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$10 ? that's cheap. I've seen them in men's fashion shops for as much as £50. Not only card filler but also that plasticky smooth finish. No.1 son was going to buy one at £35 but asked me first about them. I made him a decent belt

I've bought several acrylic and hdpe templates off ebay from Chinese sellers. The patterns are grand. Most even have stitching holes punched / drilled in them so you/I can mark the stitching, saves a bit of time for hand sewing

I never heard that name. Looked it up and found that its a Coypu, as known here. It became an 'invasion' species here but afaik the small colony here has been wiped out

All I can say, is . . . WoW! There must be a lot of very careful work in them In the top photo one holster has its skirt out of the way. What way have you got the skirt loop affixed that you can do that?

I've ordered a set of the Fingers. They should be with me about the middle of next week but we are having postal worker strikes here right now and that's causing delivery delays

Here's 3 minutes 33 seconds you'll never get back

You've inspired me into thunking thinks What about these? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400563729483?epid=1305077329&hash=item5d4375744b:g:bPYAAOSwrmRbzeGg&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoNbG092tejfdHeoMgxm6VPMHiPmuBF%2FhZP8KDMc5P5L3yARheTxFQZh2%2FyHsF4%2BCl5nbtYEQbElmaybtbHrF7Chh9Gn%2FKxq%2BjhAPYMiI2rCPFTlHosQzmwfZAsVO7MECbN46MIZQ3vdzHugfsku%2B2EKCtO379qNKdhbn9gd%2BWCjphQU%2F0kfNafAQOOfq99Vki0XyAoMu1FKA00gTRZuARts%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8KMjMjfYA I might do a hat band with these for Halloween edited to add; I need to make a decent hat first ! !

My main hate is the myth that 'ready rivets' are not strong and will pull apart easily. Not so in my 22 years of experience Sewing with a sewing machine is not proper leather working/crafting & sewing machine sewing is not as good as hand sewing. Proper hand sewing can only be done using a hog's bristle Brass buckles (or other brass hardware) will make the leather rot If I/you/we make a historical replica very neat and tidy, with good sewing, neat edges, good carving or stamping, its not 'real' - the ancients, the Greeks, Romans, Corinthians, Chinese, Mongolians, Vikings, Persians, Medieval Europeans, Victorian age Europeans & Americans . . . . . . never made things as good as that, they didn't know how to Chrome tanned leather will cause cancer to anyone who uses a lot of it, either as a leather crafter or a wearer Chrome tanned leather takes hundreds of years to decompose and it pollutes the environment with heavy metals (chromium)

I've been thinking that the maker could save themselves a lot of money by using far less brass. On stamps I get made in brass the image part is about 3mm deep and the backing block is about 5mm = less than 3/8 inch (or about 5/16 inch)

or just cos its purdy

I'll try again. All made from off-cuts out of the scrap box. About 5 inches tall. Just took an evening after I took the notion to make them. Just glued together. The 'star' is a chromed pressed steel ornament thingy. I was given loads of these things in various shapes. A chance to use some of them Showing front & rear; A few were a bit more elaborate; These were a bit bigger, about 7 inches tall. The other side had a personal initial on it I'm thinking of doing just a Christmas Tree hanger this year. With plastic jewel 'rhinestones' as decorations. Maybe about 4 to 5 inches tall

One of Al Stohlman's books shows a step-by-step on making/ forming keepers around wood formers. Although he describes doing narrow ones the process is exactly the same I'll see if I can find just which book. In the meantime someone else on here might chime in

Last year I made about 15 of these 'Christmas Stockings' All made from off-cut out of the scrap box. About 5 inches tall. Just took an evening after I took the notion to make them. Just glued together Showing front & rear; A few were a bit more elaborate; These were a bit bigger, about 7 inches tall. The other side had a personal initial on it I'm thinking of doing just a Christmas Tree hanger this year. With plastic jewel 'rhinestones' as decorations. Maybe about 4 to 5 inches tall

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I have done that on straps. It helps pull the two leathers tighter together at the edge. . . . . . But. a: I've done it at both ends of the fold-over and b: I cut a narrow slot for the thread to sit down into so it was no higher than the edge and c: at the cut edge of the fold-over I did a stitch over that edge as well.

I had a wee search but didn't find it Have you tried emailing or phoning Tandy HQ and branches? One time I was looking for set of Tandy alphabet stamps. I emailed nearly 40 branches until I eventually tracked down a set Branches might even know of someone who has one but has 'retired' from leather crafting and might be willing to sell it onwards

You could, sort-of, do a stacked leather grip. Layers of different coloured leather laid on top of each other either side of the tang. Loads of glue and/or resin. Then carve the grip back and the coloured leather layers will show as laminations like ply woods A look like WW1 propellers

Use gel-ink paints to write in the lines, then seal over the ink

I would dye to match and glue in a piece of 1mm thick leather, skived at the edges, to a feather edge, so it hardly shows. Then, lace through that new piece

Oh, I'll add, with some leathers I punch out 6mm discs for bases for game pieces. As each game needs 40 pieces, and not every disc is perfect I go through a lot of them. I also punch out my 'maker's mark' as an oval to glue into or onto items I cannot really put the stamping directly on

I haven't heard of those uns, but that would be typical of the UK Gov though They did try to ban people in offices using the words 'black' and 'white' in case people took offence No. not really, Animal Rights type people getting their way

Yours looks just grand so it does but, I thought the marks in the long bit were done with a long pear shader, a P367, or a P208 ground narrower on the fat end

First, look it up on google to find out what that is!

Unfortunately its illegal to hunt rabbits in N.I.

I may be adding 2 + 2 to get 5 but please bear with me 1. In the UK it is currently illegal to raise rabbits just for their fur 1a. it is currently illegal to import furs from places which raised the animal for its fur, including as per # 2 2. In the UK rabbit fur is currently obtained as a side product of rabbits raised for meat 3. the last rabbit meat farms in Britain are closing down now (due to pressure by 'Animal Rights' groups) 4. the UK Gov is about to outlaw rabbit farms, even for meat (due to pressure by 'Animal Rights' groups) 5. if you/we/me cannot get rabbit fur from a local source, nor be able to import it legally, then it has, de facto, become illegal to use it (old rabbit fur is not any good)