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We have ring neck Doves they are about four times the size but they too build the little stick nests. They look crazy setting on that little pile of twigs lol. They are so tame we can get within a few feet of them they are right over our lawn chairs.

You did an excellent job. Those are beautiful definitely will be cherished for years.

Yes they do, my whole yard smells of them, they are in full bloom and there are hundreds it seems. i go out in the early morn to sit and have coffee in the quiet, all i hear are two doves cooing that made a nest in my lilac bush.

beautiful, i like the way it hangs back and cants. like the one john Wayne wore.

i made mine out of hardwood. they aren't hard to make

beautiful work as always Stew and best regards and improving health for your wife. Your work always makes my day!!

Those look great i am still trying to figure them out. I always seem to overwork them.

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My wife and I dug these wild roses from the mountains and transplanted them years ago. These are the wild roses AL Stohlman carved in many of his designs It sure is hard to think something so delicate could be copied in leather. I take a lot of photos for reference material.

i like that hat too. What type of leather is it made from?

so me being my always questioning self looked at the msds for evapo rust. it uses a chelating ingredient but doesn't say exactly what. so i looked up the definition of chelating. Guess what both vinegar and lemon juice are chelators lol. Reminds of the time i was trying to make my IT tech realize his five dollar an ounce cd cleaner was nothing but isopropyl alcohol. yea i prolly wont waste the money now that i think about it.

Mine was taught to me by my dad who grew up in the 30s depression and didn't have a thousand products to choose from lol. . Both lemon juice and vinegar are completely safe, for people and the environment as well, cheap and easy to come by. i used vinegar on all the switches on my 75 mgb to remove the oxides so they would work again. It was much easier than trying to take them apart and to dry them out afterwards without leaving any residues. Just threw em in a bucket and kept my eye on them then blew them out with some air.

very cool!!!

That is beautiful Ferg!!! i love to watch them play around, there is a herd of over two hundred in our town, and they are just calving out too. Sometimes they get real close lol.

that's good old 1095 high carbon. Is it still sharp I don't remember when i sharpened mine last.

yw let me know how it works i just do it the old fashioned way.

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never heard of evaporust i will have to try that out. Yup acids have to be watched closely to avoid them eating the metal itself

i agree but even now if you talk face to face what you say could get you slapped up side the head so you word your comments with that in mind.. On social media you don't know if you are even talking to a person so your inhibitions are gone. Social media was supposed to be a good thing but it has its down sides and if its a good thing for society as a whole is becoming highly debatable . And IMO why many are leaving it to much drama to much hate to much division is being intentionally brought in to by those with agendas. The human brain has been so studied on how it reacts to stimulus that now algorithms on social media can and are used for nefarious reasons.

vinegar is my go to for rust leave soak a bit then wire brush.

i agree, this used to be called human decency but social media has made it something to be monitored by someone. Why? Have we changed that much since this invention came about? I'll tell all you good honest folks a secret that you wont ever see on TV. Talking to people this way in a correctional facility may not only get you killed but it will get you either fired or put in solitary confinement depending on which side of the fence you are on. Why because we teach our criminals to be polite and professional !! TRUE FACT!! While we teach our children, by example, they can anything they want to anyone they want. Some world isn't it.

I am curious why this isn't moved to off topic? It isn't a conversation about leather work. And may be pulling negativity into the regular forum. which all of us agree shouldn't happen right? this is an interesting story on what we are talking about right now.https://trendingpolitics.com/boom-glenn-greenwald-exposes-why-social-media-companies-are-so-intent-on-censorship-wiley/?utm_source=economics