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While I'm no expert on upholstery leather , all leather come with marks etc. Unless the company that makes lounge suites etc removes or works around the marks, it would be difficult not to notice a few. I know this is a totally different leather, but when I make belts and other items, I keep the branding marks in. As one poster said:" 1. it was unique, and 2. only real leather would have it." I brought up this topic on a thread: The general consensus is, keep them in. HS

Yup . If it doesn't cut, it needs sharpening. Sharpening stone , fine side , and jewelers rouge , and practice cuts. Pretty simple. HS

Is that ' Alice as in Alice Springs ' in Australia? Birdsall Leather in NSW sell whip red hide whip making kits , and also ' Aussie Whipmaker , and a few others. Just Google " Whip making kits for sale. " HS

" I like onions cos they make me fart, smelly out of my ar*se But deep from the heart " That took me at least.um.....20 seconds or less to think of, LOL *I cooked up some onions for our burgers for tea* HS

Stay safe friend, and I look forward to you making me very envious when you get back , lol HS

You could bring me some bacon steaks ??? ...lol . Just starting to get hot now , high temps, but cool evenings, but soon it will be high temps followed by hot nights too, yuk !! @chuck123wapati & @Sheilajeanne Do you have one of those hand held 12v lithium jump starter thingies that starts cars etc. ?? I have one, but as a back up battery for my EFTPOS , and to start my lil ol' ' bunky' toyota, .....don't laugh I'm actually thinking of getting an extra one but to run a low powered fan for the markets , it does get quite hot at some venues. HS

Its about time someone invented a transporter like on Star Trek, I'd come and join you, I would so love that, and your brandy Hope you have a great time Stay safe HS

Looking for something else...what did I find? the masking tape , just as I was about to get another one , it wasn't even IN the damn workshop But I bought another one anyway... I put it down to aliens lol

Its also called ' domestic blindness' . It happens to men...mostly...apparently . Trying to look for something and its right in front of you . ....the third is looking for them

On Wednesday when I was in my workshop, I was watching a DVD, when I should have been working...shhh I could hear a lovely bird ( a honey eater I think) in the gum tree right outside my window, chirping its beautiful heart out, I turned the DVD off, then another replied from a distance , and another in a different direction and so on . Eventually there were 4 perhaps 5 birds all chatting to each other. I was more entertained from that than the DVD . Then all of a sudden, it all just stopped, maybe they were spooked . I feel sorry for those living in the city, they wouldn't hear any of that. I also wonder what it was they were talking about , , could have been Mum , Dad and the kids , " dinner time !!!! " lol . HS

Do you know what makes this worse? , I went grocery shopping today in another town, , went to a major hardware.....bought plants etc... and I still forgot the damn masking tape ...arrrgh!!! I'll have to go to our local hardware here tomorrow ..doh !!! HS

When.... you put something down on the bench , you go back to it....and ' poof' , its gone, like my bench suddenly turns into the ' Bermuda Triangle ' . You spent the next 20-30mins looking for it . I had a full roll of masking tape , I only bought it last week . I need it for a job, ..do you think I can find it???........NUP !! Perhaps its in the same place where missing socks go. Certainly not 'where all the calculators go ' I'll have to get another roll , doh!! HS

I like that " I reject reality and substitute it with my own" Mythbusters , I think HS

"The pellet with the poison in the vessel with the pestle" Try saying that as fast as you can , have a glass of wine, and say it again, have a glass of wine ... ..repeat ha!! Or, " the cat crept into the crypt crapped and crept out " . HS

Same here. All the holsters I have made, I have never stamped or carved the back. Tooling & carving is there to be seen, shown off , not hidden . Even Al Stohlmans holsters are only tooled on the front. But I am happy to do it if requested. HS

Looks like the number underneath is: PH8905021 ?? I doubt it would take much to get it up and running . Whatever it is, it will be a good machine. HS

Here ya go friend: But basically , you could make up your own 'salt' with any seasoning you wish, whether its chicken , beef, BBQ, spiced or with cayenne seasoning,, chili powder , anything you like really . Put the two together into a shaker. HS

Yup....we're on the same page, its sometimes called a ' pig in a blanket' ( even though its beef) . Just a slice of bread, folded corner to corner, with sausage , onions sauce etc. in between . Common at farmers auctions/markets and clearing sales etc. Getting damn hungry now, but my belly is already full, lol HS

Aussies would love you But Aussies are a fussy lot, it has to be a certain type . Some I have tried tastes like sh**t and very yellow...eek. Same with ' sausage sizzles' , just a long roll BBQ'ed sausage with onions with sauce , mustard etc. . One on the biggest community fundraisers around Oz, (that and lammo's ) . But....theres an art to it. Sausage in the long roll... first ...and onions on top after, and sauce etc on top last . Do the opposite, and Aussies get the sh*ts up . A certain hardware chain did that...and..o'h boy , the whole country was up in arms and the socials went nuts !!! WW3 could break out, but just don't mess up the 'sausage sizzle' ...lol HS

You're welcome I'll make an ' Aussie ' out of you yet, LOL . We all have countless food differences in our worlds, but the one single condiment I don't think you have over there is ' chicken salt' .Every tuck shop, fish & chip shop , roadhouse and ' fry & die' takeaway has chicken salt , someone buys hot chips, 9 times out of ten, people go for the chicken salt, I do. Some people like gravy on their chips....I don't . " Ostraylia " is weird . HS

Is there someone in your part for the world that sells kangaroo lace? Thats what I use. Theres also a natural roo lace that I have dyed for specific projects . They come in 3mm , 4mm and ...6mm, from memory. HS

I have some that I bought from a haberdashery , its thin and flexible, good for wallet windows , photos etc. Theres a heavier grade that I have bought that I used on a cover for a boat. . HS

Just a quick update, I have a a woodworker friend of mine that can make me a mold for the ' raised dog collars . He's not going to charge me anything, theres no such thing as a free lunch in my world, even if its just a few beers HS

Low & slow it is I'll put it in the oven before lunch about 10 ish in the morning , with a few herbs and some seasoning ...and set & forget. Leftovers can be turned into sandwiches , strir frys etc. My Mother always told me to remove ' the silver skin ' on a roast , otherwise its like a piece of beef in a straight jacket. Do you have beetroot in your burgers over there? Its an ' Aussie thing ' here A burger isn't complete without beetroot. We ( me and Dad ) just had burgers for tea, with cheese and beetroot of course HS

@chuck123wapati heres a bit of a story, but I'll keep it short . I have two ' lumps' of meat, rump roasts I have in the freezer , around a kilo, kilo and a half each. I bought a huge chunk of beef quite some months ago from a ' discount' supermarket. I cut it up into smaller pieces and froze them . I later realised it wasn't that good, , as it must have come from an old boiler of a cow, as one piece that I cooked up , I could have turned into brake pads . So, now I have these other pieces left over . I hate wasting food , its been leftovers this week. . So , I'm thinking ,I'll roast the other pieces like they are brisket or chuck, or mutton , nice and slow ?? ..as in 4-6 hrs ?? HS