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Excellent you found a solition for your needs For a doming tool; before you cut one, there are doming setters meant for ready-rivets which have a domed head already. I have the domed setters in sizes from 4mm to 12mm in 1mm steps

I think your 2 x 4 is giving too much localised pressure. Giving it more pressure to cut deeper in the centre than the edges Can you try a wider lever bar?

I would dispute that simplistic statement 1. I like to saddlle-stitch. It is NOT for novelty value. Knowing how to saddle-stitch is good for any sort of leather work. I can s/s some items up faster than it takes me to set up any sewing machine 2. Poverty - NOT, I have numerous usable sewing machines and a few speedy-stitchers. The right tool for the right job. All in the leatherworkers armoury. I am neither poor nor rich

Nay, with any hand stitching one keeps the thread well waxed to stop any abrasion by the leather and thusly by the thread itself

I had look yon up

I must do a full update report this coming weekend

I wish. I gotta hang about in case anything else needs moving

Workers are coming to install a completely new heating system in my flat/apartment so all my furniture has been moved about to give access to all the radiators. My spare bedroom which is my leatherwork room is chock-full of items from the other rooms. Its been like this for over a month now. The workers tried to install on the 26th May but the surveyor made a mistake so they couldn't do it. Another team are supposed to it on Thursday 30th, this week. I've not been able to do any leatherwork since about May 20th and several projects are mid-finish. Might not be able to get back to leatherwork until about August 8th or so. I'm having severe 'withdrawal' symptoms!

Far too nice for groceries m'thinks, By far too nice

Depending on the style of edger; rub a lot of compound an a length of string. Tie one end of the string to something, hold t'other end and pull it tight. Rub the blade up & down the length of string

Welcome to the site Do share photos of your finds with us Somebody on here may be able to help with information about your finds

Sound like it was wax hardened and the excess wax is rising to the surface. Play a hand-held hair-dryer on heat over the surface and rub/buff at the same time. See if that cures it

akin to the bandolier is a baldrick (no, not that one!) and I made a few of those. Simple straight cut belting with an over-lap join at the hip and a loop for the scabbard

I rarely bevel the flesh side. I usually skive it thin and bevel the grain side after I've glued and/or sewn the project together

There was once a fashion for reproduction Elizabethan Tudor ring purses. These could be used for holding the ring whilst the bag of the purse was sewn on. Tandy used to sell the rings

I think they're too big for ring clamps, judging by their size against the strap cutters

A properly made gun-belt should have a curve in it. It might be just exaggerating that curve. I have a/some Tandy Gun Leather pattern(s) which have the belts on it/them. And they are cut on the curve Do you want copies of the patterns?

Two things arrived in the post today 1. From Temu this hole punch sharpener. The outside cone to sharpen the inside edge of punches and the tool has a hollow part to help sharpen the outside edge. Comes in a protective plastic box. This should help me keep my punches sharp 2. From texasleathertools a handled stamp. He took one of my Viking eagles and made a stamp. And is it tiny! Only 12mm (1/2 inch) across the base. Made in machined brass with a steel handle. First class workmanship. It came with its own plastic protective case. Now I need to find a project I can use it on I put some paint on the design so you could see it clearly - remember this only 12mm across the base

Try, very, very carefully, dabbing and rubbing the spot with cellulose thinners

My local Turkish barber has been arrested for drug dealing I've been a customer of his for over 12 years and never knew he was a barber

That is some very nice tooling work there That circle design (a seeder?) both on the borders and on the lower part of the holster ties it all together nicely

The chinese one is perhaps stainless steel. Magnets aren't any use on s/s

I'd like to see more photos, Close-ups too ? Well done for stepping out of your comfort zone. It looks very nice Where did you get the inert ammo?

As Cledus said to the Bandit; 'That'll work too'

Why not take this opportunity to replace the button with short straps and buckle arrangement which can be pulled up tight but also allow some change in the wearer's girth?