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fredk

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  1. I like the way you've broken away from the square or round for a coaster
  2. nice idea. I'll think upon that. Maybe not candy/sweets tho. Anti-fun police won't allow that ach, shure every one knows how big he is. He's the same size as a leprechaun, or Big Foot, or the Yeti, or the fairy on that rose leaf Here those etchings are made by the leprechauns. Its their written directions to where they have secreted a crock of gold. Its written in an ancient language. Any human who could decipher it would be very rich indeed
  3. I see no scrap Trim off the bad edges and just make the thing smaller
  4. Brilliant! absolutely Brilliant! and done to 'orders' so quickly too
  5. I prefer handles on my tools except for one; a paring / skiving knife. Like this one;
  6. How many ya got to do? I would mark out the strap widths on the thicker leather. Do the stamping on them. Glue this to the thinner leather then use a strap cutter to cut the pieces from the 'block'
  7. Thats a good idea. Its been a long time since I needed one but I remember you could get electric powered baby bottle warmers. Maybe you/me/we could pick one up cheap?
  8. That is weely gwate !
  9. I've recently taken to using this hook blade in my Stanley knife. I find it is great for rough-out cutting of pattern pieces from a large hide, to get more manageable sized pieces for proper trimming Frodo brought our attention to them back in April
  10. Doing a catch-up The 16mm KAM head covers a 15mm snap base nicely, but the KAM stem is loose in the snap tube. It will need gluing on
  11. fredk

    nice blade

    In my almost favourite box-cutter type knife Great for rough-out cutting of pattern pieces from a large hide, to get more manageable sized pieces for proper trimming
  12. A test; These letters are about 6 or 7mm high. About the size the ones you have. Then I used an ordinary writing pen with gold gel ink to just write inside the letters
  13. Mostly it might be but not always. My chickens, raised for eating, were omnivores and enjoyed eating slugs and snails in the vegetable patch. The hens did as well and we avoided eating their eggs for about 4 days after they'd had a feast. Fish eat other fish to grow
  14. Try this pattern; Crafting7_web_DocHol.pdf
  15. Really very most excellent ! I can envisage you getting orders for this combo, especially that knife
  16. Here 'vegan leather' is PVC plastic, aka 'leathercloth'
  17. We don't know your location so we don't know what terminology you'll understand best. But I think you may be in UK or Europe? Get some different grades of 'wet & dry' abrasive paper, available from a car accessory/parts shop, eg Halfords, costs about 60p/£1 per sheet. Get 320, 600, 800, 1200 Glue strips of these to lolly sticks (available The Works for about £1 per packet) use these on the bevels of the chisel teeth/prongs, working from 320 to 1200. But also do all four of the sides of the teeth/prongs. Spend time doing this. A couple of hours or less, not just a minute or two You should be able to get the chisels really sharp, sharp enough that with a very light pressure they will cut slots into a sheet of writhing paper and, a personal thing to me; I don't like that sort of mallet. I gave mine away. I prefer a similar one but it has an 'ordinary' shape with flat round faces. Like this one; https://www.amazon.com/Leather-Carving-Hammer-Leathercraft-Cowhide/dp/B07H8BH9JR/ref=pd_rhf_d_dp_s_pd_sbs_rvi_sccl_2_13/143-2905049-6470749?pd_rd_w=VK8cg&content-id=amzn1.sym.a089f039-4dde-401a-9041-8b534ae99e65&pf_rd_p=a089f039-4dde-401a-9041-8b534ae99e65&pf_rd_r=ZGVW9JPVPPPCMSQJG7YJ&pd_rd_wg=Vg0YA&pd_rd_r=c2c5f3fb-02a8-4177-8940-f75a10c8369e&pd_rd_i=B07H8BH9JR&psc=1 I find I can give a better whack with it than the other
  18. I would call that firearm 'cap & ball' and I associate 'powder & ball ' with a flintlock firearm
  19. No, its not normal. Unless you are trying to go through very thick leather Have you sharpened and polished the chisel teeth?
  20. Leave the shotgun shells empty and put your ceegars in them, have waterproof strike-anywhere matches in one though so ya can light up
  21. No guys. If you write @Northmount, or any other person's name he should get a notification that he has been mentioned in a thread and his presence is required It doesn't work for me either. Not on here nor on other forums which use it
  22. can ya eat them? are their hides any good? We don't have crocs. gators, bears, nuffin like that, so yesterday I bought, from an English ebay seller, a bag of small sized antler points. About 1.2kg, or about 2lb 10oz. Small points, maybe well over 100 of them. I'll count them later. Cost me nearly £32. Ordered yesterday morning at 06.44 and I received them 12.10 today ! As usual, I have a plan*; I'll maybe make 'look-a-like' Crocodile Dundee / Lightning Jack hat bands using the antler points instead of teeth * only about 40% of my plans actually become reality edit to add; 190* useful sized antler points, another 51 of very small tips, only suitable for loop stoppers or small buttons. That's about 17p (about 20c) each just counting the goods uns * thats a lot of Crocodile Dundee hat bands!
  23. $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
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