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I worked construction for over 40 years. so I tend to be a little gruff and do not put up with idiots or stupidity well. What is chapping my buttocks at this moment is pricing and cheap clients with a Walmart mentality See the shoulder rig below? He wants that for a Glock 19 and the mag pouch to be 6” longer to hold 2 -23 round mags my price to build and ship is quoted as $225.00 He said it is to much What would you charge?

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Gosut try this Cut the chosen stick in the morning when the bark is wet from the doo. use a draw knife or a sharp blade. To strip the bark off strip it hap hazardly, leave sections not striped, their are 3 or 4 layers of bark on a tree. Try and uncover all 3. In a random pattern, really just strip the bark off and be lazy while doing so and do not pay attention to detail use a course sand paper to smooth the stick, while the stick is still wet wead plastic gloves and apply stain like you are jacking the stick off, rub it in up and down, up and down. Repeat, repeat do you have any cracks? Use a syringe fill the crack with a black dye rub the stick with a beeswax then buff the snot out of it

https://snappingturtleleathercompany.com/ Give it a read

I will post them, as of right now I do not have the veg tan needed. My wallet is a little slim this month

Ready for holsters

Thank you guys, you we tee of great help as I muddled through this here is piece with out the big nodules

Nailed it

Was not wanting to go that route but that is the route that needs to be traveled pro resisted the high spots controlled rub, only high spots this is what Greece was referring to A better picture

Was not wanting to go that route but that is the route that needs to be traveled pro resisted the high spots controlled rub, only high spots this is what Greece was referring to

Was not wanting to go that route but that is the route that needs to be traveled pro resisted the high spots

Was not wanting to go that route but that is the route that needs to be traveled

Yes 2 colors one being an antique saddle tan the other being usmc black

I have a rather pricy snapping turtle hide that has more character than a three stooges rerun I only have one shot and do not want to screw it up my plan is to antique the hide with a saddle tan and stain the prominent nodules a black i want the secondary nodules (primary being the lg in the middle) to be a lighter tan than the field so how Do I accomplish this?

I have not seen this issue addressed anywhere here is my fix. If anyone has a different fix please post it your thread breaks in the middle of a run or your bobbin runs out. A backstitch in this area would look bad what I do is pull the thrread out of the leather for approx 2”. Then knot the 2 threads cut singe start a new stitch line by placing the needle in the holes already made, do not back stitch but tie the threads cut singe. no back stitch is showing on the top threads are tied/ singed on the back side

Currently using the 3/4” strap adjusters from strap works. Drilling thh by r hole and using the small snap. The line 20

Just an observation, an opinion not an attack you are saying that you decide what can be copied and what can not. Why can’t I decide for myself ? If I decide a widget can be copied and you say other wise Am I wrong or are you wrong? I understand your position and respect it. I respect your decision and will not question it. Respect mine and extend the same respect Here is where the real rubber hits the road if you have an idea that you do not want copied, patent that Idea, If you choose not to protect your intellectual property then it is not only morally and ethically acceptable to copy your work it is also lawful to copy your work

good morning all!! This is one of the craziest post I have read on this forum. every thing we do was done by someone else before us , we copy the method and improve on it then another copies us and so on their is nothing unethical about copying another’s work Do you saddlestitch? Do you burnish edges? That is someone else’s idea pleasr explain the difference? One is a stitch that makes a design the other is a stitch that makes a design, same with a laced edge

Looking at the sheath it looks to me like the leather was wet and sewn with a large diameter string in the bottom out the top around to the bottom. Then left to dry pretty clever, I think I will try it.

Playing around to see what works and what does not veg tan with an inlay is to thick

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Let’s take off for a week and drive to the ever glades go hunt a boat load of python Lemmie axe you som’n Dude is gifting me a a 6’ gater It needs tanning, I am thinking that a gater is a reptile, therefore it can be tanned like a snake. Wat ju think?

Installled leather scales on a little 380 pew pew. It simply had to match the holster and the shoes, As I was working on this I noticed my Ak wondering around in the back yard looking for a victim. So I tricked it to come to me with a promise of oil added a grip wrap this wrap is glued and sewn in place it does not slip on if it slipped on it could slip off , that would not be good have fun, stay safe

Here is a thing I have been holding back when I removed the boot from the sole I did not use the toe of the boot well, yes I did lol. I sewed the 2 toes together and used the tongue as the flap wallah!!! Change pouch