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O K , thick haired lady said that she couldn't quite snap it . Her 16 year old daughter with not quite as coarse hair was able to and it worked well for her. So my take away is it might work for most ladies , also being veg tan you could wet it and stretch it over a broom handle or something . Well you never know until you try ............. so back to the drawing board !

Let me know how it works for you please . I have a woman trying this one out and should hear from her tomorrow but a larger sample size is always better

Thanks ! All is good , in fact I am kind of happy to provoke such discussion .

@fredk Probably would work and I guess I could stitch it to the leather but this is 5 oz veg and I don't know if it would shape-up right but this might be the way to do it .

I am just looking for something a little different than the oval and stick , nothing wrong with those . Whatever , it has to be easy to do and hold I think the lace would be hard to do and would have to be on the outside . I was going to try a Sam Brown button but I can't for the life of me find mine .

@Klara Yeah , it might not work but I have a girl with a head full of hair that will test it and see . I will be sure and post pass or fail .

is what it would be called . Works good on my table swab , gonna give it to a girl I know that has enough hair to test it . 3 inches tall and 3 1/2 inches wide when open

The only bevels I have are from starter tool kits , like most tools they will work just fine . The more you use them the more things you will find you can do with them . Some times you will have to tip a bevel and just use a small portion in tight places . The pic I posted was done with a Z-B 701 ......... came with a cheap starter kit . Like Fraulein said PRACTICE is all it takes .

OUTSTANDING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

While I don't claim to be very good at letters here is what I do. Choose the font and size you want Print what you want out ( resize if you need to ) Once I have it like I want I cover both front and back with packing tape Transfer to cased leather with ball end stylist , cut with swivel knife , bevel and do any other tooling you want The fancier the font the more difficult it is for me !!!!!!

Great , sounds like you know what it's capable of . I worked with a gunsmith for about 3 years and that is where I found out about it ..

Cotton wheel on a grinder and some of this compound . 240 may be as course as you want and I would finish up with 400 myself . You will find a 100 uses for it once you try it , the coarse grades cut pretty quick . https://www.brownells.com/tools-cleaning/paint-metal-prep/abrasives-polishing/polish-o-ray~/ Just noticed you don't have the grinder ........ sorry about that , Good luck

That is nice work and might be just a tad fancy for a roofer .......................... and should last a very long time

Very very NICELY done !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You are very welcome and I hope it might come in useful somewhere .

@CJJ Thank you . @MarshalWill Thank you , it works well for small patterns . @Hags Thanks ! Good idea . using small ones for tools/parts ? @Fraulein I just use a straightedge the width I need ( 3/8 inch in this case ) to make the pattern size I want. There is no lay out other than the first 2 lines at 60 degrees ( that is just what I use ) , then I just move straightedge over for each cut. I could NOT get close to straight freehand with the awl

Thank you ! Thank you very much ! While I have used a swivel knife for this small pattern it is much quicker and a it easier to use a stitching awl . It cuts nicely without worry of going too deep . Bigger patterns still get the swivel knife ,

Just needed something to do so I have been playing around with these .

I have never been able to get Red out of it , you may have better luck .

Looks like you nailed it !!!

Yeah right you are , I make 2 sizes ( real thick hair and not so thick hair ) and thinking about doing some smaller for little girls . Nice !!! I might be up to that much hand stitching , I may borrow this idea . Very nice Chuck !!!!

Thanks ! I may just have to buy some bamboo skewers . Thank you ! I thought that "women's stuff " comment might draw some attention ...............

but hey , it gives me something to do when other things are slow

Nicely done and a very cool design !!!!

Could just be the tip of a piece of barbed wire that broke off and healed over ..........