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That is fantastic!

Thank you from both of us!

good eye mine are to old to see that very well! Amazing that one would add a Randall slide to a colt frame from what i have read Randalls are pretty collectable and few were made sure would love to have the lefty version though. I have used a strip of leather taped to the top of the blue gun to simulate the rib and on others to get rid of the "hump" and create a sight channel maybe that would work here as well.

Thanks Tim still learning about those pen pencil sets lol. I just got a small lathe so am learning that as well. More tools, pieces and parts lol. its alot like leather work you never have all the tools you need.

No offence taken, your opinion is much appreciated and I agree! Truthfully i thought hard about that, i was worried the liner would pull away/ come unglued after time it is very thin pig suede. Maybe a lighter color thread would have been a better choice too and stitched full length.

i use those pretty boxes clothes come in at Christmas time one pro to having a big family. Plus it keeps them out of the dump for a few more years. i figure the world has enough plastic by now. i dont cut around them though i trace around them and they last for years.

i remember those days he's safe!

There are some cool sheaths, if you google quick draw sheath and look at all the images i was thinking of making one for my 110 as well. I don't have a pattern but could make one easy enough most of the ones i saw are a simple fold over type. i do have a question are these supposed to be made like a retention holster for pistols in that the fit is all that holds the knife in? i like that pattern!

thanks i'm still learning the art of air brushing with dyes and think I'm going to stop gluing and knotting my threads and start trusting the lock stitch.

Are you sure it isn't a Remington Rand frame as that is really collectable, it would be a ww2 era contract gun made by Remington in Hartford. And would be an exact copy of the original colt 1911 check the frame this appears to have had a different slide fitted as most 1911s have matching frames and slides. the frame appears to show more wear than the slide. either way it is still a 1911 pattern so the 1911 blue gun will work.

if its this one? "In production for less than two years, the California-made Randall M1911 hails from the Reagan-era and is a solid piece of firearms history that is increasingly collectible." Then any 1911 copy will work with the same barrel length.

lol i have ten. and my liver is about shot!

i have 4 she is the youngest at 17 today. Yea i should own stocks in Hersheys lol.

My second set made for number 4 daughters birthday.

beautiful work friend, i'll be making one soon for the small sketch books they sell, did you sew the composition book in or can you replace it when its full?

welcome friend can't wait to see some of your work i like plain and simple.

you can get a basic apron pattern for fabric and work off that to customize it for leather. The pattern wont know and wont care. Or you can get a basic apron from a thrift store and deconstruct it. Or start at your belly button measure down how long you want it, measure up how high you want it, add the two cut a big rectangle out then measure nip to nip or there about and how far under your arm you want it, or down to your hip where the tie will be. use these to cut out the upper parts . then add at your discretion the pockets or what ever. i would use some paper to make the first pattern then transfer to leather after you get the dimension correct.

I am sorry to hear that and totally agree with you. Living on I 80 I see this stupid driving crap everyday not only drunks and druggies but just plain stupid people in to big of a hurry. We had so many of our snowplows hit this year they couldn't keep up with plowing in some areas. One of the worst pile ups on i80 happened not 20 miles from here winter before last. Had one of my school mates hit and killed flagging when i was a teen. Had my brother hit while riding his bicycle to work by a drunk who didn't even know he had hit him until arrested, luckily it didn't kill him.

free ebooks on this tandy site. "The art of hand sewing leather" will help you alot. https://www.leathercraftlibrary.com/category/79/ebooks?pagenum=1

agreed the only way to learn and why i tried it. Mine works great.

ditto i made a head knife from a blade it can be done but you need to keep the thing cool enough not to lose the temper of the steel. If normalizing and re tempering remember you don't really know what steel it is so that will be a guessing game on the temps needed, the end product may not come out at the hardness it was or that you may need. I cut my blade out with an angle grinder but far enough away and slow enough to keep the cutting edge safe, then it takes a bunch of grinding with water to get the job done. If you search the subject there are a few threads on the subject. i made mine a full tang and also have since reground the primary angle of the edge as it was to short.

xacto blades are to thin and bend with the force it takes to cut the leather also. get a box knife at the least.

about a six inch end piece of a log or a 4x4 . for free at a construction site of lumber yard

That be Frodo i believe.

yes it should A person shouldn't get their fly wallet wet or their flies will rust away in about a month Don't ask me how i know lol.