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For being so thin it looks heavy, about 20 pounds... Hehe.. Ok ok, enough with the bad jokes, I think it's a neat concept. Looks good, I agree about the stitching. That takes practice and will come with time.

I agree with mutt, both people he mentioned are great and have videos that will hello with stitching. And wing dividers are invaluable tools, you should get a set.

That's pretty cool. I've never seen anything like it. I like the inlay work. Welcome back to the leather world.

Ah I see. I saw the beveling in the video. Perhaps that's more for thicker leather. Either way, it looks good.

@Petewon very nice work. I'd like to see your construction methods on those. Watch straps are beyond me at the moment haha. Also, when setting that snap with the leather covering, does the setter damage the leather? Or do you put something over it to protect it?

Did good on that arrow weave too. Are you only supposed to bevel the one side of the line like that?

I've always heard it called quilting. Or quilted pattern. The tool making the dots is called a seeder. The quilt pattern is cut with a swivel knife. I haven't tried it but I'd like to. I'm going to see that video haha.

I think that's good for a first effort. Better than mine hah. Beveling is tricky business, but once you get it you got it. The trick is to consistently strike the tool frequently while moving it along your cut line in very small increments. When you start out focus on keeping the force constant and moving the tool ever so slightly over before striking again. You can go slow to start. Shopped and fluidity come with time and practice. To clean ant rough but up after you can take a modeling spoon and smooth it out too.keepb it up

Not bad. Nice concept.

That's funny. And I think there is a calculation when making an '80/20'... Don't you just use the 'wing it's button on the calculator? Haha.

Good to know Ken. I'm getting more excited about making an order lol. I've seen his tools and they look great

I have the basics from Tandy and learned how they work. But I don't have the tools more suited for Sheridan style carving. I have a few bevelers and shaders and the like, but most I'm unhappy with. I'll figure out what I want in my research process haha. I always do. I tend to agree with that philosophy, just in this case I think I'd just like to invest in the better tools as most are replacing Tandy counterparts (ie veiners shaders ect)

@Mike Craw, thanks. That's what I've been hearing. Price wise it's all about the same. I'm sensing the best way to find out what I need is to ask him haha. Truthfully I don't know what I need myself. I haven't done much tooling because I haven't had the tools for it. So I'm going to give it a go. I have a bk swivel knife that I like. But I'm considering one of Clay's as well. I love his mail handles too, beautiful work with the resin and wood

I've been reading some posts here as well, everything g I've seen has been positive about clay and everyone seems to like what they get.

I'm interested to know about clay miller tools. Mainly his stamps and how they compare to Barry King's stamps. If there is anyone out there who could let me know about quality ect I'd appreciate it. I emailed clay and got a price list and he seems like a good guy and his products look exceptional. Also, his sizing is different so of anyone could recommend sizes for medium to small Sheridan and floral style carving that would be awesome. To thanks y'all

When I first started these videos helped me with pattern making. This is the first of two videos. There's no music or anything just him showing how he makes a pattern. as for construction of holsters, there are a few by him as well, bit I liked adam's leather works videos and obviously Sam Andrews videos are great as well.

It's cool seeing what people classify as wallets. All the different designs n such.

Depends on what you ordered to provide you the packing material hehe. Clever idea. Doesn't look difficult to make. So you can just replace it when the foam wears out.

oh yeah, I like to use my ragitty projects for work too... Phshhhh! This is beautiful! If this is a work belt what's a dress belt look like? Haha is the hardware silver?

Ohhh, I was hoping to see a horse stitching... I was curious how one would hold the needles.. hehehe Seriously though, that's a great find. I like things like that. Take something old and give it new life.

@Joseph1836, that's a nice wallet. For burning thread. You don't want to just put the flame to it. You want to approach the thread with the flame until it just starts to melt. I like to move the lighter around as I do this so it isn't stationary. Alternatively, you can back stitch twice and that should keep it together just fine, then trim flush. You don't have to burn the ends this way. Just what I like to do sometimes

Good to see you back Jeff. I downloaded some of your patterns. Just wanna say thanks. I too am curious about the 80/20 method if there is a formula. I've never seen a video that addresses this problem. I saw videos from a channel called shooters shop that I used because he went into detail on his process but never did he explain the 80/20 or any other combination.

Lol, just needing out is all haha. That round spot on top did look like a hole at first to me too. But I realised it was something else and just didn't know what. Thanks to alpha2, I now know what that is for haha. Learn something new each day.

@bikermutt07I believe they work the same way as the self filling water bowls you can get for your fur-buddy. The reservoir is upside down and a little higher than the smaller bowl/dish that fills with glue. (This height determines the fill level of the glue in the smaller bowl section) When the smaller area fills to the point where it's level meets the bottom of the reservoir it becomes an airtight system. The air inside the reservoir is pushing down on the glue with equal pressure to the atmospheric pressure pushing down on the glue/fluid in the smaller vessel. The system will stay at equilibrium until glue is used, then air is allowed to travel into the reservoir displacing glue until the system balances again. Just don't poke a hole in the reservoir....(not that out would) You'll get glue everywhere! Haha.

How about instead of walls you make it bowl shaped? You could take the round of leather, cut a radius, then fold it on itself and stitch or use snaps. Basically it ends up being a cone but if the round is wide enough it's a very wide cone, and you could probably get the bottom pretty flat. Just an idea, maybe worth an experiment. Instead of cutting from the center out, maybe leave a gap of an inch or two. Alternatively, wet moulding wouldn't be hard if you already have a large bowl or platter that you like the shape of, you could use that as a mold. Another thought would be using 2 pieces of leather. Think of a hat bring, it's really just a round of leather with a hole in it. You could stitch a base piece to the bottom side of this really big washer and then shape the sides with minor molding. Those are my ideas, i know the molding and two pieces ideas aren't ideal, but it's the best I got haha.