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practice with it, use it for mockups or new pattern making

That is an awesome pattern indeed your work always inspires. I could even see one in black silhouette with a sunset background.

sell it on the forum.

Here sewing machines can be had for free usually except for those few treadle machines that are complete. you can pick up any number of used home machines for nothing. People just don't sew anymore so granny's machine goes to the yard sale then the dumps. I guess some folks collect them so that may push up the cost on some if they are perfect. just in one summer i picked up four older machines for nothing all were in almost unused condition. My favorite is a 401a slant needle machine freebie that was in like new condition i love that thing. Rebuilding and reselling is about the same as bicycles nowadays the younger folks in the US have been taught to buy only brand new then throw away and buy brand new again, go figure, so collectors are the only ones that would even look.

no same here i'm still trying.

https://sites.google.com/a/poitar.host/langdjerold/das-sattler-riemer-und-taschner-handwerk

I agree 100% its not about the quality of the tools or products. Its about who makes them and how they are treated in China. Slave labor is what is happening over there and no country can compete with them when they have no labor cost. They captured the world economy while everyone slept now we buy Chinese because there is nothing else in our stores.

I love it too. you did a great job for the first project, its a complex piece.

That is beautiful work! collars next?

very cool!!!

that may be the answer.

eek hmmm this gonna take some thinkin lol.

yes and also homemade chokecherry grape Brandy among other goodies. lol

here, USA, in most every town there is a local VFW, veterans of foreign wars. If you have these in the UK go there and talk to real vets ( the boots on the ground) they will know someone I'm sure who would benefit. I will add you are an awesome and wonderful person to care that much about your family as well as those who may get the benefit of your tools. God bless you friend

https://westernhorseman.com/culture/flashbacks/don-king-s-sheridan-style/

so I have three swivel knife blades i measured the total angle of each to see if they were close to Stohlmans instructions which say to sharpen the edge at about 30 degrees which is 60 total degrees. My three blades were all different angles 55, 65 and 75 degrees and i haven't changed any of the angles from factory. Two are tandy one is ? The 55 being my favorite to use. Also noticed the point angle on my two 1/4" filigree was different also.

Bout spit coffee out my nose LMAO great one!

Woot! I'm in But it wont be fer water lol.

i scanned two pages from the Leather work Manual by Stohlman, Patten & Wilson THey are over the limit so i'll post twice. swivelsharp1.pdf swivelsharp2.pdf

its a question puller..... and it works lol.

looks like a manufacturer, they can build anything you want from what i read.

great info friend i use that method a lot. you brought up another fuzzy part of the problem beginners have how about explaining that blade angle for those unaware why a swivel knife has such a flat angle but other knives don't? also I don't think a swivel knife has a secondary bevel so that info could be confusing to some.

i'm sure the story does and that is sad indeed. You should have asked the barber lol. I'm over 60 my dad taught me to sharpen knives my granddad taught me to sharpen everything from a hoe to an axe. I guess i was lucky i came from a poor family that were alive back when people learned from each other, that's how it was here back in the day just like learning to cook or sew it was part of growing up.

My lil rant I would bet there isn't a house on this planet that doesn't have a cutting tool in it. why so many don't know how to sharpen them even at the basic level is beyond my comprehension. i do my best to help those who ask and have spent a lot of my time and posted many times on sharpening questions. Please don't get me wrong i agree with you comment about the net being an awesome place to learn but then you still have to apply it by your self. Myself my family taught me back in the day from my dad to my grandmother all knew how to sharpen their tools. but in the end i still had to lay steel on stone. absolutely!

yup i agree my daughter has a tee shirt it says" "i can explain it to you but i cant understand it for you" my twist i can show you every step but i cant teach your muscles memory you have to do that part.