RockyAussie

Well done Uwe and welcome to the 3d printing world. I know I'm going to see a bigger fancier printer in your workshop pretty soon.

A true craftsman and most excellent sharing of advise. Thanks for sharing.

sgot nothin to do wheather your male or single .....my wife's got no idea neither.. I been thinkin that's why her edging so rough.

What type of 25 needle are you using? A point style I would expect to do that maybe. Tri maybe LR I would not expect. Just a thought.

I agree. I do think the last hole at the tip may be a bit too close though. The belt is very nicely done and a looks great. Most unusual to have 10 adjustment holes but it should be a good seller to ambitious weight watchers I reckon. Keep up the high standard King.

Very good observation Uwe. Thanks for the passing on of some fine knowledge as always. Brain

Well done dikman , I think that looks to be a nice and easy design to cater for a range of different size bullets. I wonder why I don't see the loop idea put into rifle slings with some method to adjust and tie off to suit the bullet.

Anything over $1000 and I would be going with a new one. That means new knives and new bottom roller and no wear and tear etc. Push heavy for the different size spacers when buying though.

I could not say it any better

I was just gunna say in my other post, if you made one it would be dam well done and you just doubled that up. What is the wide keeper loop for ?

Now that"s a thought I could pop a few bullet holders in instead of croc teeth.Ha Ha. Next one maybe Your most welcome ,and I hope we get to see some from you as well. Thanks Tessa I checked out yours and they look great to me. Please feel free to put any helpful details on here that might help others like the thumb hole location and size etc if you would like. I would love to see that Dwight, and thanks for the blessing and I in return ask the same for you. Brian Will have to see how it performs over time but at present the grip with the nu buck and foam inlay is excellent. It would only be possible to stitch the strap area on this as there are some nasty bones that no needle agrees with that I have ever found. I not very concerned about it as the glue I use is the same glue I repaired shoes with for many years and I,ve been making hornback belts for years with it with very little problems. If it were not for the bone problem though I would definitely be stitching the strap.

Just found another one

Yep, that's a 80 watt soldering iron with a tip I've reshaped to go over the rounded shape I want. It is temperature controlled via a light dimmer switch. Should say I been doing it that way for about 25+ years and way before I ever heard about these filituse things or however you say it. Haven't made any croc skin holsters as I don't tend to get much in that style of stuff. Only ever made a couple of leather holsters come to think of it. No laughin here's some pics of one.

Thanks Joon1911, yes if you cut through the bone sections it can break your knife. That is the reason to work around cutting through the leather in between them. I only work with Porosus crocodile that has less bones problems than the rest to deal with. Unfortunately it is the dearest as well. Lucky for me I have thousands of them here and make them up into belts most days.

Thanks for that @motocouture .Don't know if that is available in Oz but I will check it out.

Thanks Rockoboy The thumb strap helps to stop the rifle strap from sliding back when you are walking with it. See the picture below here I have my thumb in the strap there. I did not think much of it until I used it then I completely understood and think it is essential. Many now put a hole right through but I thought that, that may weaken this strap too much. Hi @YinTx I should have made that measurement clearer in my measurement picture. From the wide end, end the first crew punch is 19" down. On the average that should work fine.

roughout leather is what I would call it.

Missed the keeper being stitched up sorry That's it all now. I hope this can be of some help and please if there is something better to add or comment on feel free to do so. Brain

Just a few more pics More later

Have you got any pictures?

Thanks @bikermutt07 I hope the new owner thinks so as well. Thanks @noobleather Here is the next lot of pics for now

Recently I was asked to make up a Cobra style rifle sling out of some hornback crocodile skin. Not having much of an idea on how these slings work and the measurements and so on, I dug into the forums on LW and could not find enough in any one place to give me what I needed to make one so I have decided to post on here how I went about making this one. I must thank .ABR from Utah...... for his help given in providing some of the measurements. This is a link that shows his post and some of his excellent work is there to be seen. http://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/80132-photos-of-leather-work/?tab=comments#comment-536112Due to the hornback croc shape and some other size checking I was unable to follow these sizes ABR kindly provided but I believe what I have come up with will work pretty well. PLEASE feel free to add or criticise any part of this you feel could be improved. This first few pictures show the sling that is made here This next picture shows most of the measurements I have used through the making For this post I think the file size may be close to full so .......More a bit later.

Thanks for that Tom. I am surprised that there is not more out there on this method. What is posted on LW though little, is better than I have found elsewhere so far. I hope I can get time to do a few bags and such using this and similar related methods sometime soon. Brian That is what I am thinking and along with a bit of 3d printing to help I think I can come up with some pretty interesting stuff. I am talking to some laser sign people in town here about trials on cutting the leather and should have a few answers over the next couple weeks I think.

All looking great so far. Good thinking on the drawer liner ...I think. Is that the rubbery stuff that has holes through it? Love the edge coat idea.

Now they would be interesting to see some pictures of. Stitchless seems a bit lacking as there are lots of ways to make a product stitchless. I like Holy Poke as you make a hole and poke the other part in. Mmm.... works for me anyway .