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Thank you!

@Cattleman yes, they can thank you for the kind words. @DaleksInc thank you kindly.

Thank you, yes that is walnut 2 applications and bagkote finish there too.

latest creation. I’m teaching myself to draw floral (no I did not draw this pattern. It is from Don Gonzales) My original iPad was too old to run procreate. I decided to upgrade it to a more current version that procreate supports and it needed a cover to go with it. the front is attached with snaps so it can be fully removed to have just the iPad on the back so the front is not in the way while drawing. I don’t know why the front kept wandering while stitching it it was a personal project anyways so not too much matter in the end. W&C chestnut 10-12 skirting leather front and back with sepicci veg tan liners and closure straps. background and border are Fiebing walnut pro dye. With bagkote finish.

You can buy them from the Texas prison museum website.Go to the gift shop > metal> buckles. I have a custom I’m waiting for from them, the lockdown after someone escaped back in September slowed that order down quite a bit. This one is a 4102 that I found pre owned with no keepers or tips. I don’t personally use those parts most of the time anyways so it worked out well for me.

Thank you. Sounds like good progress. Don’t know where you were or what your end goal is. Make a blank and start tooling it and have something to look forward to finishing and wearing when you hit your goal.

Thank you kindly.

So I found this buckle and have a friend wanting a couple of ranger belts made. He wants a gun belt and a regular pants belt. I messed up the pattern in a couple of spots. There is certainly plenty of room for improvement. Horween soft rolled horse butt main body, Sepici cognac bridle with the pasted back sanded off liner. Texas prison made buckle I sourced second hand. background is walnut pro dye and the rest is saddle tan pro dye. Bag kote finish with kiwi cream buffed on top. Carving pattern by Don Gonzales. Full belt

The bag in the middle snaps into the big bag and can be used on its own or not used at all. I made a similar clutch for my youngest daughter, when I showed my wife what I was making for my daughter she enthusiastically replied she liked it too. The green in all of the bags and my daughters clutch is Horween bison. All the brown on the bag is just Sepichi veg tan. The interior of my wife’s clutch is walnut buttero. I didn’t care for some of the fuzziness on the back of the bison but apparently it is inherent to that particular leather… This set is a Mother’s Day gift for her this coming weekend. She knows about the bag but not the clutch. My toiletry bag is made of the same bison with tan horween CXL horsebutt trim. I have been learning a lot lately working on many different projects.

The inlaid straps were quite interesting to make since I’ve never tried it before. I’ve never lined a project. I have done rolled handles but always out of heavier material that would hold its own shape. I adapted a pattern that was meant for hand sewing to mostly machine sewing. (I detest pre punched holes).

Well it now has a home made speed reducer and I drilled and tapped the back for a KH sewing edge guide. These two modifications should make it quite a bit more controllable.

@shelr1, that is a national hardware #500-30000 garage door step plate. They unfortunately are out of production now. I’m working on a similar setup but went with a much larger large pulley @10” HA HA by my math I should be able to run 1 stitch every 2 seconds if I so choose.

thanks on both accounts. Holsters will still be hand stitched with 207 and 346. I’ll keep looking for a class 4 but I feel with the amount of holsters I do that it is not a worthwhile investment at this time. Haven’t been doing many holsters as of late. However, I’ve had interest in another bag I’ve been making of this same general style just done with molle webbing on the top where the frame bars go in. thanks on both accounts. Holsters will still be hand stitched with 207 and 346. I’ll keep looking for a class 4 but I feel with the amount of holsters I do that it is not a worthwhile investment at this time. Haven’t been doing many holsters as of late. However, I’ve had interest in another bag I’ve been making of this same general style just done with molle webbing on the top where the frame bars go in.

Well I finally bit the bullet and got a machine besides my old 29-4 patcher. I bought a used LU563 in really good shape with table and fs550 servo for $850. It got away from me on my first two projects with it and it’s found itself with a 45 mm pulley hanging off the servo output shaft! Much more controllable now! I’m glad my mother taught me about matching plaids, prints and stripes when I was growing up. When the inside pocket is opened it is a seamless translation in the stripes which I feel makes for a better looking end product.

Well I ended up making a spring out 1/16”of 308L TIG rod. I did not end up needing to shim the revolving bush after adding this. Brazing the needle bar driving plunger and needle bar back to proper width. In a 14 oz horse hide carry belt blank it was making 6 stitches to the inch. Not a single skipped stitch with 138 thread. This will not be the normal thickness I stitch with it or through but both myself and my dad were due for new belts. The one shown is for my dad.