chuck123wapati

lol yea i would have have missed everything after about 9pm.

sure, define your meaning of pollutes because plastic to some doesn't pollute "its recyclable" yet the world is drowning in it while both leathers return back to nature.

your very welcome, that was a good buy indeed i buy many knives from our local thrift store and yard sales etc. You have to know what your looking at however.

the "trick" is alot of practice!

about a year or so ago this very subject was discussed. I believe it top be more of a open phrase, hand tooled , hand stitched, hand cut etc would be more appropriate terms but then again do you write all that down or say all of it if you do all those steps by hand or do you simply say handmade? I know of many knifemakers who source out all their parts then assemble the knives and put a final edge on them and still call themselves knifemakers isn't that the same thing?

about a year or so ago this very subject was discussed.

That is cool indeed yea shoot a few pics our way if you would.

it keeps their guts from falling out. or you can make knife handles out of em.

pigs ear sammich sounds yummy!

your friend is right. You could have been done days ago. But thats how we learn i've done the same. I agree too.

Mine are really long very slender knives with a blunt tip and straight cutting edge other than that really nothing, they work awesome for cutting tomatoes paper thin also ham or roasts. Mine are pretty old, probably made in the 50s, before they mostly went to serrated blades, i have the complete set of Maxam kitchen knives they were made in Japan and are really nice tools. they have to be kept razor sharp to get through the crust but when they are you can cut very straight with them X50crmov15 is stainless steel made in Germany. It's somewhere between mid- and high-range quality-wise. This is the go-to option for people who want a great knife they can rely on for the right price. This steel has little to no flaws and great reviews all around.X50CrMoV15 Steel is synonymous with kitchen knives. If you're shopping for a new kitchen or chef knife today, chances are high you'll get a knife from a popular brand with the X50CrMoV15 Steel blade

great job for sure. You may try taping a strip of leather in between the sights along the top so you get a good front sight channel and then sew around the trigger guard and barrel closer i think that may loosen up with use. I don't always line my holsters either.

love it!

oh heck yea that looks like a great time was had.

beautiful job an welcome to the club half the fun is makin the tools lol.

i'm sorry i use a straight bladed bread knife lol because i hate serrated blades for just this reason. You can still use the steel on the flat side of the blade or get a small round diamond stone or even regular round stone, your dowel would work also.

if the installed roller would fit standard embossing wheels it would work. If not you will have to take it apart and have one of the rollers specially made to fit. You will have to get a machinist to make that and that will be an added cost. Plus I don't see any real easy way to change the wheels except to take it all apart every time.

Sure it would work but if you have a plain old butchers/ kitchen steel it works every bit as good on a bread knife as any kitchen knife. Once you have your edge just hit it a few licks with the steel then again after after cutting your bread then wipe it down and put it away for next time. No need to overthink sharpening its been done successfully for centuries.

i think its really nice.

anything for waterproofing leather shoes or boots will work.

Ditto Gimli wasn't it? Still very cool work !

beautiful what leathers did you use?

then the box wont fit lol. Darn nice project indeed!

doesn't look like any leather tool I've ever seen

it would be interesting to know. Keep me posted. I doubt it too however its way to hard to work and more for pocket knives and such. A round knife would cost hundreds and really again the average leather worker just doesn't need it, now maybe if you were cutting all day on a much larger scale.