BlackDragon

Now you're just showing off. Oh wait, this IS the Show Off section. Looks amazing!

This is your first time tooling? Fantastic work!

I have a green sling made out of nylon but want to make a nice leather sling. That may be my next project. And to keep on topic: I'll burnish the edges

There are a few different braiding techniques so it would depend on how you want the finished product to look. There are round braids, double loop, diamond, Mexican, on and on. Are you butting the two pieces together or are you laying them back to back and lacing over the seam?

I have an M1 Garand, I used to shoot in competitions many years ago and fell in love with the borrowed Garand I was using. After that I bought one of my own through the CMP. I tend to only burnish. On the flesh side I buy my leather already finished so I rarely do any slicking. My first post was tongue in cheek because the 9mm vs .45 debate gets heated sometimes. I threw in a the clip comment as it riles some people up. lol

Great topic!! Next can we discuss which is better in my clips, 9mm or .45?

Ok because I didn't see it here either I thought it wasn't showing up.

I made a post about rebinding a Bible in Books, Journals and Photo Albums but it didn't show up when I clicked on New Posts(mobile). I was wondering if that section doesn't show up for new posts. It does show up if I click on Activity when I'm on my laptop.

I looked at SLC but they listed them as "all Metal" but when you call them they are aluminum, only the sleeve is stainless. I actually asked the customer if they wanted a quick change buckle and they said no. So I was limited to finding 2" buckles to match their old one. I looked at their site but I needed 2" buckles and they don't have the brass ones in that size. Also they didn't state in their website what type of metal their other ones were. I reached out to them but they never got back to me.

In a rebinding thread I made a post about starting a rebinding project on a Bible. This is the before and after of that. I had an old Bible laying around. It's actually the first Bible I ever owned, bought back in the 80's. It's got a few loose pages and the last page is torn near the spine. I carefully tore off the cover and was able to save the end pages which I'll reuse. I had to remove quite a bit of glue off the spine. I'll take the title page and use it to repair the torn last page. I gave the text block speckled edges with a maroon base to hide the browning of the page edges and added some bookmark ribbons. I remade the title page using vellum, had some soft 3/4 oz brown leather I acquired some time ago. 3/4oz is a bit thick for rebinding but since it's a soft cover it'll work. I just have to skive the edges so I can fold them over. I used heat transfer vinyl for the lettering. I have a Silhouette Cameo 4 for cutting the vinyl.

I looked for stainless but I couldn't source them. The websites would say all metal but when I inquired they would tell me they were aluminum.

I got a saddle in the shop a few weeks back for cleaning and some repair. The biggest issue I found were the Blevins buckles. Since they are made from aluminun they oxidized quite badly. Have yall ever seen them this bad?

It took me a bit to find them https://a.co/d/91CJigZ

I'm currently doing some book rebinds. My plan is to rebind and sell a few books from time to time. Generally books are rebound in 2oz leather and good quality binders boards for hardcover books. Going thicker than that makes it difficult to fold over the edges, going thinner means the leather will wear out faster. On my bench at the moment I'm rebinding a soft cover Bible. I'm going to use poster board and 2oz veg tan. You can probably do 5oz you'll just have to mitigate the curling of the leather after tooling.

Nice work!

Welcome to the forum! These are neat designs. They would sell fast at local fairs.

Nice work! Welcome to the forum!

Google image search says it's a Singer 7-33. https://www.google.com/search?vsrid=CMGasciNpZWkahACGAEiJDA3ZDlkMGM2LTVlMDMtNGRiYS04NThjLTA3NDMzYjljNzZhYTIGIgJnaCgKOIz6m8nV9o8D&vsint=CAIqDAoCCAcSAggKGAEgATojChYNAAAAPxUAAAA_HQAAgD8lAACAPzABEIAIGIAGJQAAgD8&udm=26&lns_mode=un&source=lns.web.gisbubb&vsdim=1024,768&gsessionid=24dj2mh4nfiLTSphHqJfHudhqACKQKBxlDVm2yspEKbM25XhmrRn0A&lsessionid=U9iFFpQDbhz8KncIZ7XjX8c_1DDP_O5CbKsLDwO4GzJa1yPHkLRbRA&lns_surface=26&authuser=0&lns_vfs=e&qsubts=1758897977399&biw=1920&bih=903&hl=en#vhid=v6WRbHUhptf8PM&vssid=mosaic Here's the pdf for it. The 7-31 is similar to the 7-33 and uses the same manual. http://hensewfiles.com/PDFs/SINGER 7-31.pdf

I would use Neatsfoot oil and either wax or a couple of coats of Resolene 50/50

These are two separate items; a grommet and a brass chain link. The grommets you can find pretty easily. The individual brass links are going to be harder to source. You can buy a brass chandelier chain and take off links as you need them. Make sure you get a good thickness so it doesn't pull apart.

There are no State or Federal exams or licenses here in the US. There are trade schools, apprenticeships, and self taught. I'm one of those self taught but I wouldn't take on jobs that are critical unless I know what I'm doing. I focus on small repairs and if I see something that needs a pros hand I'm not afraid to admit it. There's a couple saddlers in my area. One is an old timer that's been doing it since he was a kid and his father showed him. Another is around 30-40 and he was taught by his father and he was taught by his father. I tell people to go to them for major repairs.

I recently got a saddle into the shop for cleaning, inspection, and repairs along with a breastplate. I let the owner know about any the issues they don't know about. When it came to the breastplate I explained the bottom strap was severly cracked and should be replaced. They asked if I could just patch it and move on. I explaind that if one part of a strip is bad the rest is on it's way out. The cost to replace the whole piece and patching it would wind up being the same but with the patch there's a chance the old leather will fail. They agreed with the repair.

All the sites I find these are Japanese. One name I found them under is pattern clip but I cant find them in the US

You can use a utility knife and make multiple cuts to make straight cut appear curved. Instead of doing 3 or 4 cuts, which makes it look boxy, use 10.

The curb strap attaches to each side of the bit and sits under the mouth to apply leverage when the reins are pulled, amplifying the rider's signal. Yes, thank you. Many years ago I rode Hunt seat over fences and was getting into saddle seat but left the sport because life got in the way.