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oh man that stinks! I have a nice wallet with a big dye stain right in the middle of it. Or sew up the cut with something weird, add a few old clock parts and call it diesel punk.

dont charge for the sample it will make you look good and you can make up that little cost many times over

You are not alone friend these folks inhabit the cowboy scene as well lol. We had about 60 years give or take of the real "wild west" but the movie west goes on forever.

lol thats quite funny yea i would get a bike about every four or five years the mechanics was my problem my dad was a mechanic and would show me once but i could use his tools anytime. my first and last traditional coaster bike a huge Hiawatha with headlights, fenders and the works ended up plain jane with sissy bar banana seat and ape hanger bars

2000 grit sandpaper 5 bucks. i use 2500

Nah not for me.

Instead of buying washers use coins they are much cheaper. Barry king maul you can get a deadblow hammer for a few bucks or even a cheaper maul for much less. the exacto is good for real light leather but the blades flex to much for thicker stuff, get a box cutter or similar with a bit thicker blades. If you are handy building a stitching pony is pretty easy, i made mine from an old pallet all i have in it is the cost of two carriage bolts, nuts and washers. you can also make a scratch awl, i use an old ice pick card for templates can be any heavy paper from cereal boxes to present boxes you shouldn't ever have to buy this stuff, recycle. the tandy pro line of stitching chisels are pretty good,also you dont need all of them. what i do with tools such as these, stamps and such are buy them when i need them that way i dont have stuff i will never use like a four stitch per inch chisel. on the chisels i would buy a two prong and a four or six prong in the stitch per inch you want.

i like the work the only thing i see that distracts a bit are the feet marks of your machine.

Wow awesome indeed!

yup i found a ton and a few arrowheads as well you get to watching the ground as you sweep the detector so you find other nonmetal stuff as well.

oh heck yeah the women were double tough. Another story this particular couple homesteaded and built their ranch from the ground up by themselves, Dee and Agnus Burch were their names, During ww2 there was a training base for pilots in Casper and they often flew over the ranch. one day a pilot did a strafing run at Agnus while she was hanging up her wash blowing it all down with he prop wash as he went over. She went straight to town which was a feat as the ranch was about 30 miles from the good road then another couple hour drive and chewed the commanders butt personally lol. She would yell out that lunch was ready but you had better not open the door till your feet were clean and you were washed or she would run your butt right back out.

Nope not crazy just enthusiastic but before you commit to a number your research should include visiting both, gun shows and faires and talking to vendors already set up, watching what is selling and pricing. What type of guns get the most sales and what kind of holsters sell for that type gun, what type of faire products sell or don't and how many people are selling them. i would think in PA there are some Black powder rendezvous or civil war reenactment groups also.

yes i agree how many times did that leg get thrown over the cantle till the leather wore through, we have it so good now we don't even realize what a saddle meant to a person or the work that went into buying one. Buying a new saddle, or anything, wasn't a trip down to the bank for a loan or four easy payments it was cold hard cash in hand and it wasn't something you let get ruined or you went without plain and simple. I was fortunate enough to have met many old cowboys back when i was young. A funny story my dad was a mechanic so on weekends he would go out to the different ranches and repair their haying equipment and such this was back in the 60s. Well i was talking to this old rancher one day and mentioned i would like to look around his place with a metal detector to find lost money. He just gave me that old cowboy look kinda out under the brim of his hat and said you can look all you want but if we had money back then it was in the sugar bowl in the kitchen and it didn't come out till we went to town.

Thought i would share some pics of an old saddle i have, My dad picked it up years ago i have no idea who owned it but whomever did rode it for a loooong time lol. It has many repairs and the seat leather and horn appears to have been worn off from use. I mostly posted it so that the makers name and his work wouldn't be lost to time. Wish this thing could talk i wonder the stories it could tell.

Absolutely! stay safe and stay well cousins. Prayers your way.

Amazing! Every one as good looking as the next.

There's a guy on this site KenJWan that makes awesome boots. I would try and get some advice from him.

That is pretty darn nice!

maybe some washed sand glued to a piece of paper or even some duct tape. then cut out the mud pattern from it and gently tap or press the impression into the leather.

That is the key what you really need to know about the edge quality is it the knifes fault or yours! If you cant sharpen it correctly throwing more money at it wont help a bit. Buying decent quality sharpening tools would be more beneficial.

you can find this info in fabric sewing books, you may have to learn how to adapt to thicker leather but garment weight leather would be the same. There are some sewing books that cover leather as well.

from the google search on "best fuel for alcohol lamp". "The two best, least expensive fuels for the alcohol lamps are denatured ethanol (ethyl alcohol; grain alcohol), and methanol (methyl alcohol; wood alcohol; methylated spirit)". I personally use denatured or everclear in my pack stove, any alcohol burner is very dangerous because alcohol burns with no visible flame so you may not see it on fire until to late. I once dropped an alcohol burner on my carpet when i was a kid all you could see was brown burn spots forming and getting bigger with no flame at all it was scary because i couldn't see the flames to put them out.

wow those are nice! Orange thread would look great imo.

Your right but that doesn't stop them from buying the product and that is all Tandy wants them /us to do, buy their product so they make them affordable and they cant do that with top grade steel because just selling to pros wont pay the bills friend. Tandy has and always will be a seller of low to mid range tools imo and that is what started the leather craft business as we know it and what brings new blood into the craft.