DieselTech

I personally like the blue & yellow bag. Another thought was maybe make a couple bags with external pockets, that are zippered or magnetic closures. Or possibly a bag or 2 with a zippered top closure. Hope maybe I threw in some sort of creative idea.

I think your bags/totes look good. I sure know there is $75 worth of leather in them. I would have your friend put a couple in their booth. Wont know till you try. Plus you can always come down on your price or mark them price negotiable. Great work!

Ok I thought I would just mention it. I figured you was doing something similar. Yep old school iron, like they used on the old wood cook stoves. You should put you a handle back in it. Is your 1 clicker die a 4" square coaster? Thanks.

Nice ingenuity! Looks like it's getting the job done. What about a putting a steel bar or board across the corner of the dies to spread your force out some. It might help.

Thanks for the detailed write up. Much to think about. I love the color of the Havana cigar, it's by far my favorite color of their thread. I'll get some to try. Thanks.

@Sinbad395 would you mind telling me which brand & texture of steep angle bevelers did you get from Pro Leather carvers? Thanks.

Nice work. Looks great. That looks real difficult to do thou. Outstanding work.

Nice work! Looks great! Beautiful piece.

Thanks I appreciate it. Would you mind posting a pic of your tiger thread sample card? I'll get 1 when I order from Rocky mountain. Thanks.

Thanks for posting this. I have been wanting to try tiger thread, because of the colors offered. I was curious if the flat tiger thread would lay consistently on a project. I was worried about it twisting & not looking right. Maybe I'll get a small spool of it & try my luck at it. Thanks.

Looks good to me. I bet Patricia will love it regardless, how you think. Great work.

I took a 4¼" wide wallet back & split it from 2.50mm to 1.75mm. It seemed to work good, but is kind of a workout. I think 4-4½" wide would be about max width on this splitter. I love the locking handle feature.

I took the the blade to some 600grit sand paper, then stepped up to 800grit & then up to 1200grit. It is super sharp now! A lot of them lines disappeared on my split leather now. I think the blade had some minor imperfections, but is great now. I think with time it will get better. I'm fairly sure this is a cowboy 806 leather splitter, or a knock off of a cowboy 806. I highly recommend it, if money is a concern. It is the Yaetek brand from amazon & seems to work great. It only cost $159.99

I'm wondering if something like super sheen or resolene would stiffen it up. I've heard of people also putting melted wax of some sort to stiffen the leather also.

Ok everyone I split 4 60" belt blanks from 6mm thick to 4mm thick. It done a nice job on them. After splitting them belt blanks I grabbed some 2-3oz calfskin & split it, from .95mm to .65mm. My question is: do you see them lines in the calfskin? Do you think them are micro burrs on the blade from splitting the belt blanks? Or do you think them lines are from micro chips/Nick's in the blade? It cut that thin calfskin fine & did not stretch it out from what I can tell. I'm pretty happy with this splitter so far. I think it will be better if I get the blade honed/polished.

I was wondering if a 4"wide wallet back could be split. I'll have to try it after I strop the blade again. Thanks.

I think it looks great! No complaints from me. Nice work.

Bamboo is another option as well. Extremely light, yet strong & flexible to some extent.

Great work! I love it. Being a hobby knife maker that is just beautiful work.

Thanks for the link. That's good info to have/learn. I watched that vid before stropping my splitter blade. Thanks.

Here is my very first cut after stropping the blade. 6mm thick saddle skirting down to 4mm thick. It cut it like butter after getting the blade adjusted over the roller. It will take a piece of leather 6" wide. But I think 5" would be the widest piece of leather you would want to cut/pull thru it. It does work nice or seems to anyhow at this point. Lol it does take forever to get thou. I'm pretty sure this is the same splitter, that buckle guy, tandypro, weaver heritage sells. But I paid less than half of their prices.

Yes I looked the blade over after removing, it doesn't need sharpened by any means, but just touched up. I ended up using my 10" strop on it with some micro green polishing compound/jewelers rouge. About 20 strops total & it is hair splitting sharp now! I'll try it out after a bit. I bought the Yaedik brand splitter. They offer 2, the white colored machine has a aluminum base & less adjustments. I bought the splitter with the black base & it is all cast iron & has more adjustments.

Guys & gals I purchased a manual leather splitter from amazon. It's a heavy built beast! I would like to touch the blade up before using it. What is the best way to touch this blade up? 6" fine oil stone? 600grit Sand paper on a piece of polished granite? Strop? It's a nice built piece of machinery, but it did take forever to get. It took over a month to receive from the slow boat from china. Any & all help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Looks great! Nice work on the setup & fabrication.

Luckily I got small hands. But yes it will need more hand room for about anybody else. It will work for me, I look at this as a good learning experience. The next holster will be better hopefully.