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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

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

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

Try this pattern; Crafting7_web_DocHol.pdf

Really very most excellent ! I can envisage you getting orders for this combo, especially that knife

Here 'vegan leather' is PVC plastic, aka 'leathercloth'

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

I would call that firearm 'cap & ball' and I associate 'powder & ball ' with a flintlock firearm

No, its not normal. Unless you are trying to go through very thick leather Have you sharpened and polished the chisel teeth?

Thank you

Leave the shotgun shells empty and put your ceegars in them, have waterproof strike-anywhere matches in one though so ya can light up

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

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!

$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