MarshalWill

That's a very good way to start leather working! Now you're on your way. Cool.

Ah, another one to look forward to. Thumbs-up!

That's an outstanding rig. It looks like you met her criteria just right. The only thing I might try differently is to open the top stitch line of that sheath so the knife can be drawn upwards. Kind of like making a carry sheath for a leather round knife. Of course, that probably wouldn't retain it as well but it might be another way to try it. It might not work out, either. Your design is definitely good. Good work.

Congratulations. That sounds like an interesting job. If you carry a tool belt, you may want to consider a shoulder strap or straps to ease the uneven weight on one side of your waist. When I was young, I worked as a plant mechanic in a food processing plant and as billybopp said, you'll soon figure out what tools you will need the most and what you won't.

Good plan. I look forward to seeing the next one.

Looks good. That would also make a good cross-draw configuration. Welcome to the forum.

I like the subtle antiquing you ended up with. It came out fine. Congrats. You say you'll rebuild it. In what manner? Why not just dye the tab and be done with it?

That would work. Maybe right about where you would put a tie-tack.

You can buy patterns for either two or one strap saddlebags from Will Ghormley. His stuff is pretty authentic. He also makes leather for movies.

Thanks. Sounds like a good design on the holster and sheath. Do a search for FA Meanea saddlebags and take a look at some of those. It wouldn't be too hard to modify an existing pattern to look like an original pair. They would be typical of what a cowpoke had in the 1800's.

Those look great! Love those maple leaves with the clean cross-hatched back ground. I see 10 bullet loops on each side. Must be for that (those?) built-in holster(s). Nice design well carried out. Thumbs-up!

Maybe just put a stitch or two in it toward the back instead of a rivet.

Thanks for the additional photo. Looks good.

Nice work. The dots are nicely aligned and spaced. Good job.

Looks good. The BW aligned with the wallet edge is a nice touch.

Nice work. Your son should be mighty pleased with it. I like your choice of BW, too.

That's an interesting idea. I have a few ties but never considered a leather one. A finished pic would be welcome when you get your dimensions, if possible.

That looks like a well thought out design. Good looking, too. Fine work.

This one is looking mighty good, too. You have that basic design down pretty well, now. Nice work.

Thanks for the explanation, @Ornyal. It is a most interesting hiring process. It sounds like you can feel very complimented that they have considered you. Whether you decide to go for it or not, it sounds like you will be moving forward. Congratulations.

Mighty nice! It came out great. Good work.

Looks good. I agree, larger stitches would make it a lot less tedious. I would probably do something like 5 stitches per inch. Certainly no smaller than 6 on this piece. To get an even dye job on light colors, I give the leather a coat of alcohol first. Then I apply the dye. Alternatively, I dip the whole piece in a diluted batch of dye, but that takes a lot of dye to do. I use solvent based dyes, generally Fiebings or occasionally Lincoln. That said, sometimes I purposely make a piece blotchy to give it visual texture. When there's a lot of un-decorated space like yours, that can be nice. I look forward to seeing your next one.

I really like this latest blue wallet. All your pieces are beautiful but this one is spectacular.

@toxoI suppose it could be the browser I use but I haven't switched that and suspect not. It worked the same for me in Firefox, Chromium (the Linux version of chrome), Brave, Opera and TOR when I tried them a while back to see if that was the issue. I am currently using Brave. @Northmount, I also dislike MS and have been using Linux for about 10 years and loving it. It's fast, secure and doesn't force you to use anything. I have also not been receiving email notifications but those are now working again, too. They aren't dependent on the browser at all. I wonder if LW.net has had an upgrade recently that might have corrected it. Or maybe the admins worked their magic on my account to bring about the positive changes. For whatever reason, things are fine for now. Thanks to you both for the input.

My stream appears to work again. I don't understand the situation so I'll simply go with it and see what happens over time.