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    strap cutter

    fredk replied to shug's topic in How Do I Do That?

    A lot of you say you are using the skiver blade which seems to be the sam blade for the automatic razor. My skiver blades are too thick to go into the blade slot on my strap cutter btw another answer for the OP is the pistol shaped cutter, or the plough gauge here; https://www.amazon.co.uk/OwnMy-Leather-Cutter-Aluminium-Cutting/dp/B0868B1N9S and; https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/958106152/leather-cutting-tool-leather-strap T.169 here; http://www.leprevo.co.uk/cutting.htm
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    strap cutter

    fredk replied to shug's topic in How Do I Do That?

    They are too thick for the holding slot on the strap cutter http://www.leprevo.co.uk/cutting.htm but I bought mine by 10 from China via ebay. I built up a stock of them
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    dye brushes

    fredk replied to pete's topic in How Do I Do That?

    I clean mine in paint brush restorer, then wash in soapy water
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    Oxygen is needed to enable the corrosion. This has been proven via archaeological finds where iron items have lain in wet peat bogs without free oxygen and the iron items are only mildly corroded. The greater the oxygen content of the environment the speedier and stronger the corrosion
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    Where I buy snaps, aka poppers, from the millimeter measure given is the diameter of the nice head
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    I read it; 2 colours, one colour being dark and lighter in shade. Light & dark tan and black
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    I would thin tan dye down real thin and apply it with a brush. Coat by coat, overall a few times then just the main area not going over the secondary nodules, until the main piece has some decent colour to it
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    one of dem dare huge ready-mixed seeement deeeelivery trucks type drum?
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    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
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    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
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    I would use glazed pig skin. Two layers with a piece of thin compressed card inbetween
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    I would try pure turpentine first. The pure artists type turps not the artificial replacement
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    thanks guys
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    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?
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    Most excellent What are those items you have for holding the cord?
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    You need a passport to travel into Wyoming !?
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    I can only agree with the others; that wood grain effect is brilliantly excellent
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    Did you punch air holes in the jar lid?
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    Thanks. I avoid facebook like the plague. I might see if a friend will look it up for me
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    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
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