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I started working on my sets of leather pieces and then realized that today and next week, the temperatures are going to be unusually low for this area and the leathers have not been exposed to such low temps. So I postponed my updates until after the temperatures rise to a reasonable level (for this area) next week. Let's see how they react to such temperatures. I will check on them when the temperatures are low as well.

I'm not sure I can do that. I got it on Amazon Vine and I am not sure I can expose its information until 6 months later. I will find out from Amazon.

No idea what this is. I think it is trying to be a replacement for Tokonole. I''ll try gum trag and see if it is the same.

@DieselTech I have no idea. I got it off Amazon Vine (who says no to 'free'?), and it shows no ingredients whatsoever. It smells chemically (is that even a word?) until I heat it. It is white, like Tokonole, only a bit less thick, not sticky or gummy. I have never used gum trag, so if that smells sweet, it could be. But this smell is sickly. Does gum trag smell sickly? The smell remained on my fingers until I washed it away with a stronger smelling soap! A non-scented soap did not work.

I just came across a burnishing gum that smells sweet whenever it gets warmed - so whenever it gets burnished, it releases the fragrance. When it cools, the smell disappears. I was wondering about what would happen if it were used on items that are exposed to the heat of summer outside - for example, if it is used on saddles and the saddles were used outside in the heat. There is no information about this happening anywhere in the product information section. Has anyone come across something like this anywhere else?

@bruce johnson, Wow! That is old. But the price is too steep at $150.00 I think. Especially as I have a surfeit of round knives! Let's see. If the price comes down, I might consider them, if someone else does not buy them first. Thank you for your input. It really helps.

Still using the above set for the ordinary kitchen knives - the ones I do not mind replacing. My Damascus knives? Especially the one that is truly layered and not painted or whatever is done to get those swirls? I do by hand. It takes time and is needed rarely, but too precious to risk on the roller. For ordinary kitchenware though, the rolling set that I have is great. And the price cannot be beat - 80%discount when I am being honest, 100% discount if I did not want to be!

You get tannins removers but if you want to remove the black color, it is iron tannate now, formed when the ferric acetate from the vinegaroon bonds to the tannins in the leather. I wonder if that bond can be broken. To get that bluish grey color, you could try adding very little iron to vinegar, a diluted vinegaroon, so to speak.

There were two knives on sale. I could only see the mark on one of them. I have attached a photograph here. The one on the left is too worn down, I think.

@bruce johnson, It was on sale earlier. I will check if it is still available so that I can get a photograph of it.

Working on my sets today. I have been very delayed this turn - health and other issues. But now I am able to get down to it. It's so cold here now, at least for those of us here who are more used to warm weather. Waiting for it to get a bit warmer in the day before venturing out to get the leather that is placed outside.

It matters not a whit where the leather is tanned. Good and bad leathers are found from all over the world. @hamim how are you going to convince leather purchasers that your leather is, in fact, of comparable quality to the leathers available here from all over the world? That will be the deciding factor, is it not? Not where it is sourced from. For all the naysayers, there will be others who have no problem buying from the East, provided the quality is guaranteed and consistent.

Yes. you can almost see the base of the letters. I've not bought it as yet. Not sure whether I want to. I was hoping that learning something about it would give me an idea whether it is worth buying.

I have the option of purchasing a knife with this mark. Does anyone know what company this is? Is it an Osborne mark that has got rubbed away? it is not in the position that I have seen on other Osborne knives, so I wondered.

I do leatherwork as a hobby as well and am reluctant to spend a lot on punches and such. So the ones on Amazon,Temu and eBay that @fredk, @kgg and I mentioned work fine. I sharpened mine and am happy with them. You need to have a good set of whetting stones though or know a good knife-smith who can sharpen them for you. If I decide to take it up professionally or even to sell the items I make on a regular basis, then I might invest in the more expensive sets, more because the long handles - I hope that is the right word - on them make punching easier. Even those, there is no guarantee that they will be sharp though. You might still need to sharpen them. So essentially, what you are paying for is the convenience of that handle. Of course, if you ask around on this forum, there will be many helpful persons who will guide you to the ones which are sent out sharpened.