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I STILL do not have the option to edit my posts. THAT is a 'Pet Peeve'.

Very nice! I don't have any horses and I would love to have that saddle.

Another vote for Chicago Screws. Far superior to snaps.

I have used vinyl flooring for my patterns. I also used the boxes from Alpo Flavor Snacks that my dog really liked. The cardboard

I can't say that any of those have ever caused me a moment of grief. Maybe it's just me, but none of those are a problem.

I have to say that I have never worried about the look of the stitching on the back of a project. So I can't offer any advice.

Wolf would have a double coat. Coarser outer hair with a 'wooly' undercoat.

"It's got fangs!" The light one looks like reindeer or similar. It doesn't look like rabbit.

The light one is not rabbit. It looks more like hair than fur. Some closer pictures would help.

I machine wash my rendezvous buckskins at the end of every season. There is no 'sealer' on them. If you seal it, you won't be able to wash it. And if you chemical tanned it, smoking won't do anything except make it smell good. You are equating smoked brain tanned skins with chemical/chrome tanned. Two different critters entirely. The ONLY thing the two have in common is, in both cases the skin came from deer.

Tandy has many books that you can download, some are free.

Looks good! And those marks DO add to it.

Check with Julie Baugher. She has an large assortment of chap patterns. She lives just across the valley from me, lovely lady and an incredible leather artist. JULIE BAUGHER LEATHER DESIGN (jbldleatherschool.com)

We have tracking numbers on parcels. Punch in the number on USPS website and it will show which post office it was last at. And Ellensburg is the very center of the state, and a hub for 2 freeways and a major highway.

Oh YES. The good old USPS. The poster child for inefficiency. You might need Google Maps to follow this. I live in Ellensburg, Washington. Right in the middle of the state. I sent a package to my friend in Seattle, 100 miles to the West. In the USPS efforts at efficiency, it was sent to Yakima, 35 miles South. It was then sent back to the freeway here at Ellensburg on it's way to Spokane, 185 miles East. From Spokane it is sent West, back through Ellensburg, to Seattle. A total of 540 miles to reach a destination 100 miles away. And once it gets to Seattle, it goes through 3 post offices before it gets to her door. And they want to raise the cost of postage AGAIN!

Yes, the hairs dry out and simply break off. One of my rendezvous buddies had one that he threw over his chair. It was comfortable, but he had hair all over his clothes, in his food, everywhere. And I know of no way to stop it.

I won't go into sewing them. I WILL tell you that hair on deer, ANY deer, will shed forever. Until it is bald. Deer hair is hollow and breaks off continually. There is no way , no treatment, no anything that will stop it. And you will have hair everywhere.

Had to look u 'Double RL'. Didn't see anything that ' look so natural'. All I saw was a bunch of clothing.

I use my stones dry, have for 50 years. I used to wash them periodically by hand, but now I just run them through the dishwasher. Don't let my wife know that.

DEER CAMP Four guys have been going to the same deer camp for many years. Two days before the group is to leave, Ron's wife puts her foot down and tells him he isn't going. Ron's friends are very upset that he can't go, but what can they do. Two days later the three get to the camping site only to find Ron sitting there with a tent set up, firewood gathered, and dinner cooking on the fire. "Dang man, how long you been here, and how did you talk your wife into letting you go?" "Well, I've been here since yesterday. Yesterday evening, I was sitting in my chair and my wife came up behind me and put her hands over my eyes and said, 'Guess who?'" I pulled her hands off, and she was wearing a brand new nightie. She took my hand and pulled me to our bedroom. The room had candles and rose petals all over. On the bed she had handcuffs, and ropes! She told me to tie and cuff her to the bed, and I did And then she said, "Do whatever you want." So, Here I am

Looks cheap and tacky.

Not a fan of purple, that and pink are my least favorite colors. But I do not see the issue here. I think the lining works quite well with the exterior.

I had some about 20 years ago. Tooled nicely, if I remember correctly it took a bit more time to case properly. What I had would have made a decent belt.

Not bad for a first time. If I were to make a suggestion it would be to make your decorative cuts more flowing. Here are the same ones that I did for a checkbook so you can see what I'm referring to.

I was going to suggest the M&G, but like Chuck, I remember the last time that came up.