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This economy sucks even the manufacturers are having trouble, the other day I heard the company that makes yardsticks wasn't going to make them any longer.

Handstitched Take care my friend and stay safe, hope your place and folks are alright. Everything is warming up over here sloooowly, It has been warming and melting for the last couple weeks but it still snows almost daily and i still have drifts in my yard. At the least they will keep my apricot tree from budding early this year. Always look on the bright side but man i could sure use some backyard time on the grill.

trot line!

ironically though you can buy the alcohol that kills you , ruins lives and families, and is statistically far more dangerous.

I think that's an end around on the weak side.

yea you can fix that go for it.

heck yea nice job and nice of you!

that's an awesome idea you are a genius!!! Now burnish those edges lol

i lean towards the cummerbund.

I don't always buy leather, but when I do...…. It must be dentist approved by at least four out of five, or be made from fine Corinthian leather.

That is cooooool!! cowboy boots ima thinkin.

beautiful!!! Do you sew the pieces to a backer? if so how thick?

great looking rig!!

show us a picture if ya can. i could make them on my lathe but as you said you can make them on your drill press it would be simple. rough out your shape drill and glue your shank in and finish turn it using a round file. in fact you could make a bigger one for your press or a hand drill that wouldn't wear out as quick.

You can whack stuff with it! lol Looks good for kindling too. Great looking sheath

i'll bet he /she is! that is really nice.

i use a canon. what i do is download them to my computer then open them with the pcs browser ( windows ten) left click brings up a menu with resize, i use "best for emails or messages" save it to that size and post. i can post about three before going over the limit, then i just quote myself and add more.

here is some good info on setting rivets and how they should be attached to the main piece, rivets are designed so the stress is on the post not the head if you install rivets with the stress on the head they will failrivets1.pdf. More info is in "the art of making leather cases, vol1" By Al Stohlman. rivets1.pdf

in this case if the rivet heads don't give the leather will just pull off over the heads anyways sooner or later. Or they will get loose and the tab will spin on them and the buckles will drop. Rivets are the wrong method of attaching IMO. But yea those rivets are pretty weak. Hit em like you live!! fast and hard! old rough neck saying lol.

i just noticed his britches were on the table lol, must be a hot day down there. PS that knife is sweet!!

So then is he the only one? Both the dealer and the leather are bad. they should at least reimburse you for that crap. They have the ability to inspect their orders from the manufacturers and return bad leather just as you should its not your job its theirs.

that is an awesome design!!! i like it!! Nice steel too

You aren't installing the leather tab properly. all the stress is on the head of the rivet which is incorrect. It doesnt matter how you set the rivet it wont hold that way. Your leather tab/belt thingy needs to go through a slot in your back panel and be riveted on the backside so the stress is on the shank of the rivet not on the head of the rivet. BUT in your piece i can see from past experience this may make the tab stick straight out at the wrong angle unless you form it to lay flat. I would sew the tabs on the front side and forget rivets completely. By making the tabs long enough, and finished on both ends, to put the three holes in it also then sew each side up to the rivet point leaving the tongue free to slide into the buckle.

thrift stores or goodwill i bought my last one for a buck and its an old good one.

sounds like fun to me