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You are lucky , I wish i had that option i would use it nearest tandy is 150 miles over two mountain ranges. Funny thing is i have ordered from tandy and gotten better Brazilian tanned leather cheaper.

yup you can use two or three pieces of welt whatever adds up to the thickness glue the pieces together then skive them down into a wedge shape. That is a good pattern the takeaway from that video = he made it a half inch bigger at least than his pattern. What he didn't show = checking the pattern against the blade to make sure it was big enough.

there is also a woman doing some of the steps, i see a few different hands in there. I would think he moistened the inner veg tan sometime before putting in the molds and between that and running the bone folder around the stitch lines set the shape.

Thanks my ggrand dad came over in the 1800s but went back to visit then and my g grand mother took the photos i managed to retrieve this off of her original glass negatives. the man in the white shirt i believe would be a g g uncle.

yum! it all sounds good!! I love soda bread, we have it every year. And champ every week or so with sausage usually. Never heard of Colcannon but it sounds good too we have cabbage fried in butter often.

for the antique and dyes i use cotton balls they work well and are cheap. I also use natural sponge for dyes it makes a mottled effect real well.

here the city built a nice water park over $100,000 for the kids then figured out we dont have enough water to run it. we were on water rationing all last summer lol.

you can add the variable thickness with a wedge shaped welt also. with welt or without the width of the blade has to be added to the pattern even with a two piece pattern, if the blade is 1/2" thick you need to add 1/4" on both pieces, what i would do on this is leave even extra leather along the bottom or edge you can trim off and dry fit test the sheath, always test fit as close as possible before gluing it up and leave some trimming room as well. Most times a paper pattern will work to test the size especially on semi flat patterns

i took off the name of the company, I'll be glad to tell anyone who wants to know on a private message but beware, is the middleman. And they don't have a review section for customers to check their service. They say that midgrade leather is C or d seems to me out of 4 grades it would be B or c. I can read and did know it may have scratches and bug bites and a brand, that is what i wanted but this piece has machine cuts and gouges completely through the top layers almost half unusable imo. Now what does it have to do with shipping? It cost me 20 bucks +3 days to get it, to send it back for refund another 20 bucks +3days then to re order from someone else 20 bucks +X days then maybe i get a decent piece with just scratches and bug bites. LOL OR eat the 100 bucks i throw away in bad leather and save four or five days of aggravation and forget it.

Happy St Paddys day to everyone a bit early. Was wondering today what the Irish really eat on the holiday? I'm going to have a corned elk roast But i as i peruse the net it is becoming apparent the Irish don't eat corned beef. What do they eat? Bangers and mash or is that British? The last time my family was in Ireland was right after the titanic sank lol.

i got good shipping just crap product Herman oak midgrade almost half ruined with machine gouges and scrapes.

lol just 4 times. I would have had to practice a couple of times on scrap also.

To all the leather workers i very sincerely thank you for understanding, accepting or simply putting up with grumpy old men such as me. To the mods I thank you each and every one for your professionalism, knowledge, patience and understanding and as well and most importantly to the owner who quietly but very professionally keeps up a wonderful little piece of the world and its history for us to enjoy, learn about and be a part of.

you did a fantastic job

excellent!

creepy but way cool functional art.

I'll use that one of these days lol

yum gonna try that!! thanks, I have some elk sausage in the freezer...right now i'm Corning a nice big chunk of elk for St. Pattys day.

man i wish we had them up here, i'm sure the ranchers and farmers dont though lol

Hand sewing or machine? If hand sewing this may be a place for round holes in your leather, for waxed canvas or heavy denim i would just use a harness needle.

Real food comes in a jar without labels... My wifes passion is canning. Sweet and sour ,mildly spicey.

Oh heck yea and the aroma cooking over a open fire makes it even better.

yea well Now i gotta make some bacon steaks thanks to you. heres where you go to get bacon steaks LOL. And heck no i have more hair than that lol.

Oh heck yea!!! On a fresh baked sourdough bun!!!! Man I'll bet if you got a bit of that on your forehead you tongue would beat your brains out trying to lick it off. These are good at any altitude lol.

So then you would enjoy my cooking? Fresh Brook trout with fried potatoes and wild onions at 8,000 Ft.