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i doubt very much that they used edge paint to achieve that finish. more likely time spent burnishing and polishing

a lot of it has to do with with actual connection speeds.. not everyone has cable internet. or even DSL.. it is just not available to some people. best speed I can get currently is about 6-7mbps download.. that is it. Yes, it sucks, but that is one of the relatively minor drawbacks to living in the middle of nowhere. my internet choices are very limited due to location... wireless or satellite (with data caps) - either way is slow. Wireless is not affected by rain, fog or snow... satellite is, so.. we had satellite in the past, before the wireless became available to us. Not going back to that nonsense.

"Your pictures are way, way, too big as far as megabytes are concerned. It took well over a minute for the first page to load . . . " This, right here ^^^^ Not everyone has super fast internet, if it takes too long to load, they lose interest and close the page (i did). Optimize your pictures down to kbs, not mbs.. the main page should only take a few seconds to load, not minutes - even for those with slow internet connections Product descriptions are essential.. I want to know details like dimensions, and anything else you can add to tell me more about the product. and your comments about zippers - nothing wrong with zippers IF you use quality products and they are installed correctly. Cheap zippers do break fairly easily, quality ones dont.

and i bet the comment about needing a steady hand was because of this in the very first post.. first sentence even..

and it has nothing to do with how many edges are sharp - it is the SHAPE that is being referred to - the shape of the teeth, and the shape of the hole they leave behind. and as far as doing my homework - pretty much everyone out there says that is a diamond point. Weaver leather, Tandy leather, and a bunch of leather artists as well. so, yeah, I have done my homework, and lots of it before I even thought about purchasing anything for this craft. sorry, but I am not finding this place all that great after all... bunch of self righteous people insisting that any way besides their way is wrong.. my stitches are gonna look like crap because i dont use an awl.. Not a great way to encourage people new to the craft. See ya.

or they end up with watermarks on them that make it hard to see the actual image, like photobucket did to people that didnt want to pay exorbitant fees a few years ago...

now that is cool, and yeah, fancy laser at a real fancy price....

make the longest side 800 pixels, let the short side do what it will - pretty much guaranteed to work on any forum

still not there, sorry... i see a big huge link, that does not look right. you can upload images directly here, as long as it isnt huge - pictures can be reduced in size with the paint program that comes with windows, or there are plenty of other free options out there to do this. I have found that making the longest side of any picture 800 pixels is a pretty good way to go - big enough to see detail, but small enough to make the forum happy

umm, no image... you uploaded the svg file.

look at the hole those make - diamond shaped - they most definitely ARE diamond chisels.

I 3D printed one - works great! and if you have the diamond point chisels, you dont need an awl... to each their own. There is nothing wrong with my stitch lines, btw.. and I dont have problems finding the holes, either. do you see problems with my stitch lines?? I dont. the above bag was made using 4mm diamond point stitching chisels, and 0.8mm thread using John James harness needles as recommended by others. the "flat" chisels are meant for lacing/buck stitching, not what you want for normal stitching. the diagonal blade ones are pricking irons and are not meant to go all the way thru the leather, they are just for marking where stitching goes, you then use an awl to finish the holes while stitching. The diamond point chisels are meant to go all the way thru the leather, and as such do not require an awl to complete the hole when they are used correctly. i hope that helps clear up some of the confusion regarding the different types of chisels you see available

really great idea, and love the utensil bag... stitching practice and edge finishing would bring this to a whole new level of awesomeness

it turned out beautifully! nicely done and great images!

Very nice! I like the zipper idea.

nothing wrong with laser engraved imho.. those look great and if the customers are happy, that is all that matters

wow!!

Hi, and welcome from Wisconsin! would love to see pictures of some of your other items the arm guards are interesting, i like them. Different appeals to me.

LOL, no you dont. if you use pricking irons, then maybe yeah, but the diamond chisels do not require an awl. if I need to poke a hole outside of the stitching chisels, I have plenty of other options I actually have two "cheap" sets of the diamond chisels (included with other Amazon purchases), both 4mm spacing, and neither set has tried to bend on me.. and I have used them on some pretty thick leather - the pistol case I did, the main body pieces are out of 10-12oz leather.. the handles are of the same leather split down the middle, doubled over and stitched together.. had to punch down one side, fold them and mark a starting point for the other side (scratch awl worked for that, but a needle, or anything else small enough to fit thru the hole would have worked) because it was just too much to punch all at once. You use what you have and being on a fixed income, i dont have a lot yet.. have only been playing with leather for a couple of months.. started purchasing stuff in March of this year.

you could always use a small jump ring to attach it if the hole on the zipper pull is really small. I have some small split rings that are about 10mms across (roughly 3/8") that work really well for small things (bought on Amazon, but check local craft stores, too) there are lots of tutorials on youtube, this one is pretty clear.. use the same leather you used on the bag, but you probably want to thin it down some to make it easier to work with in a small size. the key to this knot is keeping the cuts perfectly centered, not too big, and close in. one added note, I would not really go any narrower than 1/4 inch for the strip - and maybe do a practice piece slightly larger before going small

This would look so much better as a bleed knot.. like this.. it is incredibly easy to do.

looking good! altho the inner divider piece looks a little lopsided... maybe just the camera angle? anyway, look forward to seeing more. =)

never said Gimp was super easy, but it is very useful. Windows Paint is a bigger pain in the butt to me than Gimp is, lol personally, I have an older copy of Photoshop that I bought years ago, and still use regularly. sending pictures via text to email is not the best idea.. yeah, it might work, but you also loose quality and that is not a good thing I upload pics from my phone to my dropbox account (free) then download on the pc... any cropping, resizing, etc gets done in photoshop

looks to me like you need to either email or call them, they dont sell directly online - some small outfits are like that, they dont want to/dont know how to set up an actual online store.

Gimp is similar to Photoshop, and is free. you can do all kinds of things with it.. resize, crop, rotate, and so on.. generally speaking, when i resize an image, i start by cropping it (cutting out any excess image area that is not needed), then make sure it is rotated to correct orientation, then i will resize, making the longest edge 800 pixels.. which is usually plenty large enough.