fredk

Distance between jaws when closed, not holding anything = 0, a big fat zero, nada, nowt Open to accept a small item such as a wallet, about 1 inch For bigger items max = about 3 inches, 2.5 inches will do

Depends on what you will be making; small items such as wallets, or even larger items such as shoulder bags, no more than about 2.5 to 3 inches will suffice

Personal preference plus what you are making. My two have jaws about 3 or 4 inches long. Sometimes I need to clamp up a long piece of sewing work between two pieces of stick, each about 6 inches, to support it, then into the jaws. But the 3 or 4 inches or so is adequate for most jobs Not exactly used the 360, but 180, to turn the item still clamped up around to get to the other side without disturbing everything. Also useful for just turning at an angle to get a clearer view or something of one side of the work piece. Or to turn the head at an angle which suits your style of sewing. I think I usually use mine set to an angle of about 3 or 5 degrees to the left. Only one of my clamps swivels around. Most useful tho

Whatever you decide to use to clean the hides; 1. do all of them, even areas or hides which do not as yet show mold 2. clean the whole storage area as well anything else in there Mold can spread via spores. Given the slightest encouragement of any damp and food (your leather) you'll have that mold back again so you need to do your best to wipe it out now PS. Be very careful of any black mold; that mold is not only dangerous but deadly - breath in any of its spores and you can end up hospitalised. Bestest is to just destroy by burning anything with black mould on it

Do you want a belt pouch of this style? or

If the photograph is a negative/print then the photographer was probably right handed

NOT OUT OF SOME DAMNED 'PAPERBACK '!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT FROM THOSE WHO LIVED THEN AND WROTE THEIR MEMOIRES - NOT JUST ONE OR TWO BUT SEVERAL HOW DARE YOU YOU OBNOXIOUS GIT 'GREAT PLAINS' NORTH OF LONDON INDEED - YOU ARE NOWT BUT AN IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!

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A reverse search of the photo just says 'Two Cowboys, Tombstone, Arizona' Somat for hickok55; never trust these studio photos. The drovers arrived in a town, spent some of their money on getting cleaned up and buying new clothes. Then they went to the local photographer to get a photo made. Sometimes, if the drover wanted to show off he could use 'prop' clothes or weapons that the photographer had. Those two drovers may not have owned those chaps. But I do think they owned those quirts, probably just newly bought down at the Indian Exchange store on the edge of town. The chaps look so similar they look like Sears & Roebuck Catalog ones. I'd need to search for my S&R catalogs from that era to check Also, back then, a Cow Boy was a ruffian, to call a cattle drover a Cow Boy was a real insult. One of those names or words which has changed its meaning in a hundred years

I've no opinion on the first two, but this 3rd set; they look like marks from the gripper teeth of the clamps the tannery uses to stretch out the hides

Several months later. . . . Neddy Seagoon* returns to the fray . . . . . Bluebottle* has come up with an idea . . . . whack! . . . . . . . . . .. . thats the end of that and Bluebottle* is now deaded However, I've not forgotten this. It was put on the 'back burner' as a saying here goes. I had it written down on a bit of paper (Bluebottle & Eccles)* This morning I ordered 2kg, about 5 pounds, of pop-corn kernels. Some might be used in making a bottle/flask and some might be made into grits and some made into popped corn It might not take 3 months for me to get to the next stage. On the other hand. . . . . . is a glove * I'll let you google up those names

These are general guides. just to start with. As you progress you'll find your own way with thickness, type and its use

Too right they do. Over 21 years I've only lost a few needles at outside events.

Sometimes I hammer a nail pinch down into the centre, but even if I do or not, I wiggle a pair of fine electrical wire cutters between the leather and rivet head and cut the stem with the cutters

In my method there would be no exposed metal

Basically, billets are short straps sewn, or otherwise attached, to each end of the main belt. One carries the buckle and the other has the holes for the buckle tongue. When the billets are attached to the main belt they are usually set in by a few inches. For looks, billets are often narrower than the main belt. an example; Its a useful design to know. IF I was doing fancy gun-leather belts, I could/would make a fancy one-size-fits-all main belt but only attach billets to the ends for the final customer

I would; take two pieces of thin leather and glue & sew them together along the long edges and one short edge. Slide the 'pocket' over the clip. When its on, sew up the open end, then dunk the whole thing in water and then let it dry. After it is dry, dye & finish

Right now its more like Adam Ant's 'Stand and Deliver'

Essentially yes,, its not getting better but actually worse right now

At this point I would like to remind the collective that there are two 'sizes' put on clothing and belts. One is the true measure size and the other is the 'vanity' measure. Usually the two 'sizes' are not on the item at the same time. The 'vanity' measure number is less than the true measure, sometimes by just a little and sometimes by a lot eg. I had a chap who insisted he was a 36 inch waist. I knew he was not just by looking. He brought me his then current belt, it was marked 36 - no inches, or cm, nowt. My tape measure proved he was a 44 inch waist. The two can be differentiated by, the true measure has the number followed by; inches, " or cm. The vanity size is just a number

What size needles do you want? I probably have enough to send you some to get you started. FOC

au contraire; last December I saved about £300 on buying a stock of leather from the US rather than the UK

I say, cut the thread back by about 2 inches each side of the bad part and sew again. Only this time go manual. Watch carefully and try to get the needle into the same holes. Over lap the new onto the old by about 1 inch

I guess that after nearly 2 months the OP doesn't want to either show us any pictures nor engage with us uns anymore