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beautiful work!!! my only thought was that the strap holding the handle on to the bag could have been put on under the flap with just loops showing, it would make less upward tension on the stitching so they wouldn't break or pull loose making it stronger plus a little cleaner on top.

welcome to the forum, and I look forward to your input but to think horse tack hasn't been made for the horses benefit for literally thousands of years is just crazy lol. You would better serve the horse community trying to teach people how to buy and fit tack properly because that is the reality of the problem you are seeing not necessarily bad tack. good luck! Those chaps rock!!!!!!

First find the pattern/patterns you want to try then buy the stamps needed. This way you can increase your stamp collection as you try different things. Buying random sizes or shapes didn't work well for me as i soon found getting good looking tooling on the patterns is dependent on specific size tools.

try something like this then you can use it for other projects as well, pyrography is pretty fun and works well on leather goods. i have a set that has two handles you can switch back and forth and change blades less frequently. forgot the link lol. https://www.amazon.com/FIRElood-Adjustable-Temperature-professional-30Pyrography/dp/B0CN92HP43/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?adgrpid=1235851380015370&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.shdDv-k-wL1pjtT3OyGIcrugdhok6pzQ9IhNRiPT6x6G7BpCEpElBpHqNJt4YX5hEPXq55Jl941vTfrY4dUxmfTiceGpvkErPsrX-A878exsCSNbNOOskFN4OKiNRtiZV45I8v85UsP3xhIR1N6B20upMCD9_vpsTBpP_mTVSxGCzkn3R3ukYUe5LBpqNdkRNF6fglmZ_art0r-xWBkdv2lgRgztt7hVo5AcPTxci9irEhIlfvHZIHXXmxZ4mDoRZxb9KyyD6gBpVD1jWbpgZaLeb2QFbJKWCUEZe8dCOZM.n3dozu4qpNCgKPmezwi8pLcB5ovwZOu4x2ynUYLf42E&dib_tag=se&hvadid=77240878145738&hvbmt=bp&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=105893&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=p&hvtargid=kwd-77240947310198%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=6010_13299189&keywords=wood+burning+tool+kit&msclkid=7844d411da791663d825b277c08be358&qid=1717967612&sr=8-2-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1

beautiful as always!! I love that old school loop strap!!

Things are much much better for my daughter, we spent the last two days driving to see the doctors and surgeons that saved her. it was two days in a row getting up at four am and driving 120 miles/ 190 k each way but she is off her wound vac and healing faster than expected, we don't have the money or inclination to stay over night in the city, the drive is pretty nice if you like endless sage brush praires and distant mountains to look at lol. I haven't seen my garden hardly this spring but the wife and kids have it started, it starting to get warm here finally the soil is warm enough for corn and beans to grow. I have an aloe plant and a Christmas cactus that were my moms both are house plants that she started in the 1970's so they are very old plants 50 years old or so plus a Clematis plant I took a start from back in about 1985 or so. they are the best reminders of my mom and I cherish them dearly. I'm not only doing wound care but also installing a shower, replumbing her house for her and fixing her house for her new life but trying to keep up my spring time chores at my place so am running constantly at one place or the other with just short times I can sit and rest. The wife and daughters made some real kickass barbequed chicken and potatoe salad the other day double dipped in batter, deep fried then added the bbq sauce and baked until caramelized and gooey to the max lol. I hope to get some outdoor cooking in soon summer starts in a couple weeks. take care as well my friend Chuck

thank you thanks thanks a little cutie from scraps lol. belt ends and knife ends. thanks lol thanks for the kind words my daughter is getting better by the day. thank you! thank you it came out pretty nice indeed.

its awesome my friend.

thanks, yes it would make an awesome patch knife. I like these small blades for basic chores in the woods they come in handy on occasion.

Finally after roughly a month of hospital duty I managed to finish up this project. A small neck knife 1095 steel 1 3/4" blade and a cute lil compass. I had just finished the tooling when i was called away, it sat on my table for weeks until I could get back in town, Bison brown dye 6/7 oz leather. Leather and knives are going to take a back seat this summer.

That is a very cool design and highly modifiable, maybe rethink your handle area a bit it doesn't look very comfortable to hold with a full load. or add a strap.

I've never had to stick a template or pattern to the leather so cant help much. why do you need to do it?

here is a period pattern for an iwb sheath clothing styles were much different the pants had no belt loops and if so the person wore a belt for the pants and a gun/ equipment belt higher up. this pattern has one belt loop to keep it secure inside the belt. You may want to mock one up out of some stiff cardboard to see if it will pivot like you want.

Top shelf stuff there for sure. both look great.

shut of the lectricity and bit coin/ crypto is gone. it is absolutely nothing, thin air my friend.

if your going to take the time and do two layers then glue rough to rough, make it pretty, make it a tight fit and you wont have problems. Realistically you will lose the knife because of the clip before it will ever fall out of the sheath un noticed. As other said I would rethink the iwb unless you are really skinny and real tall.

yes 5 kids, four over 20 plus me and my wife to help her through this. They take turns staying with her. Nothing trumps family lol. Wound vac and picc lines are managed strictly through the experts, nurses don't even touch them here. I have a repair kits for leaks but that is all I do with that. It isn't hard to see on strangers but when its connected to my daughter with a six inch hole in her stomach its a different story. Life goes on, this time its a happy ending for us.

medicine has come a ways now home ivs come in a little pressurized ball that need no pumps or have problems with air. I almost forgot I also now know how to clean a stoma and fit a colostomy bag. We have to go back twice a week to get her wound vac changed which is a two hour trip both ways. We still have a lot of time before she is well and life is semi normal again for me, never normal again for her. if your interested in some newer medical stuff. infusion balls https://www.progressivemedinc.com/our-products/epic/ picc line https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/picc-line/about/pac-20468748 wound vac https://duckduckgo.com/?q=wound+vac+&t=chromentp&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZourpoEOoT0

God bless you my friend, you and yours as well.

I wonder if he made it work back in 2020.

thank you for the prayers!!!! but dang man i just spent 12 days eating city food and you sent me this LOL. OH well I'm home now and mama is feeding me again .

Thank you for the prayers and good words. I can now add to my resume packing open wounds, cleaning a JP drain tube, and administering iv antibiotics. all of which I really had no intention to learn in my lifetime. But I made a promise to her 40 years ago to keep her safe. Stay safe in that weather.

thank you my friend!! My mom loved St. patty's day, she had a green plastic necklace with a shot glass on it she wore every year, she didn't use it really. She passed two days before Patty's day. I wear it every year now and have a shot for her and myself. That old BBQ is a classic better than what you can buy now. Enjoy life !!

thank you!!! prayers are what pulled her through this ordeal. God is great!