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Nice bag there Mutt! I've used a couple of his patterns so far, and have enjoyed them. Some are machine friendly, but many aren't without modifications. Although modifying them will make them all yours, so I guess it's a wash on that.

I enjoyed making that one. Did mine in 5 oz. Horween from Maverick leather. Waterproofed and worn everyday to work. Its held up pretty well in LA weather. The hard part for me was sewing around the 12g wire in the brim.

I just recently setup a Squarespace web site, and now found out they're not actually part of "square", so the sales processing accounts are separate. I'm now using square for offline sales, and paypal and stripe for the squarespace site. And for anyone that wants a laugh, here's my link at a site that looks like a kid made it https://www.drleatherworks.com/

Sorry, haven't been on recently. Health issues and busy at work. I'm still makin and will be vending at the Bossier Night Market in December. (Which was rough getting the time off for). I'm hopin the locals will swing by and give some in person critiques.

Haven't thought of shorter stitches, I'll give that a shot. As for size, I'm running a 23 needle with 138 thread

Not yet, It does great with the thin stuff he had for examples, and canvases and cordura, it's when I have to do multiple layers that it throws stitches. I've gotten it to run better than it was, but now it's roughly every 20-50 stitches is skipped, which seems rather odd to me.

I picked up a Pfaff 1245 from The Sewing Shop. Skips a stitch here and there, so trying to figure that out.

This one is hand sewn, Trying to get machine running to save my fingers.

Thanks Mutt. I'm actually in Bossier every Wed and Thurs for work. I've been meaning to try to hit up some of the locals, and see if anyone vends at the Bossier Night Market. (I run security for PBM and MSV). I did a lot of leatherwork around 25 years ago, just now getting back into it, and learning all the new techniques that I didn't get into way back then. As for the contrasting threads, this was a one day project, and decided to have a bit o fun with it. Now if I could get my machine to run right, the errors may fix themselves...

Hand stitched with the cheap waxed thread from a tandy starting kit.

Finally put something together that I feel comfortable posting. My edges came out looking soft instead of polished, but I kinda like the look for this project. Pictures really make stitching look uneven... Here's a notebook holder, self patterned. 5oz veg tan from Tandy $5 clearance rack.

Quick update. I went with the Seiwa European 3mm. They came in yesterday, 1 project (using wrong thread, so too crappy to post) done, and they are fantastic in comparison to the craft tools I was using. Thanks for the help on this one folks.

I would normally have no issues with sanding down and polishing, but smaller apartment life means not much storage space (aka, wife complains when I buy tools to work on my tools). If there's a better brand out there, I'll just upgrade the chisels and let these ones go. I see the Weavers in a lot of vids, any other good quality ones I should look for?

Yeah, it's a 3mm chisel, painted black. I'll try out the wax idea this weekend. I agree with them being painted, that polishing wouldn't do much for them. I appreciate the help folks.

Hi all, New to the forums, and just returning to leatherwork after 30 years. I;m having issues with using the craftool 3mm pricking irons. They get stuck in the leather, and I almost have to use pliers and a vise to remove them. I'm using 3-5oz veg tan, making wallets, card holders and phone cases. I had the same problem with 3-5oz black dye veg tan, and 6-8 oz veg. I've tried wet and dry leather, but having no luck. Do I need to be looking into other brands, or just a new technique? Don