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beautiful bag!! man she can carry half an elk in that thing lol.

There are crooks everywhere there is money my friend and the more money the more crooks. Auto makers have spent years selling the same cars by adding a new widget every year as an upgrade while making any technological advancements for their manufacturing costs/ bottom line not for the consumers and if it does happen to help the consumer then it also costs more. As well they have made almost impossible to work or even know what is wrong with your own car. Think for a minute why does your cars brain put out a "problem code" only the service center can read when it could just as easily print out the problem in English so you could read it too. Buyer beware you did good!!!!

They are leather use what you would use on any of your leather boots dependent on the climate and use. But ask the elephants permission first of course.

very cool i saw that site also the other day after the topic came up. I downloaded the info but hopefully I can still buy shoes in a year cause my first attempt at mocs didn't go well lol. They are much the same as some moccasin patterns.

down and dirty take into account this is a 2003 with 165000 miles daily driver to the store and back. It wasn't pretty to begin with. car kerosene can patch, lil bondo, lil paint and some of that new vinyl auto wrap

yer killin me man.

fixing on going for a two or three day trip hopefully if nothing else happens. About a mile hike and not a person but us will be there.

I would but there aint no catfish here lol. i think the closest are about 150 miles or so. July is my fishin month the snow in the mountains finally melts the creeks slow down and those lil brookies get mighty hungry.

Hey arent you sposed to be workin on a truck? lol awesome fresh fried cat fish, they look delicious.

I like that!!! man that was a lot of work. lined, tooled and laced.

ahh i see your quandary your chopper has an enlarged beard lol., but I don't see how your gonna get past the balance problem using the front of the blade maybe that hole in the back or the heel of the blade could be used. I have a couple of hatchets my solution was to make a drop in type sheath. they work well and you can add a flap or mod the design to fit about any blade shape. Nice chopper BTW!!

great link thanks I have the American version m1910 lol well most of it.

very cool!!

I have body work to do. I'll post pics lol. the wife got to close to my truck and it bit her van.

looks like you have a good crew to help and a nice shop out of the sun!!!

can you send a picture of your hatchet I cant quite grasp what you mean by a divot.

first day of summer here finally lol. My oldest daughter is on the mend, just got her last drain taken out and here picc tube day before yesterday. I cant describe what a surreal ordeal this has been for us and now its over just like that. One of my other daughters just turned 21 yesterday, our tradition is to cook anything wanted for the day. So i started off the morning making strawberry crepes from scratch, yes even the whipped cream, then fried wontons and sweet and sour chicken for dinner oh and she had to have her first mixed drink strawberry daiquiris lol. Funny thing my birthday is on the winter solstice and hers is on the summer solstice. Man i cant wait to get back to some normal finally and try out this new fishing license, do some quiet sewing and some loud blacksmithing. Take care my friend hug yer dad and I hope you enjoyed that lamb.

no fears my friend my wallet is empty too now after this last three years.

I tried that. I like the idea of a closure on wallets. i put a flap over mine instead of a strap to hopefully keep all the dirt and crap out but it didn't help much. Seems a wallet can grow or shrink with the amount of money and or cards stored in it so a fixed size strap or flap is just a guess at best lol. Mine became loose over time and a little funky from living in a pocket, the dirt still gets in, I work and play a lot outside. but it still works as a wallet that has character lol. BTW the theory that a wallet can give you back problems when put in the back pocket is true. I had troubles for years then started putting it in my front pocket and my back problems vanished.

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.