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You can buy a Rockwell hardness tester that will tell you the hardness of the blade. You can take a file and do a file test but that takes alot of experience IMO. ITs not easy for a novice to check steel quality. Actually the best is to look at reviews if you can find them or talk to someone who owns one. Other than that sharpening is my goto method for testing a knife blade hardness. You have to remember the human element, some folks like a super hard blade so they don't sharpen as much, some like a blade easier to sharpen so like a blade a bit softer. Myself i prefer the later a good solid blade that is easy to sharpen and holds a decent edge. i guess really quality is somewhat a personal choice as well. Where is this knife being sold? do you have any pictures seeing what you are wanting would be a big help.

thats the executive model tool bag for sure. Its will sure stand out it looks great !

i use the boxes they come in I write on the sides what type thickness etc. and stand them up or stack them up. But i live where humidity isn't a problem and have enough room.

life is an experiment go for it!!!! But don't try vinegaroon on fish and chips lol! The roon has never let me down is cheap and easy to make i also will be trying some natural dyes, spring is finally here and so some spring flowers will be ready soon.

Nice job indeed thats alot of ammo!

i was thinkin about this last night, don't know why? In about a year someone's gonna be on here asking , "does anyone know where can i get a pattern for this cool double holster i saw in a movie".

LOL yea those are creepy critters for sure! but the roon has been around for hundreds of years and is also used for staining wood. Depends on the purpose of the item, i make a lot of outdoor type leather goods, holsters and knife sheathes, so i usually use a little neat's-foot oil and then good waterproofing for boots and shoes like fiebings golden mink oil, for wallets, belts and such i use super sheen or the 50/50 mop n glo mix is about the same imo. You also use the sheens for a resist when you are using multiple colors of dyes.

for black i use vinegaroon, it is basically iron dissolved in vinegar and reacts with the tannins in the leather to change the color to black. Can be made at home for cheap. Throw a steel wool pad in a jar of vinegar for a few days. it wont leach out like some dyes if you leather gets wet.

lol I forget the global village we now live in, i forget to look at where folks are located. Baggie is a company that makes resealable sandwich or food storage bags. Here we have freezer bags ,sandwich bags, double seal bags, zip lock , really an endless variety to choose from and why I don't have a clue. I use the double seal freezer type they are thickest. We have some books dating in the 1800s that we have kept for years this way, some on a shelf some in plastic totes for added protection.

can you fill them with fake stitches? Cover them with some type of do dad like maybe a concho or something similar?

wow those are nice indeed!

Love the lathe it sure took alot of work out of making things round lol. Thinking of making some burnishing wheels also I will check into that. Thanks !

Headed your way! These are made from serviceberry its a very hard wood and an awesome wild fruit for wine or jelly lol.

we store our collectable books in a gallon baggie with a desiccant pouch.

depends a bit on what size of pieces and thickness your skiving and cutting also I would think.

The ones shown are maple.

I'll throw em in the mail tomorrow morning.

no you wont notice it, Mine have knots inside as well. You could use one piece of cord start at one end make your knot underneath then up through the button down through the button then on to the next button and so on through all the buttons ending up with just two knots, one on each end underneath.

I drill one hole in them and use a knot with leather thong, hole through the guard and another knot, you can also knot your shock cord. What i did was very simple attach the three buttons on one side and leather thongs on the other, to attach to your arm just wrap the thong around the button two or three times then tuck the remainder inside the guard, works very well and has never came undone while shooting no matter if hunting or target and my guard is about 40 years old now lol.

https://www.leathercraftlibrary.com/category/79/ebooks?pagenum=1 I think its here still. https://www.leathercraftlibrary.com/category/79/ebooks?pagenum=1

Beautiful ! That lacing is super cool!

No problem I'll get to work.

I will! Measure the diameter of you tips so i get the right hole size, Do you want burnishing grooves also? They sure are handy on smaller jobs you dont have to change tools, just bevel and burnish.

LOL Why didn't I think of that? Ya know I do have a bunch of smaller tines I may make a set.

go to the tandy website , they have a ton of Stohlman ebooks free, I have found these books may be dated but will answer every question you have on the craft cutting ,stitching etc hasn't changed a bit . https://www.leathercraftlibrary.com/category/79/ebooks?pagenum=1