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I think that is actually two or three stamps Something like a 'Sunburst' 301 in the centre and a veiner 406 on the edge

Look further up the page; I posted a photo of plumbers aluminum heat proof tape. That's what I use. I stick that [its self sticky] on the inside of the wallet, on the outer piece, then cover it with very thin lining leather so it can't be seen, just for beauty looks

But it ain't a 'scam' if the customer specifies or asks for it. The last wallet I made for a guy he asked for the RFID protection and wanted me to show that it worked. I asked him if he thought he needed it and he was quite definite that he wanted it and said that he reckoned his cards had been skimmed and he'd lost about £5000 and didn't want it happening again.

Our cards and equipment must be very different. At one shop I frequent, their card reader is well behind a spit screen. I can wave my card at it from 6 inches away and it will read my card - I have measured the distance. At one place today my card was no closer than the width of my hand - about 4.5 inches - away from the shop reader and the payment was taken Also when testing the aluminium tape I mentioned above, I made several small card wallets of various thickness of leather, all them to hold more than one card. I used cloth, plastic and thin leather linings as well as no lining. The only time the card readers would not read any [I used several different payments cards] of my cards was when there was that aluminium tape between the card and the reader The risks are not 0 - they are low but the thieves in Belfast got several thousands of £££ from hundreds of shoppers. And unless the shopper really notices they don't contact their bank over £25 - they just think they've spent it somewhere. Slightly different - but I do know of several ladies who had debit cards cloned and small amounts taken from their accounts regularly, each lady believed they'd spent that money. It wasn't until the police contacted them about the cloned cards did they find out the truth. Even I had a card cloned and my wife thought I'd spent the money and I thought she had spent it. It was all small odd amounts that looked like small purchases. It was only when our bank fraud office contacted us we found out A PS. Here you can get a card reader which will take a payment from your card and puts it straight into a paypal account, so that simplifies the route the stolen money gets to the thieves

Not really a scam using blocking material Christmas before last N.I. police stopped some thieves using a store type card reader to get payments into their 'account' The thieves were doing 'sales' of about £25 a time - the card limit on contactless was £30 - and were simply going by womens' handbags in very busy & crowded shops. They passed the card reader over near the handbag and the reader took the money from the card. Police would not give full details, for obvious reasons but advised women to use a RFID card holder

To me; hard leather = a good stiff veg tan and soft leather is like chrome tan lining or upholstery grade leather Just like wot you used

or one of these, for now, Will cost anywhere from £10 and upwards. Mine cost me £10.50 a few years ago. Don't pay over £20 for one

As I said, I use a sewing awl, for widening holes, but for pulling lace up tight or to loosen I use a hooked dental probe, which I have blunted

I think the two incidents have two different causes

Certainly don't put any NFO on. It will leach out and stain the Bible. Just dye and M&G should be enough

Trying to compare unlikes?

That looks absolutely superb so it does A thought; you could print the design with a raised border line top and bottom, then when its pressed into the leather it makes the stitching groove/line at the same time

I just use a regular sewing awl. If you have a spare sewing awl you can round off the point

One thing we must remember is that these bricks & mortar shops have large overheads that need paid. Thus, a valet tray that I can make and sell would see me in good profit at £10 needs to be at least £40 in a B&M shop, because they have to pay for electricity, city taxes/rates, employees wages et cetera, which I don't have to So, whenever we see these expensive prices, divide by 4 or 5 and see if that item is worth that, or can we make it for that or less

imo I think you'd be better off making a fresh one. I think you can do it in time given. Better to be a bit late with a good item than on time with one you're not really happy with

yes, your lace is as long as your main leather. But if you buy a 50m roll there are joins every 1.5m or 1.75m or so. Its been very professionally joined and the joins are hardly visible but they are there

I think you should invest in one of these lace cutters you can make any size of lace yourself, as you need it

Hand-made paper - might be made of rag, which is quite thick and tough. Try and get a sample piece to try out on. If it is rag, treat it like thin leather. Before sewing it up, pre-crease each page and the front cover, about 1/2 - 3/4 inch in from the edge I'd line up the pages with the covers and use flat lace to sew them together. Using the lace width at right-angle to edge

Interesting. When I was showing some simple items to one of my agents we discussed putting a person's name or initials on it. I would use the 3D letter stamps to do that so no big job. My agent came up with £5 [$6.25] just to have name or initials put on plus £1 [$1.25] for each letter, thus 'Fred' would be £5 + £4 = £9 [ $11.25] Yes, there is a big difference between the asking price and getting price

From recent discussions I've had; maybe about £20 here. But they are real cheapskates with deep pockets and short arms here

Acetone WILL harm the fibreglass resin. I use acetone to clean up tools and brushes. Acetone dissolves the resin. It will take stains off the top surface of fibreglass because it dissolves the resin surface I would manually strip off the white and put on new veg tan. Wet mould it to shape first, take off and dye and whilst still damp from the dye, put back on the bow so it dries and tightens down around the limb

That looks very most excellent If you have extra needle holes, mix some dye with some bees wax and press that into the hole

No offence to you Sergii but we must be careful. Sometimes we get 'spammers' who try to get money or goods out of us. gmail is one of the email sites these not nice people use. PM me your address and a list of items you need to get started again. I may be able to send some items but not everything Translated to Ukrainian [hopefully correctly] Без образи, Сергію, але треба бути обережними. Іноді ми отримуємо «спамерів», які намагаються отримати від нас гроші чи користь. gmail – це один із сайтів електронної пошти, якими користуються ці недобрі люди. Надішліть мені вашу адресу та список речей, які вам потрібні, щоб почати знову. Можливо, я зможу надіслати деякі елементи, але не всі

imo without a name cast or engraved on the metal it may not be absolutely for a sewing machine. It might be for a lathe or any sort of machine tool. A lot of factories ran machines on tables from underground or overhead power supplies. We used to gets lots of different tables like this in junk stores in and around Belfast in the early 1970s, They came from engineering and linen factories which were either shutting down or changing to self-motor machines

Are you still living in Ukraine or somewhere else? If this request is genuine I'll give you tools from my spare tools boxes