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What DieselTech said . Take a scrap piece of leather and lightly moisten with water , then rub the glycerine on , now rub with canvas . The longer you rub the smoother it gets See if this is what you are after .

It will look very nice once you knock that flesh side down !

Nicely done !!!

Glycerine saddle soap , canvas and a fair amount of elbow grease !

VERY NICE !!!!

When I was just out of high school I worked in a furniture factory . Between 50 or 60 sewing machines and operators , there wasn't 10 who knew how to do anything to their machine , just called one of the mechanics . You were a good neighbor

Looks good . Belt loop sewn or snaps ?

Very very nice !!!!!!! I love how you bring us along step by step . Again WELL DONE

Package made it here tonight and I was surprised , it was in excellent condition ! I was expecting some damage at least to the box if not the leather but not a scratch

I was wondering how many yards that dump truck bed is

@Sheilajeanne you are right , I haven't a thing to cry about . My math teacher taught us the shortest distance between 2 points was a straight line ( or as close to one as possible ) obviously she never worked for UPS ....... Just checked Looks like Texas had bad weather as well , my stuff has been delayed again ......

@fredk The customer service for the supplier is where the old BS came in not the carrier . Any way as of this morning my leather and thread have logged in the neighborhood of 6000 miles and is in Texas , hopefully it won't overshoot Ms. and head back up the East coast.

LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can see that working VERY WELL

Fred , while you are 100% correct , I am more disappointed with customer service trying to BS me with the phony weather excuse . Not at all seeming to care if my order was lost or not . It's all good though , just one more lesson I had to pay for

Watching every day

I ordered a shoulder and some Ritza tread from a big name supplier on Oct 3 . Checked tracking and saw it had been sitting in Hodgkins Ill. for a couple of days , so I called customer service at the supplier . Thinking my stuff was probably lost , I figured the shipper would be the one to start a lost parcel trace . Talked with a fellow who assured me " he didn't think it was lost "and then went on to explain to me about the recent bad weather , I assume he was referring to hurriane Helene . Dumb me , I didn't know Hodgkins Ill. was impacted by the hurricane . My heart goes out and hope they recover and rebuild soon . Boy that conversation put me at ease ! But now tracking doesn't show my stuff was ever in Hogkins , it's now in Hermiston Or. and has been there a couple of days . I must admit at first I thought the $36.70 shipping was a little high but now that I understand my stuff is doing a tour of the lower 48 it doesn't seem quite as steep !!!!!!!!!! So my hat is off to customer service and it has been so much fun , I can hardly wait to order again . When I finally receive my stuff ( around July 4th ) I will be sure and post pics .

As always ........................ very nice work !!!!!!

LOL !! As an old carpenter " it's not a mistake if it can be fixed " . Sounds like you have it covered and one after all that tooling doesn't count anyway

Very NICE !!!! May I ask why the serpentine goes to the centerline on just the one end ?

That will be OUTSTANDING !!!!!!!!!!!!!

My two cents ........... I have used a plane for wood most of my working life . It is a wonderful tool but it is more than a sharp blade and with many adjustments it is not real easy to learn . You may have wonderful luck with one but for me it is not a skiving tool . You'll find the sole in your way for most skiving work . Good luck !

@RidgebackCustoms That's what I thought but could not tell from the first pictures . NICELY DONE

I have no critiques but I do have a question . Are the tops stitched down or just across the pic pockets ? Are they even pic pockets ? Work looks good to me .

That's it , I am laying my knife down for at least a year !!!!! Very NICE !!!!! If it were mine I'd leave the center blank assuming it's a bi-fold .

Very NICE !!!! I copied one of your pics and rotated it with Paint on my pc if that helps any .