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Sharp = a sharp needle, like a glovers needle

My #1 son still has an 8-track. In his 1978-year Cadillac Coup DeVille. I think he pinched all the tapes from my '78 Caddy for his un

A slight deviation; I want to buy some EVA foam, to put into boxes, with cut outs for holding game pieces. The cheapest I can get is a piece 50 cm x 50 cm for £15 delivered. Or, from the same supplier, a piece 1m x 1m for £18 delivered. At the moment I want only a small [about 25 cm x 20cm] piece to check if my idea will work out, but if it does I'll use the rest of the EVA, but if it doesn't I'll have to find a use for it all!

No problems. One uses a rod/bar setter with a dome shape in the end. I use a bar one size larger than the rivet, eg for a 6mm rivet head I use a 7mm setter

You can get domed head ready-rivets. I use them when I want the rivet to be more decorative https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181337022618?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D237808%26meid%3D25be4fdc25b342a9a51054d8f8cc16d9%26pid%3D101195%26rk%3D12%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D173950563887%26itm%3D181337022618%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv9PairwiseWebMskuAspectsV202110NoVariantSeed&_trksid=p2047675.c101195.m1851&amdata=cksum%3A18133702261825be4fdc25b342a9a51054d8f8cc16d9|enc%3AAQAGAAACEKyApwK%2FefsMJoQXTtwyzIPiLlyq8g8hwMr2qnuOcpGnokIWj1HbCI2Idd68n9p22JtdKPWIQg79oDp6mEui0M0pp3IFv3o8kp5RfVxnsUfyjOcu7IGfaqx5rZn7GpVXFWsLl8BMoTXYS8najzmMyazeMZTSCxqr9r6wfyRFHNhtjeEG5Jgc%2Bi2Yrc24kos5DdCWeybheiJDTwwmz0gfF9nqkv%2FY%2FF4mketFVw1yNPskQ7DMTFyBatbZnLNYF80NN7LOVrYQ4yZfMVO7mJ3c79P7hsEmw8iEuQ51DjDzpnmwRrvN7m7v6Wp3%2FU8StECi%2BgkWkvrPiyx%2BX4LVvm4pAngsFDuYgmiDFZBu7oGjau3H0ZvUS517Gs0%2FdBfBRG%2FizRu%2FVhf2HU2fp9Bc0VDUUR81wVrm6uJoJdTUpvLcn46D08BHg70Ezbdtjzrx%2F5CahOjfx2t9%2F7S3faSrkmQcwGfK9IwVwG6NSXMSlzY3JJ7hDduA6ZXtLxIOHRl%2BgnK0636QMylEeiml9Nic5hKsGrFlK0cX5TlUYMiIyNy%2BNON0lSy%2F0rR0cMlLm58hi5S0HsSSTHBtdxSkzxzH947VmX%2BAj3ErPEvJxgyvryjNYw%2B7yc4d0Uq1oDRScs4nHeb874I%2FtdPZMgVjOY8CMj%2Bj41j6iaS6Wpb%2BPMMrPMthE1QhxYf8WVl1rHOLopUWn68lsA%3D%3D|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A2047675

Top right of screen - your name Click on that, drop down menu appears, top option = 'profile' Click on that which gives you a new page Way over on the left is your avatar. In the lower left corner is a little landscape picture, click on that and you get a sub-page with options on how to upload a picture for your profile

Le Prevo have been cutting back on their buckles, loops and dees type hardware. Its not a 1/10 of what it used to be Another reason why I have bought in bulk - whilst its available

Ouch! that hurts 32oz bottle of dye, 20 x 20mm brass loop & 20 x 30mm brass loops. Weight, approx 1.5kg, £18.50 from Le Prevo to me. [not Le Prevo's fault] It was the same price for just the dye, or just one set of brass loops

