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thicker veg tan, wet mold it to shape. for that 2 " piece you have sewn in. tool it too lol.

oh yeah, the Dixon club bar on a Saturday night would test your endurance for sure lol. It's very cool I love the look, color, and excellent work but probably not something you could wear here without some feedback.

Its a suburban lol Its my nickname for this thing I drive out in the boonies (offroad). There is still plenty of nowhere out here to get lost, stuck, or broke down in. 6" lift, 37"deep lug tires, 10,000 lb winch gets me through the shit and back home. i would look great driving her to elk camp with that red hat of yours, which is really cool btw, but i doubt i would make it out of the Dixon Bar safe with it on LOL.

Don't order your rabbit food from Amazon, it's a scam. The other day I put in an order and almost as soon as I got it, they sent me an email wanting my feedback.

just the right size for two !! Dang that looks good. All ive been cooking is mud lol, but that is kinda fun too. I've been wrenchin on the Burb, getting it ready for the hunt and winter. It was missing and running like crap so i decided to give her a tune-up. The plugs were pretty worn so i replaced them but he darn distributor cap i dont think was ever replaced lol. The rotor button was completely worn down and the terminals had big gobs of carbon burnt to them. So i figured it solved the problem, it ran better but still was not right so i rebuilt the throttle body next and found a vacuum port completely plugged with mud and someone had tried to set the idle by drilling out the idle screw, which is factory sealed, that throws off the ECM which controls air gas mix and was the biggest problem with the way she ran and the hardest to find as that shouldnt happen. Adjusted that back to the original reset the downshift cable which was also set to short and not allowing full throtle or proper shifting. I also threw on a new muffler, when i cut it off i found the one on it was to small it had just been shoved inside the exhaust pipe and welded on 2 1/2" muffler on a 3" exhaust so it had too much back pressure. Damn thing runs like new now. My son bought this thing used then traded it to us It was running well then, or so i thought, so i just drove it for a few years lol. Now for the hard stuff, My daughter gave us another burb, same year so I'm switching out the radiator supports, then fixing the other burb for my son to drive as well as having an unlifted unmodded truck for the road and town driving. The days are getting short and the mornings brisk It won't be long until snow flies here. Take care my friend!! Chuck

Those are friggin awesome lol. My oldest daughter just bought a pair, no spikes but as tall and covered in chains, she would wear those for sure.

I make wine every year, and have done so for most of my life. It's a great hobby if you like wine. We make ours from wild Chokecherries and Service Berrries that we pick, sometimes apples, and grapes. I've even made wine from our canned jellies that we had after quitting sugary food. The absolute most important part is your yeast selection, and clean equipment. Good luck and have fun with it!!

That is a nice-looking belt, worth the effort for sure.

His point is that Flea markets don't work and may be a waste of your time if you are trying to make a living doing this. Check out the vendor parking lot for Lamberginis lol. But here's the deal, there are literally MIllions of things you can make with leather, and millions of people from hundreds of countries so no one here can tell you how to be successful selling your stuff. It has to be top quality or at least look better than something you can buy at Walmart. You have to be a salesman and a living example of what you peddle, showing pride in yourself and your product or people will not even look at your stuff. The best place to start is by walking a few flea markets in your area, hang around , see what sells, ask vendors what is selling. Get a feel of what it is you are attempting to do. Don't ask us if it's worth it, ask the vendors at the flea markets. If they are all new vendors, why aren't there any old vendors? There may be no money to keep vendors coming back so location may affect your outcome even with a good product.!! I live in Wyoming, have never been to Florida, and haven't the foggiest idea what anyone would buy at a flea market in Florida, but it probably wouldn't be my Elk hunting gear. My guess is going to be sandals, flip flops and such. maybe straps to hold your sunglasses or sunscreen lotion, card wallets for your swimsuits. Whatever it is make it look good so if you're a beginner, then make it very simple until you gain the experience to expand your leather work to more complicated and pricier stuff.. Good luck to you my friend!!!!!! Oh, just food for thought, a leather card wallet with a stamped image of a bug at the Ugly Bug Fly Shop in Casper, Wyoming, sells for 79 dollars; they won't sell for 10 at a flea market.

