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i usually do that with the last snap i have.

Just so everyone is on the same page are these for horses, dogs, people?

very classy looking!!

it appears now to be calf hide with hair on I'll bet it was real pretty at one time.

What i think is cool is the construction, the way the seat is built it uses the weight of the person and the two pieces of leather to hold the chair together by pulling the 4 rungs tight. Beautiful old chairs indeed.

the same weight that is on it.

the problem with using something that doesn't remove some of the leather in the hole is it may not lay flat. worth a try though if you have an old screwdriver.

punch two holes of whatever size you need then cut between them with a knife to make your slots. or buy a slot punch if you can find one the right size.

i didn't know it was a fire starter but i do carry a small tube of it in my first aid kit for gluing wounds closed if needed. Good info i gotta test it now.

It is also used as a wood finish for smaller wooden projects like turned pens, duck calls and such goes on smooth and dries instantly.

thanks for taking the time to do this. What do the numbers mean? 89 = arm hair shaving ? 524= a dull fro?

i was just thinking of the coincidence. You posting your belt scrap wallet and this post . Both the exact same idea handled differently with different techniques. Quilted leather bags could sell really well IMO.

you can do it! your dad did it.

amazing work!!!!

of course thats the fun part!!! i use an old ice cream maker to tumble my brass.

When i was a young boy my folks had a good friend ( Morris Lundbeck) here that was a retired engineer, he ran a big boy on the route from from Cheyenne to Rawlins its now in the city park In Cheyenne where 4014 was rebuilt. He was an awesome man and one of my inspirations. He worked his way to the US from Denmark as a young man on a sailing ship, then worked his way to Wyoming where he worked in a blacksmith shop here in town until getting his education and a job on the U.P. some time in the 70's My dad was given his uncles sheep wagon when he died as soon as Morris saw it he laughed and told him exactly when and where he had built it. I still have the wagon and the memories. His house also had many photos of the old trains he ran and a few local train wrecks to boot. I always wondered if i took my truck down to a freight yard and left it would someone paint the darned thing lol.

that is cool.

those are highly sought after out here not free or cheap anymore all the tinkerers want em lol.

i think it is cool and has some real potential as a pattern a guy that now has some leather could perfect a bit.

i buy sides.

your lucky to have someone that actually uses and tests these things in real world settings, i have thrown out a few of those cartridge holder butt stock things in my day when i got back to camp with only half of my shells.

looks like your a darn lucky little shit to me lol.

interesting design for sure and nice looking . much better than the open style cartridge holders I've lost a lot rounds before i gave them up. i have seen and used similar belt types for rifle bullets but they use a pocket instead of individual holders.

yes you can but it also dries to hard and stiff imo use contact cement its the right choice. I used to use it to glue the thread ends also before I realized i really didn't need to.

yes there is a huge pine tree across the street that they have nested in for years and years. we look forward to their return every spring, I don't know if its the same pair or their kids but they come back every spring. Its so much fun watching them and the young Deer grow up. it rained last night and two young fawns just had a great time running around in it. The town i live in, Rawlins, was an end of tracks town built during the time union pacific rail was set across the US so trains are a part of life here. Gillette is about 300 miles north of me and btw where my wife grew up. I imagine they are mothballed because of the loss of coal mining in Gillette, its a shame the way our world is being destroyed but i wont go there today lol. it pisses me off. Here are some of my shots of one the last and largest steam engine (Big Boy) and another smaller in the us she came through a few years ago on her maiden voyage since being rebuilt and thousands of folks followed her stopping at each town along the trip. They are so cool!! the video isnt mine!