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  1. Rockoboy
    I tend to agree with @garypl, but then again, maybe the wider footprint makes the holster sit better when being worn. Either way, a great job.
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    I bet only a leatherworker would even know what 'defects' you are talking about. Overall it looks great, especially the colour.
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    The person to catch up with would have to be @RockyAussie. Check out some of his posts regarding belts and/or croc leather.
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    Hi there Kristina, That's a really good looking piece there. I am guessing it might be a wristband? Do you have anymore pics of your work?
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    Very good advice, thank you Darren.
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    Do you mean to say this attachment can make any single needle machine a double needle machine? Surely a double needle machine needs to have double bobbins or be set up as a chain stitch machine. On the other hand, maybe I have no idea what I am talking about.
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    That must be a world-wide thing. Only the rich kids had clear plastic on their books.
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    Really nice job. I like the colour.The only thing I would do differently, would be a line of stitches along each side of the 2 hanger straps, I think it just finishes the straps off to match the belt and quiver.
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    That is really neat, excellent finish on the very even stitches. I like the edge groove. It finishes the piece off just nicely.
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    As a relative newbie to this thing called 'leathercraft' and even newer to carving, am I missing something in believing a craftaid is merely a means to an end, just a way of transposing a design on to leather so the crafter knows where to cut? If I was a half decent artist, I could draw a picture with a stylus on the leather, but I barely know which end of a stylus or pencil is which. Is it perceived as 'cheating' or lower-in-quality in some way, if a crafter uses a craftaid?
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    I am replacing my stamp boxes with custom boxes made out of MDF. I use two layers of 6mm with holes cut to take the under-part of the stamp. I would post pics, but I am still in the design phase. My first iteration was a perfect fit ... so perfect I cannot get the stamps out easily. Dohhhhh!
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    Sounds like you have it all in place and raring to go. With all the machines, tools and expert guidance, I am sure you will turn out some good tack.
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    What type of leather did you use? I am guessing its vegtan, so you might be able to stretch the leather a bit to ease the pocket. Wet the leather then try to insert a credit card or 2. Maybe try a piece of hard plastic that can be bent and mangled a bit. (Better than doing that to your CC).
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    I use webbing if I feel there is a need to add some strength, such as for a dog collar for a big dog, which I made previously and posted details of. I use webbing which is 8 - 10mm narrower than the belt. The webbing gets glued to both pieces with contact cement.
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    When I did a search for Acanthus Lilly, I had hundreds, if not thousands of images come up, but some were quite different to the Sheridan style carving, so I am guessing the images might have been some Acanthus pics and some lilly pics. Some of the Acanthus pics were slightly similar to Sheridan cared pics ... if you squint ... and the pic is small. So, @chrisash I am guessing your assessment of highly stylised is probably correct.
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    Rockoboy replied to A7X1987's topic in Member Gallery

    Almost 40 years ago, when I was playing around with some leather as a young boy about 11 or 12 years old, I really needed a stitching chisel, but I had no idea of that concept, so I persevered with a fixed edge-groover. a stitch spacing wheel and a speedy stitching awl. When the light switched back on after 36+ years away from leatherwork, I found stitching chisels everywhere. While I initially thought of a stitching chisel as cheating compared to pricking irons and an awl, I have found it suits me better than any other method.
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    If you feel the need to attach the lining to the outer at the bottom of the bag, could you use heat-glue-mat or whatever its called? Install the mat to the inside of the bottom outer piece, install the lining and last thing to do is iron the lining to activate the heat glue mat thing to adhere lining to the outer. P.S. I have seen on LW, people prefer to use the heat mat instead of glue. Unless I have misunderstood something.
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    If I want a simple edge finish, I use a little water and a burnishing stick, roller, bone folder etc. If the edge is a little bit more difficult to burnish, I use some beeswax, pure gum turpentine and lanolin mix and a piece of canvas to burnish the edge. I have tried a small amount of water then glycerine soap on a edge, that came up really nice, but I am still working on that option to see how it performs with edge paint, dye, antique or a sharpie.
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    Excellent detail thanx @ABR. There are a couple of considerations I had not thought of.
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    My 227R copy sits on the table that it came on, 'factory standard' I guess, my chair is a gas-lift set at a 'standard height' about the same as my dining chairs.
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    I like it. It looks great. Your stitching is pretty even and consistent.
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    I believe this plant is called an Acanthus Lilly. It really lends itself to this type of carving and stamping.
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    I have blown this years budget this month!
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    Well ... that is a little disappointing! I had plans to re-purpose an old clutch motor into a burnishing machine, but with one of these babies available at such a reasonable price, that ain't gonna happen now, is it?
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    That would be good to see. I am always looking for a better way to do something, and at the moment ... any different way to do what I am doing, has to be better!
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