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That is unfortunate. Try using a good brass cleaner [I use stuff called 'Brasso'] first, clean that off with a clean cloth then coat it with clear nail lacquer. But make sure its the old style lacquer which smells, its mostly been replaced by an acrylic lacquer with no or little smell. That will do you for a while

The Rustins you mean? That link was for Amazon UK but it should be on your Amazon. Or ebay, or your general hardware store - its used a lot on the brass fittings on doors

Clear nail varnish will work, but its short-term. Its not as tough as the Rustins and will wear off after a short time

You can get a special clear lacquer coating to paint or dip copper or brass. Its a cellulose lacquer. I used to use a lot of it on the brass fittings on my medieval shields so it stands up to use well, but if you use a wire scrubber it will come off I can't remember the name right now. If I find out I'll edit this Edit; Its called 'Rustins Metal Lacquer' [ who would have guessed it? ] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rustins-Metal-Lacquer-Clear-RUSCML125/dp/B07DF7F2ZZ?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A2UE65O1XILPTJ&gQT=1 btw, a thot; you'll have diffs coating the attached rivets where they meet the leather. That part will still oxidize and stain the leather. Unless you are prepared to remove them, coat them and replace them or new ones

a. your photos have to be small to put them on here. About 600 x 600 [max] pixels, a couple of hundred kb b. we need to attract the attention of gordond and MariaMS by tagging them like this @gordond and @MariaMS ; come help

imho, get the cylinder arm. You can always attach a flat bed for when its needed, but you can't take the flat bed off that type and make it cylinder arm

They might be magnetic book/page markers [?] Like these;

No. eg A rubber balloon is 'breathable'; it lets air out along with moisture in the air, but it doesn't allow water in I once had a top-level pair of leather motorcycling driving boots; they were 'breathable'. In hot weather they kept my feet cool, by letting out the hot air, but in wet weather they kept my feet dry by not allowing water in

To me; its the ability of a material to allow some air in and out. To allow damp air out of an item made from a material. Leather has no 'breathability'. Canvas deck shoes have loads

Maybe that was your piece and not mine

Nice and functional I see you remembered to put a welt in

With the winds we had, which came across the Atlantic, maybe

Damp sponge and saddle-soap?

yes, exactly that here's a boring photo of my wax block A 150mm/6 inch ruler laid on it

The others have said it; very nice. May it reach a good high price it the auction

I preferred the old theme look, it was unique. Now the look is like all the other websites on www, it is cold and clinical. I preferred the adverts at the top of the page. Having them dispersed through the messages its hard to tell which adverts should remain and which are 'pop-ups' that need deleted. I'll not use an advert blocker as the website needs those adverts showing fro revenue My thanks also to Joanna for keeping things going and working through this problem All this reminded me I'd not sent a donation for a while. Its done now, so fresh coffee can made on the stove

As the end of the month nears and my report looms, I never got the out-side pieces out again. We had a couple of very big storms, with winds blowing 75 -80 mph, gusting to 90 -95 mph. Only a couple of days between the storms which lasted about a week each. However, the pieces inside the car are ok see y'all later

Moi aussi I recently made me a bigger and deeper slab

Whatever way you attach the thread to the needle - wax it, and wax it every so often whilst you sew. Leather is very abrasive, especially to the weaker thread I have a few of these; I just pull the thread though it every so often. But you don't need one of them, just a block of bee's wax will do.

Twist the thread in the direction against its wind, this will open up the individual threads which make it up

If no-one close to you in England comes forward you could try asking Le Prevo in Newcastle How much leather do you want reduced?

So my old piece of beech should now be replaced with an expensive wotsit For that's how I usually use Ol' Faithful # 22

Use one of these; as well as polishing the prongs and regularly waxing them whilst in use