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The most water-tight seams I know of are done by the Eskimo tribes on their mukluks. They are hand-sewn but they don't use a saddle stitch nor a regular seam as we would see on a boot. As for your question It's a waste of time and effort IMO, leather isn't "waterproof" so no saddle stitch in the world will help in that respect and you can easily buy products that will make the stitching and leather water-repellent for a time. Now for a learning project, you have a great idea, shoes weren't always machine-sewn it sounds like a fun project so go for it.

I misspoke it's been a few years since I did any stained glass so I went to look at the patina bottle to get you some info and realized it is for patinating lead/lead-free lead and not copper. Sorry for that !! There are ways to add patina to copper but it won't be black.

if you cant find any go to a stained glass shop there is a product they use to create a black patina you can treat the copper rivets with.

nope, 220 is fine, at least for me, then burnish you got the idea.

NFo isn't a coating it is an oil, it is used to add some oil back into the leather as a Liquor or conditioner. Depending on the amount you use you can make your leather products vary in stiffness or flexability. I use very little on holsters for example but use more on leashes and straps so they become softer and more supple. here is a link to the instructions on the application of the dye. hope this helps. https://fiebing.com/ufaqs/how-do-i-dye-leather/

wear it for a few days. that will tell you more than we can.

Darn man that is awesome work!!

yuuum my son brines his turkey then low and slow on the cooking temp and times. I've made the blackberry cheesecake, and pecan pie for turkey day. The wife and kids get to do the rest, a nice sixer of Guinness draught is what I'm gonna finish today lol. Some nice choke cherry wine will accompany the feast to day as well hope you have a great day and a very Merry Christmas!! God bless you my friend and take care of pops for me. I dont have one to spoil so I count on you .

Here's a couple i made for a person on the forum looking to restore a very old piece of work. it was obvious by the designs that the originals were handmade as well. Simply made with a file.

making background tools with these abstract impressions is very easy. stainless steel bolts and a file or a punch, as you can see in my pic above. just round off and shape your bolt head then go to town if you do not like the impression grind it off and try again. Then guess what people will come on here and ask where you bought it lol. I will put this out there, most of the original tool stamps are copies of handmade tools from years back. I also use tools like straight-blade screwdrivers, the edge of a half-dollar etc, just use your imagination and you can find tons of designs.

I trim the flap off with an edge beveler lol. then burnish it up. I use 220 grit or there abouts depending on the leather grain.

i use a belt sander quite often for my sheathes and holsters.

There's much for me to be thankful for this year. Have a great Thanksgiving everyone!!! God bless!!!

I use a small round awl quite often just to mark starting points for stitch lines or holes and such, just a tiny mark in places or edges that will be removed or hidden. Pencil for tracing on the hidden side of the piece.

it depends on the look you want they have been peened as well as domed with a tool.