Handstitched

I've never made one myself. Might check this vid out myself. Hope it helps . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCxUzW0PKfk HS

That is truly some quality craftsmanship. Love the beautiful grains & colours in the woods. And yes, leather & wood go so well together .Especially antique dyes . Absolutely amazing . HS

I'm pretty sure I have ' fluer de lis' stamp somewhere. Its slightly bigger that a 3D from memory.

Guinness is a special treat, not a regular drink...like as you say, a bit ex$y . The PBR Beer is available here in Oz , might give it a try. Spring is a great time. All the different flowers appear in the bush, quite a sight, and the tourists come flocking. A member of my family, a bro, tried doing the home brew, many moons ago. He kept it in the spare room to keep it "cool" ...apparently . It got a bit too hot one day and the damn thing went wrong and bubbled up all over the floor . I come home from work, and the whole house stank of beer.Open the spare room door, it was like a scene out of " The Blob" . Foamy ' stuff' everywhere. It was also a case of " O'h f***k !!! He's in the deepest of s***t !!! " Mum was really p*ssed off because she just redecorated the spare room , new carpet and all .He learnt his lesson, silly boy !! Nuff said . HS

Very beautifully done. My eye was drawn to the border. But yep, fiddly as . Love the colours too . Coats of Arms are never easy, fiddly but the end result is quite effective . HS

I couldn't have said it better myself Just hammer them flat. I have only used d/c rivets. HS

The sheathes I have made are 'one piece' that includes the belt loop. I have had to use ( d/c ) rivets on some holsters, and to prevent the rivets scratching the gun, I make sure the rivets are totally flat/flush with the leather , not slightly 'domed ' . That has worked for me. Others on here may have a different technique , linings perhaps, that cover the rivets before assembly . HS

You beat me to it. Great minds thinks alike . HS

I have done a family coat of arms, fiddly as. I did what I could with bevellers etc. , but I used mostly modeling tools for all the fiddly bits. HS

Great minds think alike. I thought about starting a food thread too Yeh sorry from me too @fredk . He must be getting tired of my cooking by now, like hearty....yummy ...Guinness pies . I even had some Guinness ...before midday ..woo hoo....who needs ' rulz' !!! Those pics are great. The white flowers remind me of a ' Jasmine' here in Oz . a climber/ creeper small white flowers with a sweet scent. Just love the changing of the seasons. Its getting close to our Winter ( June) but this is my favourite time of year . HS

Man, we just love really good quality home made food . Hearty soups, meat pies, elk steaks ( yummo ) . So full of flavour, and from the heart.... and not from a packet or from the frozen meal isle . HS

' Mc-Slopski's ' has now shut down/ selling off its operations in McRussia . Meanwhile in ' Realfoodland' ... I had a nice hearty home made Guinness meat pie tonight. Slow cooked gravy beef, vegies etc. fresh garden herbs, some flour as a thickener, ......and Guinness , slow cooked first , followed by a nice crusty pastry on the top. Served up with nice hot jacket potatoes green vegies and ......Guinness gravy . The best damn meat pie in the world HS

A'h yes, the joy of putting your new 'toy' together. And what a wonderful person she is ' A family that sews together, stays together ' . I see you had some practice. If only I was married,*sigh* I'd like a 132K6, a post bed... a long arm ....and a bigger workshop...please Well done to you both & Happy sewing HS

@chuck123wapati the home made soup was so delicious . Hot 'n' hearty after a busy weekend . Warmed my bones up nicely HS

I want one. I enjoy hand stitching , but the joints in my hands are painful at times, especially these last few days. Must be the cold weather. But he last time I checked, the Oz $$$ was under .70 cents . No good for buying stuff from O/S . That sux !!! But I do occasionally use my sewing machine to make holes , like @fredk does, if time is of the esscence . HS

Is it warming up in your part of the universe chuck? Its starting to cool right down here in the central wheatbelt . It started raining properly for the first time in a long time in the early hours of this morning and hasn't stopped yet . ( its now 7 pm atm) . Its been raining steadily non stop pretty much all day. The ground is saturated . And the home made soups ( left over Christmas ham) are about to make an appearance ......yummo !!! Not many people pay any attention to Mother Nature and the seasonal changes , but I do . The sound of the steady rain and the earthly smells it produces can be quite therapeutic .Thats a lovely pic. A set of Doves visit our back yard frequently in the mornings, we put seed out for them . I get more entertained watching them than TV HS

