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yes They grow fast the first few months, they are finally slowing down a bit.

all your work is amazing friend you are an inspiration.

yes its a slip collar i have designed for my American bullies, they are big dogs that pull like heck. 6 months old and have 17" necks, made one for their mother too she has a neck 23".

its dependent also on the types of leather you are sewing together. I make mine out of two layers of veg tan glued and sewn flat, glued up they become one with no wrinkles but really stiff. With padding and a lighter leather yes they will wrinkle. This is a collar of two layers of 8/9 oz veg tan as you can see no wrinkles.

i wont go farther it seems they have been restructured and not in a good way.

The first is an abandoned barn about 20 miles out of town, the second two are from the great race, came through town a few years ago, we get two or three car groups every year man you gotta love those flat heads there were quite a few hot rods in this bunch as well as fully restored rides.

Thank you friend i appreciate the kind words!

I make my own blade included, i find the curved handle allows me to position the blade so when it fits the hand its in perfect alignment, don't need to look just grab it and go. I just bought a new lathe so turning handles will be in my future.

beautiful country friend bet you had some great times. never seen one of those around here thats for sure

nice lil rig there!

Those are nice looking holsters, are those machine stitched or hand stitched?

Go for it! They are called lederhosen and yours will be usefull as well.

i don't know about anyone else gut i think that is badass work friend. you did a great job!

That's interesting info for sure friend thank you, we went from the rawhide chews to these gristle chew things made from the lower back leg tendon. Problem is they are about $4.00 a pop and my bully's can eat one in an hour lol. I was going to tryr one or a few for making mallets but just haven't got around to it. On your sheaths how do you water proof them so they don't get soft in the field? I knew Native Americans used rawhide for making boxes and such.

First thank you for the nice compliments. Oh heck yea along with your Coleman lanterns and stoves, I've got a few myself and use them, converted one to kerosene last year.

Thank you!

so do you spray your finishes also? My problem with super sheen is that it picks up alot of dye when i brush it on and leaves streaks would spraying it on be better? On this piece it removed and streaked the bison brown then sealed up the whole mess lol. I mixed a bit of sheen with some of the dye and it sprayed well and helped cover some of the problem but puddled easily. Also wondering would the leather being damp help the dye bind better before drying i still feel alot of the dye dries before it soaks into the leather.

lol yes and my dogs would in a heart beat thank you

Made this/these for my daughters birthday, she loves to draw. I turned the pencils also. The sunburst went south on me when i added the super sheen, it took alot of the dark color off and made streaks. My attempt to fix it by spraying a mixture of super sheen and bison brown dye helped some by covering the worst of the streaks and allows me to say its a custom finish lol if you try this as a fix be aware its puddles as you can see. Not perfect by any means. Some pig skin for the liner.

the art of hand sewing leather page 47.

That looks like a baseball stitch to me, I think i have seen it in one of the free ebooks on the tandy site i willl see if i can find it.

you need to spell leather correctly on your video header.

Thanks to you ! I appreciate your help i would have done a lot of trial and error before trying to turn down the pressure.

thank you yea the only thing i did wrong i think was to spray the yellow out to far so it turned all the red i put down afterward to orange but it is certainly livable and a learning experience. I may try some antique along the tooling that is a good idea.

Those are outstanding.