DoogMeister

There are bound to be as many opinions to this as there are responders. My preference is Feibing's 4-way care. Easy to use, predictable results, and it is available at a decent price.

What chuck123wapati said. I retired about 4 years ago. You have to engage your mind, body, and soul. Get a daily devotional book or something and spend time with your Bible. Get some exercise or other physical activity - you don't want to get fat and slovenly, and you'll feel better. Go explore that park or trail you've always been wanting to. Read. Energize your mind. The number of books I've read in the last four years is astounding. Those hobbies you've been wanting to get better at? Now that I have the time, I've been doing more wood work (already had the tools), built a few more radio control airplanes, and started making knives. Then I can make sheaths to go with them. 😁 Everyone needs one more belt or holster. Travel. Have done 2 cruises, and we hook up the RV and make a long road trip at least once a year. Go fishing during the week when everyone else is at work. I don't know how we had time for jobs . . . .

All very true!

looks very nice.

Excellent!

Love the knife and the sheath. Beautiful work! What materials are the scales on the knife?

Nice hat band. Some of us are old enough to know what a Pinto is - and still others will admit to having driven one. Scary thought.

Same here. Weldwood contact cement. Do have plenty of good ventilation when using.

Curly maple grips with mahogany or padauk diamond accents would look nice. Love the colors on the leather work.

Very nice!

Singer (made in USA) should be an SAE thread. Could be fine or coarse thread pitch. My local ACE hardware has a tremendous selection of screws, bolts, and such. Lowe's stocks stainless steel machine screws in size 4-40, 6-32, and 8-32. A hobby shop that caters to radio control enthusiasts will have small screws in both SAE and metric threads. Grainger, Fastenall, and McMaster-Carr also stock a wide variety of hardware. If you can identify the size and thread pitch, a gunsmith may be able to help.

Nice re-use of the old Singer base. Keep us posted on how it works. I've been considering one of these myself.

Impact drivers are great, but there is considerable risk of bending in the machine if you hit it hard enough to dislodge the screw. A good soaking with penetrating oil followed by heat with a propane torch combined with an appropriate sized slot and good-fitting screwdriver should work. You may end up removing everything but the threads of the stuck screw with your Dremel tool. Go slowly, and have good light and magnification. Then pick out the threads with a scribe or similar pointed instrument. Run a thread tap through the hole to clean it out, and replace the screw. much easier said than done.

The Economy and Craftsman grade sides I've bought from the Tandy store look better. Sure, they sometimes have a place you need to work around, or a brand - but that is to be expected with those grades. What you have may have been grade A at one time, but after having been left out exposed to light and what appears to be folded, rolled backwards, and whatever else, it isn't anymore. I agree with what has been said - if they don't make it right for you, name them so we can avoid your pain.

Looks good. You may want to burnish your belt slots which will eliminate some of that fuzz. Much better than most first projects.