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that is beautiful!!!

thanks it was a great re learn on binding, I've only done one other journal years ago but i still had my how to book.

Thanks Words and letters are my kryptonite lol. I never could have cut them with a swivel knife.

Thanks Tugadude

It takes a few days to get it working right, figuring out how it works and deciding what thread and needle you want. I had a lot of pointers to help me from the guys on here and THANKS to each of you for the help.

thanks Dwight no swivel knife i used my skrimshaw needle and a steel scrib i made for transfering patterns.

Thank you , not a lot of mods really but more of clean up and tweaking, making it run like it should.

i dint do it.

i use an air brush.

Vow books and guest book. Hand made paper , not by me, Grey chrome tan liner, Bison brown veg tan outer and sewn with my Chinese shoe patcher. t90 thread

i bought it for liner for a set of vow books lol used about 2 square foot so i got some play. i was thinking maybe one of those funky driving hats too.

going to TS tomorrow for sure, I have an old pair of medical scissors that cut leather but could use a bigger set for sure.

sweet i got a whole side the other day from Tandy of grey for 65 bucks shipped It is nice stuff also. Looks pretty much the same. Except its grey lol.

those are fantastic. What's the leather ?

you mean its not just a strap with a buckle on it? lol next one you can tool and line?

i agree with Tug, great design its hard to come up with a unique Minimalist anything.

Dang enjoy it for me would you? its snowing again this morning and 11degrees

Your holster is pretty good for the first time!! An old cook told me once "patience makes the best sauce" Take your time , let your leather case out properly no matter how long or how you soak it, spray it, dip it in one toe at time, whatever super secret expert advice, I use Bobs method too, sometimes sometimes not. Cut an extra scrap of the same leather to test on, jab it with your finger nail or stamp, something every once in a while until you see it creating the right impressions, they should be crisp and darker in color and most importantly they don't show signs of fading or popping back out. One thing to look for If your leather is to wet or your knife to dull it will make the swivel knife stick and jerk along as your try and cut.so if you feel that jerkiness then you know one of two things are hampering you. Al Stohlman will never lead you a stray you can get his books cheaply, some for free in the Tandy library!!! And my last suggestions on learning this craft, you will be using and looking at designs created by people who have been tooling for most of their natural life so don't expect your work to look as good for quite awhile. Just have fun with it and realize you will create your own personal techniques as you go. Also make some stuff without tooling too so you can learn the basics of sewing , dying, finishing etc. most of my tooling is still on scraps i usually do two or three practice pieces before committing to the final piece. Good luck to you my friend we all started just like you at one time and are very willing to help.

i wont be doing any leather work today the shovel is calling.

Those are beautiful but I didn't know African Bullfrogs carried knives lol

I don't know if i do them right but here's how i do it. For an 8oz thickness holster for example i would use two pieces that equal 8 oz. One( the base layer thickest piece) under the snake skin, one over( the piece you cut out for the skin to show thru). and then i use the cutout piece also under the skin to raise it up level with the outer piece. The outer piece should cover the whole holster so it looks inlayed.

dont have any for the xl's you may have to do some figuring.

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i was referring to your belt loop slots, no biggie, what i do is make them narrower plus i skive them a bit on the back side where the belt rides.

i would find a pair (that fits you) at some yard sale or thrift store and deconstruct them. You can find out everything you need to know that way including thread sizes and stitch length.