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Well, we can all lift a mug to your memory!

Living in an area that still had horse powered farming when I was very young, I find a lot of old harness and other tack that I recycle hardware out of. I especially like those 'REAL BRASS' brass spots, not brass plated crap.

Very nice indeed! Where/when is the Faire?

Welcome back. I like it. And if you choose to re-do it, post it as well.

Beautiful!

Well, if that's where your stick floats. It's nothing I've ever worried about.

Very nice! I think she'll be very happy with it.

Nice job.

Either walnut or maple. And a second for Boyd's. They have a massive list of stocks.

I have a beaver skin hat for my buckskins. Believe me, beaver may live in the water, but they are just leather like anything else, they are no more water resistant than cow or goat.

"Stirred, not shaken."

I have a King knife and I like it. But I don't think it's really any better than the Craftool Pro I have. Either one is a fair outlay of cash. You might consider a more economical option until you decide if you like carving.

I see NO green bar.

I am very sorry to hear this. It is never easy to lose a loved one. Hold on to the bright moments.

That was my guess.

I believe Al Stohlman recommended 'setting the fibers'. Dampening the edge and running a canvas in one direction, to get the fibers more or less oriented. Then proceed to the burnishing. But the direction is totally up to you. As Matt said, there is no grain like in wood. But when I make my leather canteens, I do lay them out on the leather, so they are oriented in the same direction, so both sides stretch the same.

It's the end of the tool bag.

I'm sorry to hear this. I will keep you both in my thoughts.

On the other hand, 40%-50% is about sewing machines that I couldn't care less about. We just have to not look at what we don't want.

I have never found a way. I quit trying to bevel leather like that and just go with a square edge.

Embossed/textured leather will never edge nicely because the surface is not uniform.

I'm with Chuck, most chrome tan won't stay molded.

In Norway my people had trolls. I'm glad they didn't bring any over with them.

Gremlins.

Very nice. Does the aluminum make your hands black? If I handle aluminum I leave black smudges and fingerprints everywhere I touch.