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I'm gonna have to look into this stuff lol.

i use it for period stuff mountain man / rendezvous era around here and also carry it in my pack its some good stuff out on the trail. . Real sinew is much different stuff to work with i take it off my critters and scrape off the meat, dry it out then it has to be re- hydrated to use. It drys like rawhide and is strong as heck.

i love the meander tool here are a couple different ways to use it. lol.

yup i have some i use it in glass stuff. We had to remove all the Styrofoam cups and such from our prison here because the inmates found they could melt them down and make shanks from the hard plastic undectable and really friggin sharp.. Its amazing what people can come up with.

i would like to see too. I love experiments.

thats some work there !! very nice.

put vineagar and clean steel wool, or any clean iron, in a glass jar until the wool is gone or a week or so at least, apply it just as any dye. You can stain wood with it also just paint your wood with tea then apply the roon, the black color comes from the chemical reaction between the iron and tannic acid that leather is tanned with. tea also has tannic acid. then folks neutralize the vinegar with baking soda water mix.

so far I haven't found anything that truly water proofs leather. Vinegar sure doesn't do it it is 96% water. i use the roon all the time.

wow that is a top notch job there .

you make some nice stuff!!!! welcome to the forum

those look great my friend!!!!

oh yea i have seen a lot of emus here in Wyoming. quite a few small ranches /farms around have a few, there is somewhat of a fad to have a few exotic critters now a days Llamas and Emus are popular as well as peacocks. The wifes birthday today!!! I making some goooood eats, egg plant parmesan, stuffed mushroom's and a huge salad, and what we call a nacho cake lol. Corn chips piled high smothered with salsa, burger, avocados olives onions and cheese, I'lll be taking two gut pills lol!!! That ole Fergie gives you heck lol. cantankerous!!

whatever friend i said my piece, you did too so lets move on ok no one really really gives a crap what either of us thinks or does.

here's my homemade thumper go for it!! get after it Thats half the fun of leather work lol

excellent workmanship!!!!.

i'll double down on that awesome.

i need an ice scraper

actually i just searched and there are several roo ranches in the states lol maybe them roo burgers aren't so far off after all.

that could just be needle thread combo now, my chi chi patcher does that when the thread is to thick for the needle. Oh and i also found that the needle scarf ( flat spot) was to far away from the bobbin hook so the hook would miss the loop.

How have you been? i would try some of that roo it looks just fine to me. Can you hunt those things? The wife took away my coffee in the morning and my spices I've been having some gut ache and she thinks its an ulcer. Only one more week to go then i can have some flavor back into my world. This sucks i tell you lol. Hows the weather there i could use some warm three more months of cold to go.

my first wasn't any better lol. But your poem is awesome i guess your still on the chase.

oops sorry i have the other Chinese shoe patcher machine i went back and looked at your op. soooooo, nevermind! lol

you know I wasn't really talking about the the holster staying in or on your pants when you draw the gun any five dollar wally mart special will do that so that's not really a pro that's just the normal function of any holster. i was talking about having the gun still on you when you really need it the most and ending up still having it when you get home from even the worst case scenario especially if its built and its use is for a possible fight. I will leave it at this every person has a standard, whether its built on fact or opinion or short stories in a magazine. Its theirs and theirs alone , my standard for a good holster is obviously more stringent than yours and includes the reality that someone may try and take it. No big deal cheap or cheaper and easier because you can replace them doesn't fit in my standard of a good holster that's all and if i wont personally use it because i feel its unsafe then i wont make it for a customer and i wont recommend them for a build its just that simple. I know folks use them i know they are very common with older folks they have their place I'm sure in the holster world but IMO not on a gun holster and especially not one built solely for self defense. I have my standards and i wont budge on that but I don't care if anyone builds them or if anyone uses them, I will gladly send anyone who wants a holster built with a clip to you or anyone on here that makes them i have no problem with that.

A test piece i did the other day, with the tex90 and Schmetz 18 leather needle. it is 2 pieces total 1/4" thick each pass is about 5" long so about 30" of continuous stitching without a hiccup. I feel i could easily run this machine till the bobbin ran dry. I can sew up to about 3/8"th reliably so far with this combo.

Here is some truly good info on the off topic subject of understanding gun retention. https://www.targetbarn.com/broad-side/holster-retention/