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That’ll be good and strong, then. You know, as I look back, I see you’ve already described a good bit of this. Apologies. Looks like you have your plan down, other than deciding what to use for the gussets.

What are you using for the front and back? Separate pieces with a bottom gusset, or one piece with only side gussets?

Possibly. I tend to think the Supreme Court as currently composed would be closely divided on the subject. It’s really a question for Congress to address anyway.

Oh, I know. It just made me think of the scenario and associated legal questions presented I dealt with in my mock Supreme Court argument competition my last year of law school; my partner and I each argued an issue, and mine was whether the statutory text covers websites. So, in the interest of greatly advancing the discussion here, I shared.

Do you want it to flex more easily, so that the sides will collapse a bit if the bag is not full? If so, you can accomplish that with either thinner leather or another leather with a softer temper. The answer probably depends most on what you want the bag to do. If you want it to collapse, then a thinner/softer/thinner-and-softer leather is the right choice.

I think we’re still missing some important design details here. It sounds to me as though you’re saying you want to add a line of stitching around the whole piece, including across the back, to add some additional dimensional stability. The leather itself will likely do that on its own without punching holes through it and putting thread through it. In saying that, I’m assuming the front and sides are one single layer and you have one whole piece of leather with tabs cut that fold to the back, where all layers are sewn together, as AlZilla alluded to. I’m also assuming you’re using a reasonably heavy, thick weight of veg tan. If my assumptions and inferences are right, then all you really need to do, it would seem, is add an additional seam to the back, where you’re already sewing it, or double-stitch the existing seams. Am I missing something here? ETA: Some additional pictures, at minimum of the back, would be helpful, too.

Is this one whole piece of leather that you have sewn into the box shape? Are you trying to sew another piece into the bottom of the holster? Is this seam meant to be hidden in the back or go all the way through the front? Pinch the front and back together, or be decorative, or attach another piece somehow? Some more details of what exactly you’re trying to accomplish would be helpful.

Interesting, mostly useless factoid: It’s arguable at best that the site needs to be made ADA-accessible, because the language of the ADA has not been extended to websites by Congress, nor has the Supreme Court interpreted it to apply to websites, either. There is a split among the US Circuit Courts of Appeals that have addressed the issue regarding whether the phrase “place of public accommodation” applies to websites, rather than solely physical places. The Circuits that have held the word “place” covers websites rely on a purposivist approach to construing the text to analogize websites to the kinds of (physical) places inarguably covered, websites’ importance to most Americans’ lives now, just like physical places they need to access, and the apparent purpose of Congress to require those that accommodate the public to make their places accessible to those with disabilities. The Circuits that have reached the opposite conclusion reason that the text as enacted in 1990 and later amended in (I think) 2007 refers to physical places and physical places only, as evident from the plain, ordinary meaning of the word “place,” as understood at the time of enactment, and the examples within the statute of “places” covered are all physical places and thus do not include non-physical so-called “places”. With that bit of legal trivia, I recede again into the background… *None of this legal advice, so don’t view it as such.

I like the contrast of the black polymer with a brown holster, as long as the contrast is noticeable. Not a time to try to contrast subtly with a dark brown; then it just looks kinda dirty and weird. Double Daddy’s example above is an excellent one.

Glad to see you’re still around, even if not especially active right now. Your reasons for an absence are your own, so say no more if you don’t like.

I was afraid of that.

Lookin’ snazzy. She’s a pretty girl, too, although I agree that chaps don’t look right with pink leggings, lol. Need some jeans and proper boots with those chaps.

Tagging @chuck123wapati so he’ll see this.

Very neat. The upper panel is especially apropos, since today is Good Friday, albeit more appropriate for this Sunday.

Good to have you join. As far as good newbie projects, given that you’re interested in making knife sheaths, I’d start with a fold-over knife sheath. I started with the same interest, so I started with a fold-over sheath. The pattern is easy to draw and cut and the construction is simple. Doesn’t require many tools or complex pattern-making. For me personally, that was good because I’m not good spatially or with my hands. You’ll find yourself progressing really quickly after making something like that.

Like it so far. Especially that thread color choice. My default is a dark brown, but that blue will look really good.

I almost got a little pattern knife like that but decided to go for a bit bigger, and went a lot bigger. That piece is in great shape.

You do some truly lovely work. My personal favorite is that Damascus set, but the knife and display box for your surgeon friend is truly unique and special. Well done indeed.

I can post some closeups of the handle and ferrule, if it would help. I didn’t do a quite perfect job setting the bevels, but it still cuts like a dream, as Nigel Armitage would say, so I love using it.

Snazzy. I had read the production moved to Harrison sometime in the early 20th century but hadn’t known some of that other history. It’s definitely a solid knife; the litany of owners before me took good care of it, and I intend to do the same. I use it for nearly all my cutting and all my skiving. Is there any way, that you know of, to determine more precisely how old it is? Obviously it’s at least 118 years old, given the stamp, but I always wonder how old it really is.

Ah, I gotcha. Sometimes it is difficult to get them through, but I think that’s generally an issue of mismatching sizes of thread, needle, and stitching hole. You’ll start to get it dialed in with time. The amount of information on that subject is overwhelming.

I don’t think I follow. Do you insert both needles into the hole, then pull each one through separately? If so, then you’ll still have needless difficulty sewing. Either way, get yourself some proper harness needles, and that should help considerably.

What SUP said. I do occasionally push both needles through at the same time, but really only on softer oil tan leathers that I know will shrink back down from the extra stretching. A hole large enough for two needles at once is likely one that will allow the thread for each stitch to shift and wear prematurely anyway. It also appears you’re not using harness needles, nor are your needles the same size. Get some harness needles around the size DieselTech suggested. That will make the process considerably easier. I think you’re trying to make the wrong kind of needle do a job it wasn’t made to do.

Interested to see the results. FYI, I tried to put the Instagram handle you listed into my browser, but got an error message from Instagram.

Do you mind sharing some closer shots of that butt cuff? I would love to make something very similar, cheek riser, loops, and all, but I haven’t quite digested how to put together the pattern.