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That’s a cool sheath. And the jeweler’s rouge is kinda cool as well. Would it get on the bread?

Hmmm. Not a good photo of my current stick.

I love the bark on the stick! I’ve been making walking sticks/shillelaghs for a few years. Just simple. But soft soft on the hand.

Thank you very much. I well try to put some together this next weekend. I actually have all that stuff!

Score! I want a cutter as well!!!! That bag is gorgeous! I have found that I tend to cut better when I transfer the pattern onto the suede side of the fabric and cut from there. That way I can use my leather scissors for softer leathers and they work a bit like fabric, or thick/stiffer denim. On thicker leathers I am still kind of jiggly. I have found that I like to cut a bit away from my real edge, that way I have room to smooth and sand the edge into submission. Also I seem to like to use my chisels too close to my edge, I’ve sanded some of the stitches right off before burnishing. Oops! So I try, VERY HARD, to make my chisel lines at least a quarter inch away from my actual cut line.

@ABHandmade Peculiar means what you think it means in the context that you used it. Different than you were expecting. It can have a bit of a negative swing, “Uncle Jimmy is a bit... peculiar, don’t worry.” But you did use it correctly.

Cool! My son and I saw a recliner/camp stool with a back/thingy at a store, and the first thing out of his mouth after he felt the leather was, “we can make this”. Lol. The apples don’t fall far.

Thank you for that tip. I put neetsfoot on a purse kit before I used EcoFlo water stain “evening blue”. On one piece I water stained first, and on all the others I used neetsfoot oil before to soften the pieces up. ‘The piece that got neetsfoot after is very dark and exactly how I wanted it. A little 6th grade, but pretty good for my first tooling project. I’ll try to get a picture up. the rest of the pieces are still pretty, but they are much more variegated than I wanted. It turned out okay, underwatery and blue, so okay, but is this because I didn’t wait long enough after the neetsfoot oil, or is it because I used a waterstain instead of an oil based dye?

And where do you get them? The screws and screw cups I mean. Did you shade the edges a darker color, or is that a trick of the light? If you did, how did you do that? It makes it look very classy.

Fun toy! And I thought the strap cutter was magical...

I’ll take some today and upload them tonight. Today is 8pm at Tandy, so it will be late.

Nice! I just got my brother to make me 2 sewing awl hafts. A straight sword point and a curved point. He thought He would try an egg shape and size for the handle and they work nicely.

Wonderful! Your stitching is beautiful!

Did you get a pattern of it? It looked like a really good pattern. Oooo! I love the chains on the strap!

OH! Pretty!

Is your recipe personal? Or can we have it? I really don’t like harsh smells. I would love a sealer that smells nice.

Great cobra. Love the dragonfly.

In the furniture trade they hit them with chains. Wood stuff anyway. fold leather or scrape it over concrete?

Cool!

Cool. Thanks.

I’ve heard them called coozies. Are they growlers because of the strap?

I like your machete sheath and your powder horn.

Hello? Do I have the term wrong?

Thanks for the pattern! My kids love it! I’ll be busy this weekend.