MikeRock

Dikman, Thank you. I have been making metal chips for nearly sixty years and have surfaced and polished up a bunch of round/head knives. Hard backed, hand sanding is THE way to go on this gently curving surface, as well as the flat. God bless

An orbital sander has a rubber pad that will not flatten the steel very well. Wet-or-Dry paper, backed with a chunk of wood will work faster and flatten what you have. 120 to 600 grit should be all you need.

I see the UK site carries the little saddle trees: Miniature Saddle Tree 3 1/2" Seat 5 1/2" Overall with matching stirrups

Still can't see the tips. Are they sharp on the ends or flat?

Look like sculptors bush tools. Better photo would help a lot...... and a view straight down on the pointy ends too.

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You might want to check out this most comprehensive thread. Landis 12 G Outsole Stitcher moving, cleaning, partial disassembly, resurrection By AlizabethThomas, March 28 in Leather Sewing Machines God bless.

Black Horse, Do you know approximately where in the download that is addressed? I have the PDF file from the Tandy book store and it's a mess trying to find text that isn't spread over three pages. God bless

Same request as Rev Moore. Download from where? Anyone got a copy to download from?

Thin rubber gloves, nurses/doctors gloves. Gets sweaty after a while but work fine for allergic reactions. I also second the handle plastic dip stuff. Thinned, it goes on nicely, and thinly. I wonder if heat shrink tubing would work on the body of most tools, swivel knives and stamping tools.

Outstanding workmanship.....not much else to say.... That is fine. God bless

Thanks Stewart! My mother in law is an owl fan and she liked this! So do I. God bless, Mike

Is that from a fountain pen or a ballpoint pen? What about a single drop of oxalic acid?

Shore 'nuf........ Ijust wondered where the pocket was for him. It gets awfully messed up at times and would be too nasty to put in a nice closed pouch that could not be cleaned. Perhaps a metal lined pocket?

Sorry.... I wonder what knife. Leatherman and flashlight.....sorry. It was the absence of a hive tool that caused me to ask. Dumb me.....

I'm interested in the tools he put in. My bee tool is a little flat crow bar looking guy with a knife edge blade on one end and a short section 90 degrees to that for scraping. Do you know what he puts in there? Only been keeping bees since 1965, so might have missed something. God bless

Good enough! Gits brothers are the guys who make all the oil cups. The ones on my steam engine are HUGE...... You are doing such great work on this old machine, it does my heart good to see it coming to life. Mike

In the photo of the oiling points, don't forget that little Gits oil cup, next to a bolt head.

A piece of garbage bag plastic put over the spout, then the cap..... works. I didn't think of the Vaseline!!

Dwight, Thank you. I like a taller loop too. I was thinking the leather of this and many other cartridge loops on these belts is too thick... drop back a few ounces and it would be both more flexible and easier to work with both in the making and in use. I never saw a two loop per rifle cartridge belt except in a few collections and museums. The very old belts I have had over the years were 'really' thin in the loop department and varied in width all over, from almost covering a .45 Colt to as narrow as half an inch. Lost several old, nice ones in the Rapid City flood..... Wish I had them now.. they were fifty bucks to almost free back then. God bless

I just laid this out in a drafting program. It looks like the rivets you have between each cartridge loop actually lever material back up through the slot and loosen the fit. The normal, non-riveted designs, like in Packing Iron do not have this feature or problem. Your loop leather looks thicker in proportion than the PI illustrations. Dwight, any thoughts on this analysis? Piqued, peaked, peeked? God bless

I went off on a tangent and searched for 'antique leather top desk'. There are some dandies out there and some are reasonably priced. One, made in 1910 has a nice writing surface, of leather. There is a small hole that reveals the leather only being in the 3-4oz range. Another reveals about the same. These two were permanent leather tops, not a layon unit, like a desktop calendar. I thought surely they'd be much thicker. https://www.etsy.com/listing/571560844/large-antique-english-mahogany-leather?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_all&utm_custom1=_k_b65f9c2664e018e312d3fc4adc841cd1_k_&utm_content=bing_319339186_1310617986645934_81913644654434_pla-4585513245482005:pla-4585513245482005_c__571560844&utm_custom2=319339186&msclkid=b65f9c2664e018e312d3fc4adc841cd1 Go search and good luck. God bless

Latigo, Patterns, as in foundry work?

I just searched the site using 'pack saddle' and came up with 54 hits. LOTS of good stuff! I'm cutting leather for a tree made about twenty years ago. Can't rush this stuff:)) It is the last of about a dozen we made. Good luck and God bless. Mike