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Not good friend just learned this way there were no cad programs when i went to school this was the way we did things. as always i wish you good luck it just takes practice leather work isn't rocket science its leatherwork, cave men did it. Same thing with a compass or wing divider only faster, find the center and your good to go. Ps at my age i have lived completly through the computer era. Learned dos before computers had memories lol. many cad programs, inventory progams, spreadsheet programs till the cows come home in the end most are not easier and way not faster just an endless learning curve of obsolete programs and upgrades. Just my opinion based on personal experience of course. I have two daughters that draw digitaly, one does animation. she built this video thing, an animation that moves and talks to her voice and movements she uses the character on things like youtube. I'm not bashing modern technology by any means it has its place.

literaly 46 seconds to draw this including drawing the rectangle. As you can see if i add more lines ican get a rounder arc, make it longer or whatever. All with just a pencil and straight edge. i can scribe this directly on my leather and have it cut in a minute. dont even need a compass really.

lol I am a country boy too i was terrified driving a 1969 mercury cougar i could hardly keep up with traffic lol when interstate 80 turned into 5 lanes all going well over 90 mph. and nothing but buildings as far as the eye could see.

LOL yea except how to actually use you own brain.

Most wild meats are very lean and really good for you, but dry out quickly during cooking. A really good recipe to add some flavor and oils to the process i use on deer especially. Take your roo steak and tenderize it with a meat tenderizer/hammer looking thing and flatten it out good then roll it up with a piece of good smoked bacon, use toothpicks to keep it rolled up, the bacon should go length wise so it rolls around the outside as well as inside of the steak.. Flour ithe rolls then brown them off in a skillet. Place them in a baking pan and add a good mushroom soup, either canned or homemade and bake until tender. These are awesome make plenty of the gravy/soup and serve with some mashed spuds. Out side we make them in a dutch oven, brown them in the oven then add the soup. Speaking of dutch ovens do you have any? The top of the line for outdoor cooking, you can bake, fry, boil, roast, or about any other cooking process with one over an open fire.

Wow those are nice indeed!

dont cut against them scribe or trace you line then cut it out. All i ever use is card stock for patterns. trim your nails lol.

lol we will have to disagree on this. I can use my compass directly on the leather and have it marked and cut out in a minute. Just like everything you are learning about leather it just takes practice, measuring/pattern making tools are part of it once you do it couple of times it starts coming back. Plus it doesn't waste paper and ink. Now that you have your curve, trace it to a piece of card stock and save it so you dont have to remake it every time.

you can make more than just circles with a compass dont they teach this stuff in school anymore?

And a bowl of green chili on the side. Pork hatch green chilis an onion a couple cloves of garlic. chicken broth Take your pork cut into bite size chunks flour, salt and pepper. and start it frying in a pan in your soup pot start your chicken broth going , can be water and bouillion. Chop up at least a cup of roasted greem chilis whatever heat range you like aneheims are the mildest. btw greenchilis and jalapenos are not the same thing dont use jalepenos chop up the onion and garlic also throw it all in the pot and start it boiling. after your pork is browned well remove it from the pan and into the pot and make a roux, enough so that your chili is nice and thick and add it to the pot let it all cook together a while and enjoy. optional ingredients chili Beans, mixed vegtables, potatoes. Roasting your chilis can be done over a fire on a grill, under a broiler or evn on top of a gas burner, the idea is to roast until the outer skin turns black then you put them in a plastic bag and let them sweat until cool the peeling will then come right off, dont use them raw or unpeeled. pull off the stem and remove the seeds also and chop them up..add about a cup let it cook in then taste for heat add more if you like more heat. This recipe was told to me by an old hispanic friend may he rest in peace it comes from new mexico region where they grow alot of the chilis here Hatch green chilis are the best. it has no exact quantities you just put in what you think is a good portion , a typical butt roast will make about a gallon. Same with the garlic and onions the thickness of the stew is all up to you i have seen it made thin and watery and thick like a gravy, i prefer mine thickerer but not gravy thick. I also add such things as mixed veagtables, or chili beans, potaotes do well in it but dont tell ok thats a gringo thing lol. Next morning if there is any left you have huevos rancheros. Two nice fried eggs smothered in the green chili with a tortilla and sour cream. the bigest thing to know about mexican cooking is that it is highly adaptable to ingredients, easy to make and always delicious. Its truely home cooking at its finest.

oh yea now those look good indeed! I think i could handle some roo just fine. Do you hunt them? That grill rocks my friend looks like its done its share of fine cooking too.

Congratulations your a lucky guy to see so much of the world especially on a sailing ship. I saw the ocean once at 19 yrs old drove my mercury to California spent one night drove back home. LOL when i reached Oakland i had to get a map to find my way the ocean.

that is awesome man I love it. Cant wait to see it finished.

awesome indeed i like the mag holder.

i use a compass. And sometimes french curves and sometimes paper folded in half or sometimes something round like a coin, jar lid. or even a ruler lol

this sounds good too. Not many banana leaves in wyoming but i can get the rest lol.

Heck yea!! We make a similar dish by putting our leftover roast, gravy, potatoes, carrots etc, chopped up in a baking pan then a dozen biskets on top and bake.

it might be due to the rounded corner stitch pattern and a using square corner form

Man i love a good hearty stew with some fresh bread. lol i hear ya if i had to live in a city i would die, Its fianlly warm enough to start taking our morning walks, we go out of town about a mile and walk in the country, smell the fresh morning air, watch the sunrise and just get our head straight for about a hour or so sure makes the day better.

thank you I use standard from weaver. they come in both brass and silver, i usually use brass but i had to match the originals on the rebuild.

thank you.

beautiful work!! I like that tooling!

smoked trout anyone and fresh caviar? Spring is here and the lake will be opening up. German browns spawn first and hit like a starving tiger lol. time for some fresh food!

i have heard of it but never actually tried it. It looks delicious. I make my own summer sausages and brats from elk and deer.

And would you like a cold beer too? lol we really need a leather workers favorite recipe book.