Having learnt a bad lesson about having not enough hardware on hand years ago I now buy in bulk. If I'm going to make just a few of something I buy in enough hardware for 10, 20 or even up to 50 of that item or similar. I buy bargains / discounted hardware whenever I spot it even if I have no immediate need for it. As I see it, the hardware doesn't have a 'use by' or 'best before' date on it like bread or meat, so it'll stay fresh until I need it. In the past, I too went to Charity shops [aka thrift stores to you heathens!] and bought cheap belts or handbags et cetera. Good for one-off hardware but occasionally I hit good where a major store had off loaded quantities of certain fashion belts. All made in that cheap pretend leather/PVC, but with quality buckles. I have no leather supply place near me and getting anything posted to me costs a fortune. It costs as much to post 50 SB buttons as it does 500. Thus, by pro-rata the hardware item works out cheaper in quantity

Almost, but we both spoke the same language. A fast exchange, took about 5 seconds, a spit on the hand and a slap of hands, deal done and binding

I think a loop stitch with different coloured threads could be hand sewn with one of these; An Auto Awl Use coloured thread A to run through the loops of coloured thread B which is on the bobbin edit; ah, Dwight got posting whilst I was still writing

If you want this to look good, take out those rusty rivets and replace with brass double-headed ready-rivets Take out the rivets, sew up then replace the rivets omo

I build in any 'discount' that might be expected years ago when I had a photo business I was the only photographer willing to do weddings and 1st communion photos for the local gypsies. The other snappers refused to do for them as the gypsies always wanted discounts. I simply added a bit on to the price for taking off for the discount. eg a wedding portfolio would be £150, I made it up to £180. Still cheaper than the other snappers. Then when the gypsy man was paying, in advance, we negotiated, step-by-step till he got about £20 or £25 off the £180. He went away happy cos he wrangled a big 'discount' out of me and I was happy cos I got my actual price out of him! I tried to tell the other snappers about this but they were too thick to understand. I got a good reputation amongst the gypsies that I could be bargained with and I got a lot of business out of them This translates to my leather goods. Depending on what it is and where I was selling it, I added on a few extra £££, and 'discounted' that price by ££ if asked, only if asked though At artisan fairs, open table markets, car-boot sales, et cetera, buyers like to think they've got a 'bargain' even if its only £1 off the price Another thing I have and do is, I have a small basket of odd shaped and sizes of small leather bags or pouches made from scrap leather. They are decent looking. I price them at £3 each. I'll give one of these to the customer as their extra. In N.I. / Ireland when you buy something in a private deal its traditional to give the seller some money back as their 'lucky penny', This could be anything from £1 to £20 depending on the amount involved in the deal. So even if you/I haven't given 'discount' some people expect their 'lucky penny' Its all very confusing

Your leather case set looks useful In the RAF [and USAF] we used to get regularly issued with a card-board cased set like that. It was called a 'house wife'. No scissors but often a small razor bladed knife, buttons to suit our uniform, lots of thread, sewing needles, straight pins, safety pins, needle threader and a collar stud. I still have one of my USAF issue kits somewhere

Some years ago Donaghadee hosted an 'artisan' market. There was one chap who did wood carvings out of sea drift-wood. He had a fairly large sign, about an A4 size, which he placed on one of his pieces. On this card was written £50,000. People stopped, and asked him was that really the price? His reply was 'oops, that sign has fallen on to there, that item is only £25' As I watched he got about 75 - 80% of sales. That £50,000 card was moved about regularly during the event

I like and enjoy almost all types of music so 99% of the time - 24/7, my radios are on the UK's BBC Radio 2. There is a decent selection of both old and new music through the day and the station is free of commercial adverts. The few times that there is a radio programme with music I don't want to listen to I'll put on a CD of Classical, Traditional, Light Comic Opera, 60s, 70s or 80s music, or just about anything which takes my fancy or suits my mood

True story; a certain road junction in Belfast was designed by a bicycle riding development designer. A couple of years ago some EU inspectors declared that road junction as the most confusing and most dangerous junction in Europe and possibly in the World!

