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That is awesome!

Thanks Chuck! It's sitting on my desk right now. I keep picking it up every few minutes. It just feels right in the hand.

As I've mentioned here before, I work at a steel mill. I work in the office but interact with our shop guys a good bit. The supervisor of our roll shop is a mechanical genius! He was in my office one day and I mentioned I needed a good handle for my 3-d stamps. And he asked me to bring one in and he'd make me handle for it. I know what you're thinking, why not just buy a hefty handle from one of the big box stores for $15+shipping. Well, mostly because that wouldn't be as cool. Custom made is ALWAYS better than mass produced. I feel like that's kind of the mantra of the leatherworker right?!?! Anyways, he brought it by to me today and I am just blown away! He used a good tool steel, it was turned on a CNC lathe, and smoothed out to perfection. The narrowed section fits perfectly in the web of my hand and the length below it is just long enough so i can get a full grip above where the stamp slides in. I weighed this thing and it comes in at 1 1/2 pounds!! I cannot wait to get home and try this thing out! Only thing to NOT do is drop it on my foot

Yes sir! I'm working on a set of shooting rest bags for somebody so I've needed projects to work on while waiting on the cement to set up on the seams and these wallets are easy and fun to pump out.

Wow! That looks really nice!! Sorry I don't have any advice about the creases. I have never dealt with that before.

Looking good!! Can't wait to see them both finished.

I've been on a wallet kick here lately. And yesterday I made a cover for a Rite in the Rain notebook. Let me know what y'all think!

Wow!! That's awesome! I just bought a pair of shears I need to make a sheath for but it will be nowhere near this awesome.

If I only lived an hour away it would not be healthy for my checking account or marriage hahahaha

https://www.springfieldleather.com/Sole-Bends-Super-Thick Tony may have already directed you here but these may be a good option too.

Thank you!! Yes, he is. Only gripe I a have is he didn't invite me on this hunt. But, I did get an order for 3 totes from one of his friends so I guess I can't complain too much. HAHA!!!

WOW!!! That is incredible! How do you get your pockets to lay so flat without any bulge building up?

I have never used any of these. Just what I found available. https://maverickleathercompany.com/product/haas-french-calf-burgundy/ https://maverickleathercompany.com/product/italian-deluxe-calf-brown/ https://www.buckleguy.com/horween-mlb-baseball-glove-leather-panel-tan-multiple-sizes/?sku=HW-BS-LP12x12-555-TAN&gclid=CjwKCAiAh9qdBhAOEiwAvxIok0noRHNNc1QC-kY42eBxPWkucnNafY03su-Mb9pH0pAk7UuCljQ0ShoCBqIQAvD_BwE https://waterhouseleather.com/product/vegetable-tanned_leather_calfskin_kip/

Thanks, @fredk !

Don't know anything about the quality but, I found these...... https://www.zackwhite.com/34in-Solid-Bronze-3-Way-Halter-Square--H37012BZ_p_3051.html

Very cool! Never thought about fleas and rabbits. That's pretty clever. Do you clip it on a belt loop?

Thanks! I appreciate it! I've worked hard on making my stitching at consistent as possible. I agree with you. Clean stitching makes all the difference in the world! I have two ostrich legs at home that I have been putting off doing something with. I've thought about a check book cover but just haven't been able to pull the trigger yet. Thanks! He was happy with it! He usually just keeps his cash and cards loose in his front pocket so a front pocket wallet fixed him up good. Thanks so much!!

Thanks! Yes sir! My thoughts exactly. We had discussed this on a separate thread and it only makes sense! Thanks! That's cool! A western coastal hunt is on my bucket list! Those sea ducks are super cool!

I made two of these duck totes for my brother in laws for Christmas. It was kind of nice to work on a project with NO stitching. What do y'all think?

Thanks! I appreciate it! I like the camo as well. It is La Perla Azzurra. From Rocky Mountain Leather Supply it is like $17/sf. I'm not to a point where I'm comfortable paying that so buying somebody else's remnants was a big win!

Here is a wallet I made as a Christmas present for my brother. I bought a remnant box of high end leathers from a guy who makes really nice wallets and wanted to try it on one of my designs. I'm proud of this one mostly because of the progress I can see in it. I feel like my edge finishing has progressed really well. This is also the first project I have used my new maker stamp from Bunkhouse Tools on. I'm really happy with the stamp even though I didn't get a great impression on this leather. I pressed it before assembly but I think this leather was a little soft to take it really well. Anyways, let me know what you think!

@GrampaJoel , I tend to agree with @nstarleather on this one. I call my leather "business" Crowley's Ridge Workshop but my name is Justin. If I stamped Justin on my work I could see how some would take it as personalization. If it were me I'd just add the work Leather or something behind your name to make it more clear that it's your maker's mark. Just my opinion. If your customers don't mind then I'd say keep rocking the way you are.

You're supposed to make these things AFTER your in the duck blind hahaha

I'm a credit manager at a steel mill and in my professional experience when private equity comes in and buys one of our customers it is all down hill from there. They will bleed successful well run companies dry to finance the operations of other ventures and not reinvest back info the once successful company. I buy hardware from OTB because of their quality. I'm holding out hope that it does not fall victim to cost cutting measures implemented by the private equity firm. Quality and service are usually the first two to go.

Wow! Those look awesome and very comfortable!