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PastorBob

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  1. Awesome to see that level of talent and skill. Just amazing! Quite the tool selection as well. Those boots will last 2 lifetimes.
  2. Go to this link. It is the section of the forum for listing equipment. Good luck with sale. https://leatherworker.net/forum/forum/79-machinery-cuttingleatherworking/
  3. Wow. That's is a piece of art all by itself. Love the contrasting colors of the walnut and maple. Nicely done.
  4. Welcome from SW Missouri. You will find much useful information here.
  5. Another one to add to the to-do list. Some impressive results. Thanks for sharing!
  6. Beautiful! nice attention to detail. Now I need to by another 1911 before making my own double holster. Decisions, decisions...
  7. Makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.
  8. I always wet mold mine. Haven't tried it without.
  9. Love the clean design. Nice tool work too!
  10. Just looked up distance from house...Sheridan is closer by 100 miles, coming in at a 15 hour drive and 1100 miles. Sounds like a bit more than a long weekend. Would love to go someday. Glad you had a good time and were able to meet some of the legends in the field.
  11. Thanks @Tugadude. I am familiar with that one, just not the one he described. This one is useful too. I just don't do much letter stamping...I normally carve the letters.
  12. This is one of my favorites...typically less than $10 each Alec Bradley Prensado - Robusto size
  13. Got any pics of the setup? I can't visualize it. Sounds like a wonderful invention and is extremely useful. thanks.
  14. That is really nice work. Would like to make the show one of these days. Never been to one. Is this one of the larger gatherings?
  15. Very nice tooling. Great start at it. Stitching looks nice and even too. Great job.
  16. Welcome from SW Missouri! Looking forward to seeing some of your work.
  17. That is crazy. All of the impressions should be much darker than the rest. I would try another application of the antique...but this time, really rub it into every nook and cranny, then let it sit for a spell. If that doesn't work, and you want the impressions darker, you may have to get out a tiny paint brush and apply a darker dye. That will be a lot of work, but you will be able to salvage the piece. Good luck.
  18. Tooling is awesome. I really like the pattern you put on the spine, incorporating a different pattern with the basket weave stamp. Stunning. As for price, double your material cost and add your labor rate.
  19. WOW! Nice work! Really like the tooling/ carving. Great job.
  20. Thanks for sharing your work! Always great to see another artisan's work. That closure is referred to as "ball and post" or "Sam Brown". Something you might add to allow it to open a little easier is a tiny slit on the edge of the hole. Place the slit on the opposite side of the direction where there is natural tension when the case is closed (I would guess on the side of the hole farthest away from the edge. Great work!! Not that you have to purchase a tool for the hole, you can use a blade to slit it, but here is a picture of a tool used to make the Sam Brown hole. This will give you an idea of what I described above.
  21. As mentioned above, a cheap arbor press from HF would work great, but you can also sandwich your stamp and leather between a table top and a piece of wood and slowly crank down some C-clamps...leave it for about 15 seconds or so, depending on how wet and thick your leather piece is.
  22. I would not glue it. When you tension it in order to staple, it may pull either the glue off the board, or fibers from the leather causing imperfections in the surface. Chrome tan is normally pretty stretchy and would do better with just the stretch and staple method. IMO. Make sure to post pics when done.
  23. is that a lady bug in the center? Wondered why you decided not to add "character" marks to the acorns, like you did with the leaves. Stunning! Just stunning!
  24. https://www.springfieldleather.com/Buckle-Monti-AntqBrs-1-1-2
  25. I use the same thickness thread, but use Rhino thread (or maybe it's Rino) from Springfield Leather. It's a good thread and comes in many colors. I think it is less expensive than Ritza.
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