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I use a set of magnified reading glasses plus a headband magnifier for my small work. I don't sit in one spot for all the many different things i do in day, do my knife making in the garage and my leather in the basement, so a desk magnifier wouldn't help much.

Personally I don't line my holsters unless asked. Seems lining good leather with more leather doesn't help much at all except for pleasing the buyer. I've toted guns for decades in the woods both lined and unlined and haven't seen a lot of difference in wear on the firearms. From my years of rigorous testing ,lol, I've found that there are three things that keep a firearm from wearing prematurely and getting dirty in the holster. A toe in the holster so you dont sit down and fill the barrel with dirt, a tight holster so it doesn't shift around and wear itself self as you walk and lastly and most importantly personal responsibility for the care of my firearm and holster. If I do line a holster its like Dwight does but i may use a different lighter piece for the inside.

thanks yes it fits in the hand comfortably only one way then its just a matter of setting the awl in the position that suits you and you dont really even have to look to get good even and straight holes Thanks yea i use alot of it i really like the feel of antler for handle materials.

lol maybe not the first reinvent in the last few thousand years of leather working. Thank you for the nice words..

Sweeeeet!!! you wont want to get up, now for the drink holder lol.

yup its form a lamp shade and thank you for the compliment. I will make you one if you would like, I'll pm you when i get it done.

Figured i would make new awl for myself. my old awl wasn't the best by any means. so then I had to make a new haft as well. lol came out ok it fits my hand nicely, the awl is 2.5mm and makes some nice lookin holes. I was gonna post this on the awl sharpening thread from the other day as thats what led me build this. I had no way of really knowing how to sharpen an awl with this blade shape so now i do lol. I both formed and sharpened the blade by holding the blade still, in a small vice, then using standard needle files formed the blade. After hardening and tempering i then finished sharpening and polishing with the same method much easier to keep the shape IMO than trying to move the blade over a stone. I used sandpaper glued to ice-cream sticks for the final sharpening and polishing. Only took two band aids lol its sharp alright.

They do a nice job for sure.

YW I'm glad you like it, you can also reshape the tip if you need to make a creaser of any shape you like.

these work ok but they soak up more product than you use on the edge itself.

You could make a poke, small leather pouch for money, hang it around yer neck and use it the same way as they did before pockets were invented. Many a bad folk were educated by a poke.

lol one of my key fobs is a monkeys fist with a 12 gauge lead ball in it.

great idea I've got about 6 Junkers I need to look at, never gave it a thought of redoing them lol.

i use the wrong end of a small paint brush, just the handle held sideways puts on a nice even coat not to thick and right where i want it.

sew it on. but i agree with Dwight try and get the rubber or silicone, whatever they are cases.

Frodo gifted me one It is a great lil knife holding up real well so far all I've had to do was touch it up a bit. I use 2500 grit paper glued to my pounding stone.

great looking strap!! You might think about wadding material its also called batting for quilting wont break down like foam.

That came out really nice. I like that cam lock system especially.

I'll bet sharpen em lol. I use the inner tube out of an old high pressure sodium lightbulb for my disposable blades and as a steel for pocket knives.

That's nice work there! Do you have plans you are working from? I was thinking of making one this winter.

dull chisels ? omg lol yer scaring me now. at least get a 1500 grit belt for your belt sander then you can let it do the humming.

i made a set last year but i didn't have a pattern either had to make one, it wasn't much just a pattern for the back piece. They are pretty simple to make, just straps mostly I can post some pictures if it would help.

Beautiful work!

very cool idea!

You take care of it the same way you would a saddle for example , veg tanning is thousands of years old so its been put through some rain storms. I use neatsfoot oil and water proofing on my stuff before hand as well if they do get saturated i dry them well then apply some more neatsfoot oil then re water proof. I wouldn't think your hunter friends would want to get thier ammo , guns and knives that wet either. Personally my belts are under my rain gear when its that bad or in the tent lol.