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I am selling a brass Alphabet stamp set. It comes with everything in the photos. I paid $455 for this set. Stamp maker is Hex N Hit to verify pricing. Stamps are 1/4" and in Cambria font. Set comes with 3 holders, 1 1/4"(perfect for initials), 2 7/8" & 7 7/8". Set has one pounding handle (unused) and one soldering gun insert (unused). The soldering Gun insert fits a Weller Medium Duty Soldering iron and attaches to the small and medium holder to heat up the stamps. It does NOT attach to the large holder. $225 PayPal, Friends and Family (or you pay fees for Goods & Services). Free Priority Shipping. Thanks for looking.

Ray is this still available? Thank you.

Thank you very much for the information. As always you guys are great! Rudi

I am planning on making my wife a tote for Mothers Day. I will be using a similar pattern as the one I attached. Having never made a tote before I am unsure of the stitching order. From experience, is it easier/better/wiser to hand stitch the sides together first or the bottom and then the sides? I am planning on stitching the tote while inside-out and then turning it right-side-out after stitched. Thank you for your time and any help you can offer. Rudi

Thank you all for the help Rudi

I have a friend that wants me to make him a scratchless belt as he is in the auto body field. I cannot find the hardware for these style belts. It is very likely that I am looking up the wrong words, but "scratchless belt hardware" just leads me to scratchless belts for sale, not the hardware needed to make one. Any ideas on where to find the hardware for these? Thanks for any and all help.

I am wanting to put an oval hole in the back of my wallets. The hole would be used to easily slide a card out of the pocket. I am trying to find a punch around 1" tall by 1/2" wide. I cannot find an oval punch anywhere that big. Any ideas of where to get such a punch? Thanks for your help and time.

Thank you all for the help. I definitely had my knowledge backwards. The quality of the leather is definitely not good, I think I paid $65 for it. My next piece will be a much better quality and rest assured I'll be asking questions about what exactly I need to purchase. Thanks again gentlemen.

Hello and thank you for any help you can offer. I am new to leather working and would like to start making belts as my belt doesn't fit anymore. I have purchased all the tools I need and some I don't need. I purchased some leather, it was advertised as "5.5/6oz Red Brown Veg Tan Water Buffalo Single Bend Belt Strap Leather". It was not very expensive but I was not worried about it as this is basically leather that I will learn to hand stitch on. My intent was to glue to pieces together and stitch them. The leather arrived and in Picture 1 you can see what I believe to be the top of the leather. It looks basically identical to my current belt. I was expecting the back of the leather to be soft with grains showing, however it is very dark and hard. It feels like almost plastic. see pic 2 please. I have tried using EcoWeld Water Based Contact Cement to adhere the two pieces together, however the dark side (back) of the leather does not allow the contact cement to absorb in and therefore does not hold tight. I can easy pull the pieces apart after 24 hours of drying. The glue pulls right off one of the sides. So, I assume I have to rough that back side up to expose the grains so the glue will hold, or that the glue I am using is not correct. If I need to rough up to expose grains can anybody offer the best way to do this please. If its a glue issue can somebody please point me in a better direction. Lastly, what type of leather did I buy? Looking for the term used to descide the leather style that is treated on both sides,,,maybe?? Thank you for reading and any help you can offer. -Rudi