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I'm glad to see your still around I was wondering about you. beautiful work as always!!

neither one of you would have a dog of your choice if it wasn't for breeders. you seem to love to complain. The pups are American bullies and a Beagle mix we rescued form the kennel

Have you ever noticed their trainers? lol most cant keep up on a good day. Showing dogs is pretty much just an ego trip imo, folks buying dogs, training them then taking credit when they win but when they lose its the breeders fault.

lol my doggie sleeps with us I found dogs are much more fun if you love them for what they are, friends and companions.

neither one of you would have a dog of your choice if it wasn't for breeders.

that is how mine was sewn also, they are just as strong as one piece of leather, but doing it either way is correct repair. Man I love my old salt and pepper, its been many a mile with me.

it is a beautiful color and your workman ship is great.

the stars always face forward with the standard/pole it is correct.

your wastin time, get back to work lol. then you can fish in the summer

their money spends too my friend. some times a new door opens we didn't know existed.

oh yea now yer talkin. That's beautifully well built.

. yeah what Fred said!!!! i have one like it and it has the leather pieces sewn inside here is a picture on the far left upper corner you can see the piece the loop is sewn onto on the inside.. you can actually see both smal pieces of leather backing

So English bulldogs should become extinct as well as many many other dog breeds? Here's the problem with the one sided story, If it was in fact a disease the doesn't show up right away how could the breeder know the pup he sold had it? Fifth grade biology says that its impossible to know what dog in a litter will have a genetic problem or even if any will have the chromosome/s for any given disease. Your story also says the woman was well aware of the local breeders and the breed itself so if he was a bad breeder she would have known long before buying the pup. Maybe she just wanted the pup from the best dog in show to breed herself so took the chance. There is something you are not being told beware the one sided story especially when money was involved. People are greedy the woman wanted the best for her money and she took the chance bought a dog that came up with health problems and now blames the breeder for not knowing what he couldn't have known. Do you suppose you could get a breeder for any species of animal in the world to guarantee how long it will live? You also mentioned she fed her dog cookies how healthy is that? Would a breeder be liable for an owners bad habits?

closest we have are pigs in a blanket which don't sound nearly as good lol. The US was taken over by processed foods so real goodies like this are hard to find. Pig in a blanket are wienies, hot dogs or sausages wrapped inside premade biscuit dough. God bless your mum for raising a fine man.

oh i agree there are bad breeders as well as bad people all over the world bent only on making money but that still doesn't make a half story true. But here is the reality dogs are animals with dna not machines, A breeder cannot see the future or how a particular animals is going to receive its dna or even if it will carry on the bad gene to its off spring. Several breeds are so inbred that health problems are so prevalent in the breed they are automatically looked for, English bulldogs have an 87% chance of hip dysplasia for example. Are all English bulldog breeders unscrupulous? Do all dog breeders just quit breeding those breeds or live with those folks ignorant of the fact that possible health problems are a natural occurrence of the breed and of the natural life cycle in general?

Thats looks great!!!!

I would surly know both sides of the story before throwing accusations. I would think if breeders could stop diseases then dog allergies would be a thing of history. Sadly though not so some dogs don't show allergies for years after birth. I have a beagle she is the boss of my other three papered American Bullies and if she says bark they bark. $9000 bucks worth of akc registered dogs ran by our kennel saved Beagle lol.

stain and finish both pieces as you intend to do with your projects if there are no noticeable differences then you should be good to go. leather should have a natural sheen to it and different sealers will enhance that each in it own way.

Pumice has a property whereas its softer than some things but harder than others so you can polish paint because its harder than pumice but take off you skin clear to the meat with it because its harder than skin or in this case leather. Realize Fred stated his cleaner didn't have pumice in it so his reasoning may not be spot on. Can you use it That's up to you no ne here is going to stop you or argue the point. As a leather worker intent on helping folks and giving good information I would not recommend it. ok when you stain them do they look the same?

if your leather is dull like the area i scratched and stained and not glossy then yes you have damaged the leather.

pumice on leather one swipe across the leather. first pic with no stain applied, second with stain applied. yes it damaged it. so much for experiments leather and car paint must not be the same. you use it on your feet because it takes off dead skin its an abrasive.

good luck my friend.

here's a tip from an old leather worker who does it the "same old way".. Buy a pumice stone and you can abrade, or in your words, "take the gloss off", the skin side of your leather so glue will adhere to it. pumice /pŭm′ĭs/ noun A light, porous, glassy lava, used in solid form as an abrasive and in powdered form as a polish and an abrasive. yea I know I have used the stuff, I've turned my share of wrenches. Pumice comes from volcanoes and is very aggressive on skin, leather is skin. The pumice will damage it. if you don't believe me go wash your car with it. Its not a guess its a fact google pumice then use some common sense and ask yourself if you think it will damage leather.

I don't see the need for pumice as you said it damages the surface of the leather as for the soap itself I have no idea, I would try saddle soap first.

But maybe a guy could make each end of the belt replaceable. Such as I have done to this buckle end to add inches to this belt. that would allow any bullet loops or designs to stay centered on the belt as it gets enlarged or shortened.