Try sponge washing it over with alcohol. This will remove some brands of antique and dye

Whenever I did anything with a welt I cut it over wide, trimmed the inside to fit and let the rest overhang to the outside. That was just cut off at the trimming stage

Forget drawers. The woodwork of the drawer takes up valuable space. Shelves with a bar across them. Hinge the bar at the bottom so it can drop down like a flap, but only to horizontal so it can act as extension to the shelf whilst you get things off the shelf. Bar hinges up after use and small catches hold it in place Use that wall space; open plan shelves up there, long lengths which can be partitioned to your needs as you progress Use the ceiling; in very old time houses they used to have a clothes drying rack attached to the ceiling. It could be dropped down for putting clothes on then via pulleys it was hoisted up out of the way. Use a similar idea to hang light weight leathers Don't forget power points; you can never have too many. But not at floor level. Bring them up to desk/worktop height. And build an open front box over them; to protect the plugs and stop too much stuff getting left in front of them and preventing you access to them Is that big square on the end wall a window? if it is shift your sewing area over to there. Make use of any daylight available

Why waste a very nice piece of hide? I use cheap dish washing sponges to apply antique, and also dye. The sponges cost me 10 for 50p [£0.50 = 5p each] I even cut them into pieces, maybe four. I just throw them away after use. With the sponge I can work the antique into the depressed areas very easily

Same has happened in Belfast and some other towns in N.I. We had a couple of really nice, hot, summers and the councils got rid of the covered places, redeveloped them into open air plaza type places. Bars and restaurants which were encouraged to open up there soon closed up, too cold and wet most days. Now the councils are wasting more public funds in schemes to correct their mess up

The OIrish have a few national foods or dishes but they/we don't eat any specific one on St.Paddy's day Some national foods; Colcannon - mashed potato with diced up white cabbage through it. Some people cook the cabbage, I like it uncooked, served hot with loads of butter, often served up with some thick rashers of bacon or just on its own Champ - mashed potato with scallions, aka spring onions, milk and lashings of butter mixed up, served with just about any meat or just on its own Potato bread, a bread made on the griddle with mashed potato mixed into the batter, served hot, either straight from the griddle, toasted or fried, with loads of butter Soda bread, a bread made on the griddle, served hot, fried or toasted or straight from the griddle, with loads of butter Irish/Ulster fry - 2 each of soda bread, potato bread, fried egg, pork sausage, thick bacon slices and loads of butter for the breads and eggs [no tomatoes or baked beans, these are added for the English visitors] Irish Stew - lamb or mutton stewed with potatoes, parsnip, turnip and carrots. A thick stew, served with soda bread on the side, not forgetting the butter Drinks; Tea Whiskey Lager beer Stout, aka Guinness Regular beer There'll be local parades, but most of us will avoid them [usually riots during and after them] and just get on with things as another day

I have several tool boxes, the sort meant for car mechanics, which hold the various tools for leather crafting. These sets are divided into, sewing, cutting & marking et cetera. The top set of drawers on one unit is devoted to my alphabet & 3D/2D stamps I keep handled stamps in three of these boxes meant for paint brushes. They reside on the top, at the back, of one of my work benches The stamps are divided into their code numbers and put in these. I can see the design of the stamp easily.

Studying the video; the guy's watch, is at about 4.25.15 at video time 7.54 when he forces the wood block into the main pouch, the watch is still at 4.25.?? at video time of 8.09 when he is boning the shape, he started the shaping at video time 8.05. None of the the items on the bench, other than the mallet, has moved during this sequence. Therefore that sequence may have been filmed in real time or a full 12 or 24 hours later But there is an edit cut at video time 8.04 thru 8.05 to 8.06 At 8.14 we see the worker polishing up the case, but the wood former is still enclosed. A cut-away to the badge, 8.24, then we see the case being put in the display cabinet, 8.27. An out-of time edit; In between, was the leather drying out?