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Welcome from Ohio!

I use Weaver's tough Kotes ($32.00 a gal) and Weaver Leather Kote($22.00 a gal). Looks great, water proof and holds its finish for a very long time.

I use Barge Cement. I get it from local Amish for $10.60 a quart. Works great, but boy does it stink.

Sight looks great! I was looking for a concho cutter I thought you produced, but I could be wrong on that. Great looking tools.

The heart surgery was a result of knee surgery. A piece of cartlidge found its way up an artery and decided to lodge in my heart. Doing fine with that now with no heart damage. David, I am Cinci once a month in the Mason area to see one of my docs. Last week was the first time I had went to a Tandy leather store. It was in Columbus, Oh. and the manager was great. I got business pricing and bought a couple of things while there. Most of my supplies comes from Weaver Leather and the local Amish harness makers. I have really enjoyed this forum the last few days. I found I am not the only one who dislikes tan coat and bag coat. I have no idea why anything manufactured for leather would not be water proof. Live and learn. I have been working on getting some of my equipment up and running. It all has been sitting around for years. Rust removal is the largest task. I have been using a wonderful product called evapo rust do do most of the work. I also have been doing machine work to the items also. Thanks to all for the warm welcome! I look forward to learning, sharing and swapping knowledge.

Great sight with a lot of talented craftsmen and ladies. Sure is a wealth of knowledge within these forums. I am new to leather work. By trade I am an industrial engineer. I was a mold maker for about ten years prior to being an engineer. Oh and 7 years of college. I weld up old cars on the side and still do some machine work now and then. I have only been doing leather work sense July of this year. I had to have open heart surgery and needed something to keep me busy. I started out with belts and went on to making m/c saddle bags, tool pouches, chaps, sewing on patches, sewing in zippers. Pretty much anything that goes with motorcycles and cushmans. I have been having a lot of fun rounding up old leather working tools and machines. I have rounded up over a ton in tools and machines sense mid Aug. I live within a large Amish community and traded a lot of them out of there leather working tools. I can only sew up to 1/2" leather and need to round up a large cylinderbed machine that sews at least 3/4." Enough about me. Again, great sight!

Hello! I add my two cents worth to the look of your strap, it kind of looks like you used the belly of the the hide which has very loose fibers.

Hello! I use to spot by hand, but do not anymore. I ran across 2 standard rivet company no. 2 machines and 2 Smith machine spot setters. All are foot operated. Piece of cke now. I use to be a tool and die maker so I turned (machined) my owm drivers and anvils. If you can find any of these, they are sure worth getting.

Hello! I know this post is a little old, but this company is the manufacture for Weaver brand named coatings and edge paint. I use products, Weavers Tough Coat clear and black and there edge paint. Works great and priced well.