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you could build a couple of spacers for your 20t, you wouldn't need a gauge then.

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nice work !!!

Hardening and tempering details are easy to obtain from the steel manufactures they aren't secret by any means. Its how well the tool makers can reproduce with certainty the process every time that create better tool makers than others. Type of high carbon steel used is just a part of the equation imo and not as important as in the end its a mater of the finished hardness and temper being correct for the tool and work it will be doing. I agree with you the cheapest and most expensive can be just as sharp.

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sorry it took so long to respond, I was havin a Beer lol. Now what was it again we were talkin about lol. Oh yea why have a punch and could use a beer when you can have a beer and use a punch.

great video, Man it takes some work to make something look used lol.

Awesome work, nothing quite like self-made tools! Its always beer thirty somewhere lol.

oh man that's nice iron and nice leather!

maybe get a course grained sponge, they use them a lot for watercolor painting, and mottle the whole belt.

Those are called happy mistakes by Bob Ross lol.

Very nice!!!!! green thread would make it pop and tie it together too.

yes a bit of Elk antler.

ok then you have ruled out hundreds of pistols that arent used for concealed carry. I would research popular cc weapons and start from there,

i use a leather thong ran through the belt loop, the button hole fits the thong kind of tight then a half hitch knot knot is all that is needed after that and makes it easy to loosen, just pull on the hitch side to slide the button and loosen the strap. .

What kind of holsters do you intend to make? Western, Concealed carry, hunting?

I agree, there isn't a darn thing wrong with being opinionated, His work is excellent as are his designs.

the short strap is on the butt end. http://www.90thidpg.us/Equipment/Weapons/M1907Sling/index.html

JLs quit posting a while back you probably should contact him at his store site for permissions.

https://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/learning/educators/timelines/eighteenth-century-north-carolina-timeline

np I don't know if Scotland was under English rule back then but have also read that in England the laws were so strict that leather work was highly regulated as to what a person could make and sell for example a cobbler could only make shoes, not saddles , gloves etc. So bringing that knowledge here would have been the same a cobbler wouldn't know how to make a saddle even if it was legal to do so. I posted the links to some great books on another thread here. When i get a second i will find and repost the links if you want.

My suggestion would be to find out what European cultures settled in the area, back then they self segregated. with town ships being of mostly one culture or race of people. Pick your culture then go from there they only knew what they were taught and that knowledge was brought from Europe. People back then made and used what was used in their homelands with techniques brought from their homelands. Then study that cultures leatherwork. https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ncmaps/id/736

Heres the m1907 exact dimensions hope they help.

The m1907 military sling fit every soldier and rifle for a couple world wars and is still being made today, its highly adjustable. It is a two piece sling one piece is approx. 22"/ 23" the other piece is approx. 43 " / 46" . You may want to look at one of these and how its made, you can still buy the metal parts for them also.

Both are very nice!!! Love that old iron!