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one of dem dare huge ready-mixed seeement deeeelivery trucks type drum?

Have you asked any Native Americans? I read these days a lot of tribes are trying to keep up and get old traditional crafts going. Curing hides might be within their remit and the instructors might have some ideas, even if they don't use modern methods but traditional ones they'd need to know which modern methods or chemicals not to use

GLAZED Pigskin Tandy has it. Its very thin and very stiff on its own. But for a bag section separator I think two layers might be better https://www.tandyleather.world/products/glazed-pig-lining?variant=32543852003463

I would use glazed pig skin. Two layers with a piece of thin compressed card inbetween

I would try pure turpentine first. The pure artists type turps not the artificial replacement

thanks guys

That is excellent tooling. Looks very sharp with good depth Please inform this ignoramus on two things; 1. Why is it called 'Hand of God'? and 2. what is so desirable about having this holster over and above others?

Most excellent What are those items you have for holding the cord?

You need a passport to travel into Wyoming !?

I can only agree with the others; that wood grain effect is brilliantly excellent

Interesting stamps Sometimes Mida stamps, mostly 3D type, are for sale on ebay-uk. But most of those are similar to Tandy or Ivan and the seller looks for too mucho coin for them edit to add; I just did a new search on ebay and there is a newer seller and his/her prices are much more reasonable and affordable

That sure is a nice sign. How big is it? and could you not put a phone number on it in the bottom right? There are currently some 'crafters' stalls in one of my local shopping centres (Shopping mall ? to you lot ). Some of them have Q codes on their signs and banners and I noticed a fair few potential shoppers were using their smart phones to record the code. I think it would just be possible to stamp a Q code in leather, with care though

Not leather work; a remembrance and it may not be totally accurate. My paternal grandfather served in a US artillery regiment in WW1. He told my father that in their spare time some of his friends used to refashion used artillery shell cases using the horse and guns maintenance tools and they 'engraved' the brass shell cases using horse shoe nails. This 'tench art' was posted home to family and friends and some for selling. The makers got more money for the 'engraved' items than for the plain ones

Did you punch air holes in the jar lid?

Thanks. I avoid facebook like the plague. I might see if a friend will look it up for me

I know what you're saying Been there, t-shirt and ballcap and the keyring too, many, many times. Now I tell or show no-one till I have it protected

@lol999 go to poundland. for about one squid, maybe a bit more now you can get spray cans of contact adhesive. Cheap and plenty of coverage. a wee tip; with any spray can, stand it in a container of hot, but not boiling, water for 3 to 5 minutes before use and during use if its a long spraying session

Right; lets get back on track. The photos are too small for me to see the edges properly. However, some look like heavy cord was wrapped around the sheath and pulled tight. The leather was wet and as the cord was pulled tight it 'bit' or pressed into the edges making the indentations and as it did so the leather on each side of the indent was pushed away and up wards. The edge of the leather can be slicked before this and it would remain so

Why has no one written up a proper biography of Al (and Ann) Stohlman? I mean a real proper book, like 400 pages (at least) long

I don't even know where to start on these. I do have some nice raspberry red thick chrome tan which might work, but I dunno

gezzer copied chuck who copied God, who doesn't bother with copyrights. He wants us all to enjoy what He makes

I now wonder if 'Nail Carved' is a buzz phrase to sell the item and the phrase is based on just a couple of lines in Al Stohlman's bio I've no doubt that cowboys, settlers, farm workers, soldiers, anyone who had personal plain leather items spent time carving designs into that leather in their spare time and used whatever they had to hand, nails, knives, bullet shell cases. Archaeological finds are full of items where man left his personal mark, from neolithic stone markers carved with dots & spirals, medieval castles with game board designs carved on flat window stones, an ancient holy site with a medieval monk's carving on a stone near a doorway translated as 'Brother xxx was here (and the date)' When I was young (yes, I was once) I used to do wood chip carving. I couldn't afford proper carving chisels so I reshaped and sharpened old screwdrivers which I scrounged off friends' parents. Someone always has an old screwdriver somewhere Would that now be called 'Screwdriver Carved' ?

I think wax only. The mink oil won't get through the wax to the leather. Does the bag need more after you've done it once already? the leather doesn't need much and too much can be bad for leather as well obviously your recolouring cream is very different to the stuff I've bought