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it would take me seconds to cut my pattern at one of the straight sections and lengthen it with another piece of pattern paper, scan it and save it so i could reprint if needed.. A pocket is a pocket you just make two instead of one with your pattern. The point i was making is that after you have your pattern the money you have spent is just setting there, you dont have to redesign every time you make a watch band. But if you have the dough to blow then go for it

i love how we went from making a nothing to it card holder to the most intricate work possible to prove the point how many watch bands or purses does it take to pay off an autocad program, a computer, a laser cutter, printer then all the updates and rebuys, personal time learning and relearning? If i had to use this to create i would pay some teenager, buy my patterns, and pocket hundreds if not thousands. but yall don't have to convince me to buy new toys lol my toys just aren't computers I've played that game.

i can understand using a computer program if you have computerized machines that run off cad programs to cut patterns and such but for the hobbyist or one man shop its just more time and money investment, especially for wallets , card holders and such once you've made the pattern there just isn't a need IMO. it may take an hour to make a card holder pattern by hand then you have it forever, scan it save it and print it whenever if your old one wears out. I'm of the age that i have learned every darned operating system including dos bought thousands of dollars worth of computers operating systems and programs that are/were setting in my basement because they are no longer "supported" meaning they just want to make more money off of us not that they weren't adequate. Just hauled a milk crate completely full of floppy discs and old cds of programs that no longer work to the dumps, INCLUDING a couple expensive autocad programs But to each his own folks spend that money, take that time learning a program you will have to relearn at the next update or simply repurchase because its unsupported while i use my pencil , and paper template and do leather work. Me, i like simple!

i use polyester wadding like they use in quilts and such it doesn't break down like foam will.

not difficult just time consuming to resew it i would clean it up and sew a liner on the back or just resew the stitching and use some saddle soap and conditioner on it.

Very nice rig i like that color!!

cool knife !! and sheath!!!!

make your self a skiver! if you can make a blade you can make a skiver.

Thanks ! gonna have to check it out.

I understand you like it and don't mean anything about your tastes or likes personally it is some cool easy to do technology indeed. But you have to agree that wallet looks like something from Walmarts closeout section, the stitching, the machine marks and then a laser printed picture from some computer image program. It just is nothing I would want on my stuff it makes it look cheaply made IMO i wouldn't want my name on it.

amazing what a guy can do without a computer, a special cad drawing app, a 3d printer........

why? Anyone can buy that kind of product at Walmart.

perfection

not to mention a couple paring knives for the kitchen lol or even a full set.

yes if it fits the center hole would be very easy to do i don't think it will have to be a very large or deep scribe line to be easily seen.

Thanks Fredk i think I'm gonna do some experimenting, I was planning on trying to cast some stamps in brass but that is really time consuming i can only do wet sand casting at the moment and am not even good at that lol.

i was thinking a stud the size of your middle hole through a piece of scrap wood or plastic then screw a sharp screw through it to act as a scribe at the desired length, turn it over stick it in the hole of your jig and turn it to scribe the line for your perfectly centered target.

ditto unless you left out the welt.

yea i know full well i would have to sell a bazillion knives to recoup. Don't tell the wife lol.

very cool tool! if you could find a way to add circles or a circle like a target scribed into the plastic at what ever intervals you want for hole spacing you could do away with the tape. I love the K.i.s.s. method of making functional tools. Thank you for posting this.

very cool what product do you use for casting the letters? How much abuse does it take before you need to make new copies?

great first knife ida kept it lol. as a display model of course.

lol nothin like jumpin in with both feet.

and the leather tools section, Plenty of goodies that you can make yourself lol.

really good !!!