convert that to 0.76mm (I work in mm) or roughly 0.8mm. I think a saddlers harness needle of 0.8mm or 1mm should do. That would a JJ size 4 (50 x 0.86mm) or a 001/002/003 (which are all identical sizes of 55mm x 1.02mm)

The original Time Team with Tony Robinson, Mick Aston and Phil Harding* was the best. It gradually went bad. It fed our family its weekly dose of history lessons. I think, watching a lot of that and all the CSI tv series was what made my dottir go study forensic archaeology. When she qualifies, she'll be one of those who go to old crime scenes to get evidence. Sites like war crimes scenes. Head of her faculty is one of the worlds leading forensic archaeologists, Dr Sue Black, who was born and bred and grewed up not far where #1 dottir lives now and went to the same Uni. But they've not met yet When I was a kid a family friend used to take us up to his cabin in woods in Wisconsin for fishing trips. Up there I found some native arrow heads, just laying on the ground. A few were obsidian. I had about 20 or 25 and over the years the number went down. The last few were stolen when a small safe I had them in was stolen * in my early days of leather working a chap came to me and asked me to make a 'finds' bag just like Phil Harding's one (or it might have been Mick's bag). Just a simple shoulder bag with a rounded bottom, on the gussets loops for pens & pencils, and a pocket for a small note book. The client chap was a new qualified archy

Well, it happened to me, twice. The last time was in March this year. My computer repair chappie traced the virus to an attachment to a PDF file. When that was sent to the printer it changed the printer settings and disabled it. It was a simple fix for him; clean out the printer and re-install the drivers or whatever direct from HP. And delete that PDF

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