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That looks the biz shure enuf

I looked at their website. There were a few items I'd like but not available thru ebay. I may take a punt on one or two low priced items and see how it goes . . . . or maybe not

Have you got access to a home kitchen blender? Chop up a big onion*, put in the blender with some warm, nearly hot, water, not a little amount, about 1 pint. Blend until you have a watery onion mush. Pour this through a strainer. Mix the resulting onion water into about 2 gallons of clean warm water. Dip a big sponge into the bucket, wring it out but leave it fairly wet. Wash this over the hide. 2 gals should do several hides *More onions = stronger solution

No, the onions shouldn't turn to mush, they should just dry up. Onions are noted for eliminating fresh paint smells in a room and for getting rid of odd or bad smells in a refrigerator. Once you start to smell the onion you know its done its job then you replace it with a fresh cut lemon. The lemon scent eliminates the onion scent and when you smell the lemon you know its done its job as well I / we used to use this method for freshening the interior of 2nd hand cars Depends on how much work you wanna do on these hides. I'd make up a weak onion/water wash and sponge the hides down with that, maybe a couple of times. Not soaking wet, just sorta dampen them. Then if they take on the onion scent I'd sponge them down with a weak lemon/water wash. Leave them hanging where they can get plenty of fresh air around them jus sum thots

No, the smell will still be on the items This should work, but I'd use cut up raw onions first, then sliced up real lemons after

Thanks A good review. Not that I'm likely to buy one tho. I'm happy with my hand held splitter

That looks fun I think the top binder clip could be eliminated by self-looping the elastic band

This Tandy pattern has instructions and patterns for the pieces. The patterns start at page 15 Shoulder Holster Pattern 4416.pdf

I once had a beagle hound who always managed to find the fresh wet cow pats when we went for a walk. Even in fields where no cattle were he found a wet pat to roll in. He used to walk home with head and tail held high, like he was proud of his new over-coat[ing]. He was a retired Crufts Dog Show champion. We reckoned he was rebelling against all the pampering and beautifying he used to get

They are easy enuf to get here in UK I used to use a lot of them but I never considered using them on leather. I must re-think that

wot he says basically, my differences are; a fine needle file on the inside and a small diamond plate sharpener on the outside

If it can do thin chrome tan veg tan will be a doddle

Dilute the standard PVA wood glue with 'Mop & Glo' [?] floor varnish. Its an acrylic varnish and when added to the glue it makes it water-resistant when dry

Once upon a time these were the 'bling' for working horses. They were often attached to straps which were then attached to draft-horse harness. Sometimes the brasses were left on all the time. Sometimes the brasses were only put on for shows Then from the 1960s thru the 1970s it was a fad to collect them and just hang them on straps around your rustic fireplace

Both have their uses. I have both types in different spacing sizes The black ones are better for thread sewing and the silver ones, which make round holes and take away leather, are better for lace stitching

Its not so much the wax, its the leather hole closing up. If you've made a sewing hole without removing any leather, ie with an awl or stitching chisels et cetera the hole will close up and tighten around the thread or lace

If its possible, I too will sometimes bring the thread out between the layers of leather, but I just cut them off and tuck them back in away out of sight

I sew the bottom of my dice cups with 1 mm thread or lace. Actually, all the thread sewing on my dice cups is 1mm thread, or if I need a certain colour I use 0.8mm thread because that colour isn't available in 1mm from where I buy it

Try searching on ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm/332571985014

On small items I back stitch two places, on larger items I back stitch 4 places. I never burn off my thread

Mix, [all measure are approx. I do measure but also do 'just a wee bit more' ] 300ml clean filtered hot water with 30ml NFO 35g of pure solid soap [soap that doesn't have scent or additives] 28g pure clean bees wax 1 tablespoon of laundry washing powder 1 teaspoon of caustic soda Bring slowly to a rolling boil and keep it there and stir occasionally until the solid soap has completely melted and mixed in. Then remove heat and allow to cool slowly. Once it is cool enough, but before it has solidified too much, pour into a storage container

You and other US Americans may make that association but the hat was known as the Pilgrim's hat in Europe as far back as 1099. It was the hat of choice initially by Pilgrims and fighters going to the Holy land in the first Christian wars. Illustrations in old manuscripts show the hat worn by Pilgrims mariuspirvu Your hat design looks OK in a Steam Punk way, but it looks a bit over complicated on the making of the crown and brim, imo

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Wow! Years ago I was involved with a company which restored old buses. That seat you have done looks so much better than the work of so-called professional upholsters we had to use

All normal at my end