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You gotta love what you build! That is a beautiful set and it shows not only the love of the game, and family but of the work that went into it.! I may have to download the instructions, that game intrigues me.

i've been in the field with tons of leather products, water proofing is a misnomer of sorts. I spend hours water proofing my boots for two weeks of wilderness, hiking , hunting and such, but i also realize i have to maintain that water proofing for it to last and also cant use my boots without taking that protection into consideration. I don't just wade through any water holes i see i walk around them. Any of them will water proof your leather for a while but not for ever. Think about leather boots for a bit. Any of the water proofing s for boots will work on any of your veg tan products just the same as it will on your boots. You do know that if you walk in water all day your boots will be wet completely through. You also know if you step in one little puddle on the way to work your waterproof boots will stay dry. At some point in between the puddle and the lake the proofing will fail right. What ever you apply to your leather will take a certain amount of abuse before it needs re applied. As for veg tan leather it softens naturally as it gets used also and as the liquors used to soften it equalize. If these liquors/fats gets washed out your leather will harden back out then fail you as the fibers will start to fray, the dry cracks in your boots, and separate! Many of the leather conditioners have waxes of various kinds and can be used , remember the oils under the finish are what are keeping your leather soft and supple. I guess if you are thinking you can make a leather collar maintenance free for you customers it aint gonna happen. lol. Offer care and cleaning instructions as well as what you recommend or have used on them. I know alot of folks don't expect to have to maintain their leather but they do have to maintain the finishes that protect the leather.

Almost to nice for a game bag lol those are fantastic. How am i going to fit an Elk into that lil thang?

it would look better if the ties were covered IMO. If they get torn off it will be harder to repair but a guitar strap isn't meant for abuse so shouldn't matter a lot and if you do have to replace one then it will be uncovered. Actually if you break a tie you can still fish it through the existing slots if you don't glue them in.

good luck I also use an old wine cork on the back side to push my awl against, it saves fingers and gives the leather some back pressure so it doesn't move.

darn right it is, will work fine that way.

what are you sewing it on/in ? i use a wooden form when sewing small boxes or cups. Are you pre punching your stitch holes through the soft stuff? do you mean The Art of making leather cases volume 2?

i love it when a good plan comes together! Pretty much just a matter of muscle memory now it should work as well as any mallet or hammer.

embossing wheel

i let mine dry/cure for a long while and there are no problems with glue up.

Good luck to you and have a great Christmas!! Hope your thumb heals quickly. The city here switched us up. Changed from our spring water to well artesian well water which has more sodium which softens the water which makes it slick so we are suffering the dropsies also two plates so far this week lol.

stunning work, Merry Christmas and welcome!!!!

Beautiful work Indeed !! Feliz Navidad!!!

Merry Christmas !!!! Those are awesome.

If you search you can find at the least two recent threads. That may be the reason no one is responding, or it could be a holiday. I think the overall impression is, at least what i got out of them, that they take some work to get to sew well if at all. they have small bobbins and there is a Fakebook page about them somewhere that can help you get them running. At least two people on this forum have made them work. Search for Chinese shoe patcher or shoe patcher the threads aren't to old. Good Luck and Merry Christmas!!

i found early on that i was using to much downward pressure, trying to cut the mat too, so my knife felt dull. On big pieces especially i pick the leather up off the mat a bit and it cuts much easier. Is you knife really dull or......?

couple threads at least in the last month lol.

That's because your brain is telling you its time to stop working and relax for a couple of days and enjoy this holiday season, family and friends. Merry Christmas !!!!

you have one lucky friend indeed. that is some nice workmanship! Merry Christmas!!

send em to walmart! the dumps are full of "VEGAN" leather. Its friggin plastic

if its thin and small enough a soldering torch will heat it enough, the acetylene is plenty also, anneal it cut the threads then reharden bright orange into oil and temper at about 400 f. the hard part is getting it into the oil at bright orange you only have a second or so. temper it in an oven or toaster oven here is a video the operation is the same

yea that's what I'm thinking and i do lol, I'm thinking a longer main shaft and a third pillow block though with multiple contrivances, maybe a burnishing wheel on one end and a buffing wheel, on the other the sharpening stuff. Going to be making some new wood chisels and knives this winter, the store bought are sure pricey, and i will need this

Man he will love that Nice, tight and clean job!!! It gives me inspiration to be nicer to my kids lol.

Check this out looks pretty cool. Just found it while looking at chisels. https://www.chippingaway.com/cat/ultimate-sharpening-honer-machines/chipping-away-ultimate-power-honer/

sell it to someone on the forum or use it for something else.