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I love a good hot cup of coffe in the early morning while watering the garden. Heres a couple of pics of the country during our morning walks they are old pics, this year i'lll shoot some of our spring flowers for all to enjoy lol. Walk a mile a day and youl feel ok!!

Over here there is a cup o soup sold in stores just add water and microwave. lol God bless you for taking such good care of your father.

yup its probably only pickled or maybe even just salted and dried. Good luck and keep us all informed.

did you use it as a sled every winter as he did? lol

pickling is basicly soaking the hide is an acid solution of about 2.5%, some use nicer/ safer acids than others. Think vineagr compared to battey acid, both can be used in the process. Then the hide is neutralized by flushing with water and baking soda. then the hide is broken by stretching as it dries then smoked or rubbed with oils If that doesn't happen then the hair and hide will deteriorate due to the high acid content. . If you find your hide is just pickled you can buy a tanning kit but beware its alot of work and why they are cheaper lol. I tan rabbit hides in this fashion. There are several ways to tan hides or furs, this is just one of them but its used mostly on hair on hides or furs because its a cheap method.

just wondering where did you get that hide? It is the belly of the snake you have shown most folks use the other side, the back. How was it tanned? Lees gluing method is top notch but i dont see how it will help in preventing cracking or wrinkleing when opened but i have never tried to put snake on a flap. now if your putting it around the sheath you will have to form the sheath then glue as lee says.

thats not to bad lookin at all. Imo

for me it was just part of the knife sale, you buy my knife you get my sheath too. Now i make more leather goods than knives, quicker and faster and much easier. most of my sales are for what the customer wants i've found not all people like what i like or will buy what i think they should like but they always buy what they like whether i like it or not. LOL now say that real fast

you could be. imagine a contract for a thousand of what you make. with someone elses logo, it happens all the time.

if some one wants you to make products without your name on them so they can re sell them its time for a contract. Thats business.

hard to say without more info and or pictures, if tanned they will be soft and flexable and if wetted they will stay flexable after drying. pickling is one step of the tanning so a guy could possibly finish the process. you will have to experiment with some pieces IMO.

a gardenian, they wear beautiful white hats in thier country. i have lilacs which will be blooming very soon as well as wild roses. i dug the wild rose years ago from the mountains close by. The smell of the two together in the early morn is unbelievable.

it depends on how they were tanned or specificly if they were tanned at all. most have only been pickled and why they are cheaper to buy.

What a great routine. man i love watching critters of every kind, go on a walk in the country every mornig sure puts a guy into the right frame of mind.

we have an abundance of ring necked doves here, they are an invasive species so....... They are yummy.

lol my daughter raises rabbits, just butchered five. Some of the best eating meat available. She started at the age of 12 and it was made clear they were for eating. She doesn't liek to butcher but she has no problem eating them. I think every person should spend a year on a farm. you should try my bread and butter jalapenos slices. Friggin awesome.

awesome product friend i wish you all the luck in the world!!

sweet!!! something eles to look for at the thrift store.

great looking piece your a natural, the sewing looks great.

very cool story! wonderful story indeed.

My wifes great grandfather retired from the railroad at the age of 89 two years ago went to work for them after he retired at 70. the reason young folk didnt work out wasn't becasue of the work enviroment it was because they couldn't pass a piss test or stay clean after they were hired.

Thank you i appreciate that.

thank you ! I like that strap setup on yours very cool.

really nice work i like that design for the strap

hey those look pretty good for glue indeed.