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Congrats Fred you did well indeed!! Sounds like the best part was the fun time you had. That Austin is making me drool.

Maybe you don't pull the ends as tight as the center when measuring. If you pull the center tighter and compress the leather a bit then when the leather relaxes back straight the scribe mark is farther from the edge or seemingly longer.

Very well my friend. the days are getting noticeably shorter and we have been doing a lot of wild foraging and harvesting in our garden. It wont be long till snow fly's this year.it hasn't been warm at all in fact there is still snow in the hills from last year. None of our warm weather plants did very well but the chard, beets and cooler weather crops did great lol. looks like fried green tomatoes this year lol only one has turned red and they only have about three weeks tops before first frost. its funny we have two predominate "weeds " in our garden, Mallow, and lambs quarters but both are edible and have grown like weeds this year lol so they also go in the freezer. Its crazy how much edible food gets pulled up and thrown away just because its been forgotten as a food source. I've been re wiring the house and fixing the windows for the coming winter, next month hunting season so I'm gonna be busy. I'll bet that old tractor is music to your ears lol i love to listen to them idle along while puffing along. You better put in a garden this year I hear food is going to get scarce world wide. plus you can hit some farmers markets if you have them over there. Take good care of your dad my friend and you stay safe and well also, holidays are now meant for good memories of those you love, St Patty's day kicks my ass, it was my moms favorite and she passed just a couple of days prior. She wore this cheap green plastic shot glass on beads around her neck that she would take a couple nips out of. It hangs off my bed post now and i wear it for her memory every year. God bless you and your pop my friend.

are you using something like this? How do you ensure that the edge your marking off of is straight and remains straight during the process?

i use a chalk line lol.

it was for the Smith 8 shot 22lr j frame, it should fit.

yea but this dig is super coool this place is on private ground and has been closed for years. https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/como-bluff

Como bluffs dig!!! https://bigfoot99.com/bigfoot99-news/horse-rescue-holding-fossil-dig-fundraiser/

yea i think so, I've slept since then lol.

i think i sent you this one a while back.

loved those guys!!!! 38s have been made for over 100 years lol all the modern ones have been noted, below is a model 52

oh heck yea those are awesome!!!

apply some heat with a soldering torch to the tubes only then shoot em again with the pb blaster. the heat will expand the tubes and break the rust. you may need to do it a couple of times.

cmon Frodo what model is the gun that shoots that caliber?

beautiful!! both the gun and the leather. i 'm a Keith fan too, love his 44 special hot wadcutter loads in my 44 mag Anaconda makes for one sweet shooting gun.

hk clips

Howdy!!

beautiful work there indeed. i like that elk motif and how you tied in the basket weave

i keep my leather in the boxes they were shipped in. first thing i do when i open them is to smell.

they are really nice indeed!

just looking at the top pic it appears your tension issue is in the three holes in that piece of metal you have run your thread through, it is tight even before it reaches the tension discs. Are you sure it is threaded right? I would try it running through just one of the holes.

Those are nice my friend. and no there isn't much else.

yes it is. Its all i use.

Heck yea!!! follow the rules and post them up here a lot of folks are interested!! Plus your country would be good to , its a global forum.

I'm of the same opinion, you do very nice work. Howdy!