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i'll cut some next time i'm out. Thank you.

Thanks natural light effect at its finest! The good old Wyoming winds took off the roof lol. This old barn was long abandoned in the 50s or so, it started as a train stop/spur back in the steam locomotive days to load sheep. With our dry desert weather and no humidity deters alot of rot but the constant sand and wind does most of the erosion out here.

post a picture so we can see what you talking about. It could be a home tanned, partly home tanned , or just a salted and dried hide with no tanning.

i photo just about anything interesting to me. This is an old barn loft i thought was cool, way out in the boonies.

heck yea!!! copperhead hides look nice!!

make some decent scales for that thing too. if you have to use it for any length of time or with wet hands those screw holes will tear you up. very nice work!!

just my thought the middle of the spine is the only place that can flex, the sides are double thick with the inserts and the ends are sewn so the middle is the only place that can stretch to take up the extra thicknesses of cards and money. when it stretches out it also has to pull in or down causing the saddle back shape. Maybe add a stiffener in the spine or maybe you can wet form the wallet to a predetermined thickness. I'm like the rest it doesn't matter to much leather does its own thing when exposed to the unknown stresses that your butt puts it through. You should see my wallet lol.

they are just copper rivets you can get them from weaver leather, tandy, or most any leather craft or hardware storehttps://tandyleather.com/collections/hardware/products/rivets-burrs

yup i use glass ones of these these or similar even have one full of airbrush cleaner. https://www.toucheairbrush.com/product/943539/4oz-plastic-bottle-assembly-for-h-model-airbrush-fits-paint-bottles/

oh heck yea !! I always cut off any good hardware, i also check the thrift stores and some garage sales for old leather goods and belts with good buckles.

its beautiful but how does it affect the acoustic guitar sound?

how many years of sewing would it take to wear holes in that leather seat? That is one awesome piece of history.

dye in a home made pressurized can reminds me of mr bean painting with fireworks lol it was a great episode!

the best in Wyoming !!! just for an bench mark for us beginners how many years have you been tooling? I know at 63 i will never get this good.

Johanna fixed it for us, she is awesome.

most hardware stores carry them. Tandy, Weaver do too.

I have heck with this as well. I'm np pro by any means but here is my understanding for what its worth. Yes you need multiple sizes so they match the size of your work. Stohlmans patterns are excellent but you need to remember he made them to match the size of tool so if you change the size of the pattern you need to change the size of the tools also. you also change the sizes as the scroll or stem gets smaller or larger. the camo stamps arc gives the impression of roundness in the stem while the veiner does so also at a lesser degree but also for texture purposes on the leaves and such. the pear shader is for creating a three dimensional look through shadow effect on the leather, it creates a shadow making your eye see dimension. Every job is its own boss and rules are minimal. If you would post a few pics we could see better what you are worried about.

i found a real simple way to sharpen these small critters. glue your various sandpaper grits to popsicle sticks, then instead of trying to hold that little awl at the right angle do the opposite, mount the awl in something like a small vice to hold it steady and at the proper angle then use your sandpaper sticks like a file would be used. its much easier and you can get a much better angle on your blade. good luck friend sharpening is an art in itself.

beautiful knife and sheath do you stabilize the wood before resin ?

lol here it may mean your keys were in the car too.

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thats purdy!!!

LOL I noticed how naïve I was to this first about five years ago, i took a trip down to Denver, pulled into a shopping mall parking lot. When I got out of my car and was walking through the lot i happened to notice none of the vehicles had anything in them you could see. My car had cds, glasses, and any number of things strewn all about on the dash and in plain sight lol. Folks here might stop and roll your windows up if it was raining that's about the size of it but about once a year we get a kid or two that steals for about a week or someone passing through until they get caught. But there is no way to hide here what you do, there are about 8000 people and the next town is 100 miles away. Everyone knows everyone for the most part.

oh yea easy peasy!!! This type of holster is one of the easiest patterns there is and it is highly modifiable. As you can see i use a different way to attach to the belt than most western types, it makes for a higher tighter type ride on the hip and with a cant.

they say the, angled blades, are for fine detail but i use mine for every thing. Never used a ceramic so dont know anything about sharpening them. The steel angles are no harder than regular straight blades IMo to sharpen or strop.