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Very nice work!

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It looks like a John James Harness Needle #002 is about the size that I'm using with the .8 or 1.0 thread. This guy has a great selection of small quantities of Ritza Tiger Thread if you want to give it a go. Very fast shipping and good prices: https://www.etsy.com/shop/EgyptianLeather?ref=shop_sugg

Very nice! Does it have multiple chambers or is it just one odd shaped bag? It looks cool.

I typically just use a wing dividers and scribe a nice line in damp leather or else use an adjustable heated creaser like with these wallets. I didn't polish mine but they could use it. Nigel Armitage used a buffing wheel on his and that seemed to help. I typically don't wax them because I'm stitching before the final finish is applied but it definitely helps. The wallets in the picture were done with 1.0 mm Tiger Thread and think Tandy's medium size needle but I have three or four types of needles mixed together and I just grab the one that fits the best. I can double check when I get home. I could sell you a few of the Tandy ones if you don't want a whole pack. I also use a bone folder laid flat on the top of the leather to help me pull out the chisel easier and with less distortion.

It's a chunky chisel so I tend to use .8 mm tiger thread with mine or if I want the stitching to be the primary focus, a 1.0 like in this photo.

Thank you so much! I just got it today and it is awesome. Beautiful wood, perfectly balanced, and such a lovely smell. It was shipped promptly, packaged very well, and included a handwritten note of instructions for best practices.

Beautiful work! That Celtic knotwork must have taken ages!

Very nice work! I wouldn't mind a closer shot of just the edges.

Beautiful work but that's one ugly gun it it. LOL :-)

A lot of good ideas here, thanks! Quick question, what do you all do for nicely skived backs with no fuzz on a wallet? Do you seal them or leave them raw?

That strap tho. Very nice work!

Most service guys do take the hourly approach plus primary material usage. So $100 and hour plus primary material used, such as pipe, wire, etc. The $100 an hour covers time, fuel, small parts, tools, wear and tear, utilities, billing and customer service time, taxes, etc, etc, etc. This is a dead simple way of pricing your business but it takes quite a bit of time to figure out average costs to utilize the simple hourly billing approached.

Agreed! I'm going to need to try that some time, it adds a lot of dimension to the project.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/509045666/leather-12-x-12-project-panel-wickett https://www.etsy.com/listing/522856023/leather-12-x-12-project-panel-wickett A little salty perhaps but Justin is a great guy to deal with and this is two of the colors.

Great! I've been thinking of getting some of theirs. The only laser cut template I own is a custom one from Makesupply and I love it.

very nice! My only critique is his lower jaw and lip look a little out of proportion but I really like it overall!

Beautiful work! I love the notebook cover with the downtown streets on it.

I believe you are asking about the Oldschool lettering, correct?

Very nice!

Very nice! Is this MakeSupply's pattern?

http://makesupply-leather.com/templates/make-a-leather-bi-fold-wallet-free-pdf-template-build-along-tutorial/ I'm currently building the first one with elements from this pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/186830794/build-along-leather-pattern-2-coin-and

Definitely looks like a stamp to me, if you want to pay for it you can get just about any size of custom stamp made.

If you ever make more of these beautiful burnishers I would love to see them. Funds are a little tight at the moment so I hesitated and now they are gone. $36 is a very reasonable price for the nature of the product and I love seeing tools and supplies for sale on this forum so I can purchase from another craftsman.

I started with a super cheap import and it still performed fairly well. If I understand things correctly the biggest difference between a good blade and a cheap one is how long it holds an edge and whether it comes sharp. The basic Tandy filigree blade has worked very well for me with regular stropping.