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You may find these video's of interest if your going to repair tack https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsJvB1ntSJd4AjLSTOBHCA

OOp's it should have been @lintonleather sorry about that, My brain cells don't seem to have been working very well yesterday, no rephrase that, the last few years, must be old age

Sorry @Tugadude did not wish to belittle your video, rather just a suggestion of a style you could adapt that works well, my post just came out the wrong way

Its very easy to get a bit of fluff between the bobbin spring and causing the spring to not be tight against the thread so worth a good clean out Tex 20 = 138

If you have a look at J H Leather video you will find she hits the right spot in describing what and why she is doing something and comes across very professionally as a teacher https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsJvB1ntSJd4AjLSTOBHCA

There are lock stitch cylinder machines which sew along the cylinder rather than at 90 deg to it, they are used for Golf Bags and Shirt sleeves etc and I guess incredibly expensive

Have a look at this ladies video's https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsJvB1ntSJd4AjLSTOBHCA/videos

Pity they stopped issuing telephone directories they used to be about 1000 pages and ideal for this

For all its complexity it would appear to rotate around a single point so when moving laterally along the blade the agle of cut would change admittedly buy a small amount To be used i guess buy those more interested in knife sharpening than using the knife

There are two basic types of leather Chrome tanned normally used for clothing and furniture and often very flexible and Vegetable tanned (veg tan) leather which is used for a far wider range of items, including Belts, Wallets, Camera cases, Horse tack and so on, and also used for Tooling where you basically engrave leather using hand tools or stamps I would suggest you start with a single shoulder of Veg Tan with a thickness on about 1-1.2 mm which you can use for wallets and other small items to learn on Veg tan leather can be very thin say 0.6 mm pig skin for lining bags etc to very thick for traditional shoe soles. It can also be very soft and bend easily or stiff like thick cardboard so the best way to buy if you have a dealer near you is to look and feel before buying Some dealers also offer economy leather which is far cheaper and often used for training, this often will have marks or bites that make it unsuitable for first class presentation but great to learn on Hope this helps

There is another way you could consider like they make Pancake holsters, this video may assist

Me I would be happy if that was my stitching

From the enquiries for needles on this forum, I think you will be very popular with owners of sd28 if you are getting the needles made

I imagine the sheep skin is not grabbing the needle enough for the loop of thread to form, maybe use a finer needle

It may be worth contacting this firm in Italy who buy in from many italian Tanners https://buyleatheronline.com/

Many of the design templates are drawn for use with round punch holes, it would appear most use 1.5mm holes but i don't know the spacing they use. have a look at https://www.leather-patterns.com/ this guy makes many designs

Notice these are not on sale at Tandy along with many others, Does Craftaid have their own site for the full range as it seems silly for the whole range not to be available

Effax leather balm gives a nice finish and only very slight deeping of the colour

My wife seems to have taken a large interest in what I am doing, she has helped a lot, in defining my work load

Glad its working out for you, maybe some other sales like Gun Holsters to gun shops, or Belts to upmarket mens shops, you have the option of selling yourself as well as getting someone else to sell for you

Probably to make each item only suitable for each job, so you cannot put the wrong length item in and damage something, or maybe a pissed off designer sneaking it in and laughing when nobody noticed

Come on what do you have to loose Umm Fingers, Legs, Life, err I see what you mean

OK I will be the one What is a rondy or rendezvous season?

I know nothing about Instagram as a selling medium, but love your straps, I would suggest letting someone else sell the straps for you, like a upmarket watch shop. I would suggest make say 6 and offer them to a shop selling Rolex or other high end watches on a sale or return basis for 3-6 months You get a fair price for each one sold and the shop gets its own profit for displaying and selling, then try other shops in other area's and hey presto your a business.

What may assist is that in sea fishing shops you can buy plastic coated steel trace wire which is small enough to hide away and strong enough to help keep a shape