Trash!! looks like someone rolled it up backwards a few dozen times. Yea I had a similar problem. You know what, i didn't call them out until I called them back and was given a sorry, ship it back on your dime, and we will re-sell it to some other shmuck conversation. Those middleman suppliers need to learn to send the crap back to the tanners when they receive it, not pass it on. However, so many folks now just don't know what 'good' leather is supposed to look like that they take the easy way out.

Give you advice or do it for you? What are your thoughts and ideas, and I'll help expand on those.

Awesome!!! I am glad, folks don't always think about how and why buckles are shaped the way they are but they are designed for certain size belt straps and are overlooked quite often in the belt making process.

Good luck!!

https://www.defense.gov/Resources/Branding-and-Trademarks/ i don't mind laser engraving it has its place i guess but not on my hand made leatherwork it really makes things look cheap and factory made, not clean and stylish IMO. But if your in competition with the Chinese or Walmart, then have at it. The problem I have with it is that it's very easy to just steal intellectual property from others to fill your own pocket. It's a crime to use other people's artwork or logos without permission. Yes even the Marine Corps emblem is a legal logo, and it's against the law to reproduce it for sale without paying the gubment. I have three artists in my familly and all, including me have had our work stolen and reproduced by others at one time or another, its really not cool, fun, or enjoyable to see something that took days to produce on a t shirt someone else prints in minutes and is selling for themselves and taking credit for the work. I'm sorry but printing out patches and sewing them on hats is one of the most uncreative things i can think of doing with my time. I'll get off my soap box now ans say those are swell!!! And just as good as they sell at Walmart and the gubment has a website you can actually buy the rights to copy and reprint for sale thier military logos Let's be good citizens of our communities and not do shady things just because "everyone else does".

I can see that, it would also help hide the shape. But if my gun doesn't stop em i dont think i'll try beatin on em with the holster lol.

Interesting project How do you plan on gluing up that big of a piece without getting air pockets? I've cut a bit of small leather pieces with a band saw it works well. But i think a guy could cut all the hides together like MuleSaw says with or without glueing them together. Maybe stack them flat on a piece of 3/4 ply, clamp em down, and use a circular saw with a fine blade and an edge guide. Maybe even a piece of sacrificial 1/4 inch ply on the top to help hold the layers tight

Interesting reasons. I haven't seen either problem in holsters without a welt, but that doesn't mean much. It'll sure be stiff lol. Anyway cool build my friend.

have you tested this problem with some scrap material to see how it looks? Why would one side of your stitches look bad?

Nice looking work !! yeah 12 oz is pretty thick unless it's a tool or work belt. your buckle isn't made for that thickness; you can see it doesn't have a big enough bend on the bar end. I'll add a longer buckle would also help the bend problem or a hook and loop type buckle might even get you back to the middle hole.

Cool build indeed, I've never used a welt on a holster myself and never understood the purpose?

With just a few hours of practice, a monkey can do it!! You will be so proud of yourself. Just think you can steal everyone else's hard work and artistic abilities off the internet and not even use one brain cell doing it or even attempting to further your own skillsets.

I have used copper rivets for swivels. solder a cap/concho of your choice on and use a larger washer on the back side.

1. leather crafter, someone who can make key fobs, basic wallets, sheathes, and such from premade kits or pattern packs,you will find them and their supplies at Hobby Lobby. They have a limited skillset and usually have no inclination to further their knowledge of the craft. 2. Leather craftsman, someone who can make their crafts from scratch using only the basic supplies, they can design, determine the correct leather and supplies needed for the project, and finish it without help or supervision and it will look professionally made when done. 3. Leather workers, the poor slobs who do this for a living lol, Tanners, production workers in shoe factories, piece workers etc. Working with leather because it's the job you found at the time.

My new burner!!! works well the first pic is at 1 psi the third is at 10 How hot is yellow hot? really hot about 2000 F. I could only go about 12 psi before the flue wasnt large enough. i can get it hotter lol And yea the welding sucks

kangaroo lace wrap it just like paracord.