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And if you think the BBC are the only ones doing this shit your dumb enough to believe them.

I found this while perusing YouTube. A ton of good info, names, numbers and contact info and Bruce hisself lol. I have no idea where to post it, so you mods can figure that out.

yup all the tool answers above need special knowledge to use them and care for them correctly, and it can all be found in a book. Also, the saddler will have a different answer than the shoemaker or the guy who makes watch straps lol. What each of us envisions as leather work usually is diferent. And I'll add this forum as a great tool also.😁 You can see those who take the critiques and advice seriously improve as time goes on, while those who blow off the help or ignore helpful tips and good advice just don't improve as fast or as well. It's not the tool in the hand, it's the hand that drives the tool. A knowledgeable craftsman with mediocre tools can outperform the ignorant man with the best tools.

oh, i get it now. Of course, the maker logo on the front/face of the hub and maybe the specs of the machine age and any pertinent info around the hub.

Books, books, and more books! Don't know if you would classify them as a tool. but the knowledge I have gained from them has enhanced my work much more than any specific tools have.

Yeah, there is no doubt about how the global media has been and still is weaponized against that man.

I've been helping my best friend and ex-son-in-law this week, trying to get him an elk. Hopefully, I can get some rest soon. Ima getting tired lol. It's been in the teens at night and only in the 40s during the day, but no snow, just bitter cold winds. Any way your garden sounds like it's going pretty well. I don't have enough growing season here for peppers, sure wish I did, i have to start them indoors then hope they don't stunt when i replant them. I think i might be able to do some summer sausage this winter, we have a good supply of meat.😁 plus my daughter works at the local Walmart and get a heads up on markdowns so we get some low cost burger once in a while.

i would leave it alone until i knew how to take it apart and do it correctly with the proper materials, and I doubt most leather workers know how to do that lol.. Those things were dangerous enough without unforeseen problems. and someone may use it at some point in time. Take your time on your awesome rebuild, it's a very cool project indeed.

did you look here?https://fiebing.com/blog/

its a western purse made to look like a saddle. Very popular back in the day. Tandy sold a pattern kit at one time.

Use the search function; there are several threads that may help you.

Doris wore another cool Hollywood rig lol.

that came out really nice!!

Man, that must suck having the knowledge right there and not being able to get to it. With your natural talent, your work could get much more refined easily.. Keep up the good work!!

yup I ve done much harder work. Like getting it in the truck this year lol.

I would try spraying it with Febreze, then if that didn't work, maybe a cold or slightly warm tumble in the dryer with a dryer sheet or two.

I think the whiskey glasses were lol. Nothing western in Hollywood is real even now, but at least then they had some morality and sense of right vs wrong. Every show had a lesson and positive story line. I'll take Gunsmoke over modern "entertainment" any day. I think Matt was kissed only once in the whole series, and they didn't even have to show Miss Kitty's boobs to get the message across that she was a woman.

Tandy, in thier Library. https://tandyleather.com/blogs/leathercraft-library

"Figure Carving" by AL Stohlman would give you that info for adding the shading. I see Tandy is sold out on that book; however they have "How to carve Leather" which also shows the process Al used. I like that sheath BTW, very well done imo.

Thank you!! oh yea they were! A nice homemade chokecherry/service berry wine accompanied it. I also used a bit to create the au jus with some black pepper for a bit of spice. Then I sauted some onions until brown and made country gravy and smashed taters, with a light salad. Hoping you are doing as well, are you going to plant a garden this year? Some good spring veggies?

My son is doing the tanning, its very much like brain tanning but without the brains and makes the same type of leather. I'm trying something diferent on the fore legs, i want to keep the hair on so am using a diferent method. The legs have short hair and i want to try it on a holster or two. And yes he works his butt off during the softening process.

practice makes perfect!! Good job and noticeable improvement imo.

very cool!!!! you give me inspiration as well as others on the site I'm sure. Much more creative than a cut-and-paste laser image IMO. My old art teacher would say. Put some shadow texture in to ground your cannon and building a bit.

Interesting indeed. Maybe throw some tin in with it; bronze might turn better on the lathe.

Man that sounds good , Here is what i made the wife for our 45th anniversary last night. fresh Spike Elk Backstrap. Lovingly taken by my son in a canyon so steep and full of brush a horse cant even get close. We had to quarter and pack out the meat on foot, only took about 10 hours or so from the first shot to getting him in the truck, i carried these out in my pack. while also carrying a quarter. Two weeks of hard hunting and we have two wonderful elk to butcher. BTW beef steaks of half this quality are about 20 bucks a pound here in the store. LOl with two Elk ima gonna have all these, except the night light, exchanging it for some nice handmade leather.