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those came out really nice indeed. I'm more of a plain dresser myself. I love those dogs, i have had four labs in my day they will always be in my heart.

Thanks I feel the same as you, i love working with antler and brass, they are my favorites for handles and what i use most often. hopefully i can get some time for more knife making, holsters have been keeping me busy.

Thanks thanks the pattern is becoming pretty successful for me for sure Thank you. Yes they do almost as much as a large frame revolver.

Thank you I made this awhile back Its Elk antler I made it to skive but it works just as well as my round knife for cutting patterns.

My original 1911 pattern is getting tweeked alot but seems like it can take it. Two Browning .22 autos. I have made about six different patterns from it, these were the hardest by far.

I'm gonna drink a beer in your name tonite!!

that will make a wonderful tool heck yea pretty it up with some nice wood or antler if you have access and a new brass or copper ferrule. You need the ferrule because it fits tightly on the wood, the blade shank is slightly larger than the hole in the handle, as its forced in the hole it expands the wood and tightens the ferrule and shank together. the ferule keeps the handle from splitting instead of tightening.

i use it. Works fine for me and what i make.

getting old sucks sometimes.

Has anyone else lost the spell check function on this site?

Beautiful!

LOL you eat that crap? I boycoted eating garbage years ago. I boycot now anything and anyone pro vax mandate. Dont really care about the smoke screen we caused.

very nice hammer indeed I have a cobblers hammer but it has a zigzag type pattern on the face, doesn't mar the leather though. I always wondered why.

thats where i get mine lol. some tools are pretty hard to replicate at home but most aren't If you have time search through the threads on leather tools there are alot of homemade ideas.

Nope you can wrap it in plastic wrap to keep it moistened.

Dang you make about everything lol. Nice work.

That is awesome work indeed.

way to nice to sit on!!! LOL that rocks!!!!

work on the very tip of your awl out to the widest part it should slide through that, and your thumb, without much pressure at all. Plus some wax beeswax is best on your chisels will help with pulling them out. i used to chisel all the way through, still do sometimes but i also just chisel the first layer before glueing and use my awl to finish if its to thick of a project. I also just use an awl sometimes. Another method i use is to chisel the first layer, glue the welt on then chisel through that. Then lay the third layer in place and mark the top chisel hole take it apart and chisel the whole stitchj line on the third layer use some small brads or nails about every inch to line up all the chiseled holes then glue the third layer down to the welt. I dont use this much anymore as its faster to just glue the third layer to the chiseled two layers and push through with the awl. Also get that cork the leather wont bend then makes it much easier!!

i understand your purchasing problems completly i live in Wyoming a state witha total population of just over 500,000. my town has a walmart and one grocery store. the next closest town is 100 miles away and has a walmart and maybe two grocery stores lol. the closest Tandy is 150 miles over two mountian passes that are not fun in winter.When i was young it was even more desolate so i learned at a young age to make, make do or go without.

man your having a heck of a time just getting the basics. I bypassed all this stuff i use one needle size and made my own awl haft combo lol. Now i remember why. Hang in there friend!!

you can make them tighter by giving the female snap a tiny bit of a squeeze with pliars but you can also ruin them be careful.

i would fix the haft not monkey with the blade. you can run a small drill bit if there is a hole in the center or sand or file the slot larger or both. It shouldn't take much. I wish i had experiece to help you with those but i make my own.

the holster and tooling looks pretty good to me for a first. The chocolate looks black in the pics.

thats cool you could use the correct threads and spi for each needle division also as a way to remember.