Yeh, the " Keep Up With The Jones' " category. The snobs version of ' one-up-man-ship' . ....and the neighbors that go broke while trying to keep up, but yet happy to brag to their mates how much 'xxx' cost them to make themselves sound wealthy and important. I have bags & boxes of scraps ( aka money) lying around. Time for me to put my creative thinking cap on. HS

I'm asking, Do tell, don't keep us guessing Some idiot will actually pay that price , thats what keeps me shaking my head. The ones I'm making from scraps are just simple and practical . Later, some might be a little bit "fancy" , a bit of lining and stitching, perhaps some different shapes, depends on the size of the scraps . I'm just testing the local market to see what sells and what doesn't . If they don't sell, then I'll learn from it. HS

I did have a search before posting, but nothing on scissors. I've gone through quite a few pairs of scissors over the years, some had hard plastic handles and break . Some have the metal going through the plastic handles, but they don't stay sharp or simply fail. They have nuts that can be tightened but come loose, even with 'loctite'. The best ones so far are kitchen shears from my local supermarket. The blades come apart for cleaning and the blades stay ' close ' together and don't separate when cutting, and can easily cut roo, chrome, 1.5 veg, ....and can easily cut 3.5 - 4mm veg. ....when my hands let me that is . A bit 'Arthur Rit Ic' But the blades can be a bit short on some projects, especially on canvas, horse rugs etc. They're only about 80mm long. So what scissors do you use? Any recommendations? HS

I made a few of these this arvo from off cuts. Just simple square trays about 6" , dyed, dried sealed and riveted. No need for a pic. I'll 'test ' them out this weekend. But I went to check on how much these go for ...it was a case of I saw one for $945 . WTF ??????????? https://www.hermes.com/au/en/product/mises-et-relances-change-tray-H400060Mv18/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4Ja8_pfX9wIVFRvnCh3uxAk5EAQYASABEgILUPD_BwE Was the cow fed champagne & caviar while having a facial and a pedicure while being serenaded holidaying along the French riviera ?? Sh*t a brick !!! HS

For shearers, its ' silicosis ' . Not very well known and not talked about enough in the sheep shearing industry . I was part of it for a time. Glad I left it. Any relation to ' Captain Morgan' , as in rum ?? Just .....thought I'd ask.... At the end of the day, well all have something in common . We love friendship, fellowship , leather, food, drink, Mother Nature & the great outdoors. And who knows, we may even be related somewhere along the long looooooong line HS

I agree. I attended an event about 2 weeks ago, in the Central Wheatbelt , a bit further n/e from where I am. I make fly swats from scrap leather. The flies were horrendous in that part of the wheatbelt, as a result , I sold mostly fly swats, the occasional belt....but mostly fly swats. If it wasn't for the fly swats, the day would have been... average . We have flies here, but nowhere near as bad as out there. The fly swats I make are cheap enough for kids to buy with their pocket money. HS

I've never given what I am much thought. I know I have a some Welsh in me, from my Fathers side ....somewhere, can't speak word of Welsh, may explain why I eat leaks, theres definitely some pommy ( english) in me . I was born in Suffolk. But a part of me has a bit of Greek in me...I think, going by my last name . I eat a lot of cheese , pickles, & salami's and small goods But I love a pint of brown ale & fish 'n' chips . Or it could be that fact ......I'm just a glutton <<<<< HS

@dans79 If you want it any more perfect than that, use a machine . But from what I can see, it looks great Hear hear !! I've lost count the amount of times my hand stitching has gone a bit off course on the back . I call them ' humanity stitches' . Lets me know I am not a machine, or a robot . It also lets the customer know that its actually hand made . To keep (over) analysing your work will only drive you crazy HS

$35 bucks for that ??? Some idiot will pay that too . Sh*t !!! I'd be a millionaire with the amount of scraps I have !! Might give those a go , but I won't be charging as much as that though, even with a little bit of stamping. . HS