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How long would it take to make a saddle with just three leather tools and would it be perfect? .My comment was directed more toward the vagueness of the two terms we throw around and our human need to collect tools lol. But way off topic! Sorry friend.

great looking wallet and good luck on your new business.

A hammer, hand saw and pocket knife can make alot of wood projects. same as wood working you can buy cheap or you can buy expensive. You can do by hand or buy a dozen machines. The loose term woodworking or leather working covers a big area. Tool junkies just don't hide in wood shops lol. But historically I think we got the urge from the trades, back in the day most wood workers , blacksmiths, leather workers, etc made the majority of their tools during their apprenticeship, So naturally they became very proud of their tools.

i am one of them!!!

About the only birds here are finches that layed over in our green house, they are pesky little critters, they steal the rabbit food lol. It will be another month maybe two at least until our robins and song birds come back.

amazing knife work!!

another work of art, its wonderful!! Most folks don't understand how small those painting are. those birds are what maybe an inch long.

you wouldn't need a lathe to make a burnisher a few round files to shape your slots and a hard wood dowel rod , antler works as well. some folks use heavy canvas to burnish. Check out this Tandy leather craft library it has alot of good reading and its free. https://tandyleather.com/blogs/leathercraft-library

I'll bet it did!

lol i also use it on the backside of the leather to push against sure saves on band aids.

i cant answer all your questions but yes you can do leather work without any machines. Add a stitching pony or clam to that list. It is hard to sort through the redundancy of tools for sure you will get any number of answers why one type is better than the next. Many of your wood working tools will come in handy as well for example your scratch awl, small squares, measuring tools. Wooden maul, straight chisels for cutting slots and skiving if need be. you can also make some of your stuff if you like, edge burnishers or a slicker for example and your stitching pony. You will also need some punches and maybe a rivet setting tool. Will you want to learn to tool or stamp your leather or just make plain stuff to start? I use a head knife or round knife very seldom. most of my cutting is done with a knife i made that can also be used for skiving, it kind of resembles a Japanese kiradashi knife. you will need a good stitching awl and a wine cork to go with it.

lol now you know that's for fishin not rivet pullin.

Its a fantastic start, I love it mainly because i have seen all those wildflowers and tasted of the wild strawberries and smelled that fresh mountain air. I cant wait to see your finished indian paintbrush i have tried to come up with a workable design to tool those. But i am also following you tool pouch, i am in process of making some carving tools lol.

Thank you Thanks Much appreciated Danne

Darn right friend!! Awesome little gadget you made I'll bet it pays for itself and the time making it many times over.

dang now that is talent!! Those are amazing Tim wish i could do half that good on either one.

my standard way of doing it, done it many times also lol. "If done right" doesn't always coincide with murphys law . As you well know friend the old spinning rivet head is the main problem.

I good rivet remover is what the leather world needs! watch the video if you use a standard center punch you don't need the drill. LOL Problem isn't with a center punched start its with a spinning rivet. I was just saying not arguing.

I agree we should be finding and eradicating the causes of these mass immigrations. People don't want to leave their homes, when they do there is a problem that needs fixed. I fault the criminals that are taking advantage, and the politicians who ignore those basic problems, but a real concern to me is the lions share of immigrants are young healthy men who could easily be military units. I also think any person who comes to the border should enter legally poor or not and if they do respect their new homeland shouldn't have a problem respecting our laws right from the first step to the last. Our immigration laws virtually mirror most of the immigration laws in the free world. Canada for example is almost word for word.

not as bad as when your drill bit slips off the rivet. This is a good topic to converse indeed, Anyone have a better method?

very cool !! my only suggestion is you should have made your initials blue like the grips. I always wanted to try that competitive shooting, But with my 45/70 at 1000 lol.

looks like mine when i grease the wheel bearings on my truck lol.

much easier and safer than the drill method Thanks!!!

"I think it can be good to take inspiration from other people but not copy someone else." I absolutely agree friend. You inspire me with your attention to detail.

far to OCD for me lol. Good luck on the book Danne but i truly don't see you getting any huge benefit from it you have already mastered your techniques so you have no need to mimic someone else. Those wallets Danne makes are some of the best I've ever seen I don't have the want to, patience, eyesight, or customer base to even think twice about making such a thing. Leather as is so with blacksmithing is centuries old What we have learned has been forgotten and relearned more times than we can count. We humans fool ourselves thinking the old techniques can be improved upon , forget them, turn to more complicated methods then pat our selves on the back when we discover the easier (forgotten) way. Kind of like "sustainable" farming LOL.!