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Hurray, I finished making a water stone holder! I've been busy fixing up a scythe from the 1950's. Scythes are sharpened regularly throughout use, so it is standard to carry a sharpening stone in a holster that contains water, keeping the stone wet and also removing grit from the stone as it's used. I looked at all the stone-holders that were available for sale online, and though they aren't that expensive, I wanted to try my hand at making one from leather. I came on this forum--thank you for being!--and found out what "boiled leather" means and what temperatures work best. I visited the Skillcult YouTube channel to review using pine pitch to waterproof a liquid-containing vessel made of leather. I designed this thing as I went along, which means a lot of the stitches end up looking kind of Frankenstein; done is better than perfect. First step was to wrap the stone twice around with cloth; put a soda-pop bottle over that; and heat-shrink the plastic to the shape of the cloth-wrapped stone. This became the "form". Then filled the bottle-plastic form with wet sand, put veg-tan leather piece into hot water until it began to tighten a tiny bit, and wrapped it around the form. (Photo quality sucks. I have a camera somewhere, but this was all taken by my computer's camera.) Here's the finished product containing the stone: Piece by piece photos: Two-part holder and stone The "holster" is also the lid to keep water from coming out. Made more sense to be able to dismantle into two parts for periodic re-waterproofing. Water holder Back in March, I spent a week collecting pine sap and resin and cooking it out into a tin, so I could use it for waterproofing and glue. This was the first time I used it to waterproof leather, in the same way that it was once used to make the English "blackjack" beer mugs out of boiled leather. All the rest of the leather is waxed for maximum waterproofing; but the inside of this was coated with pine resin, then coated again with a mixture of pine resin and beeswax. Attaching the holster-and-lid Here, half-way pulled up, not in position yet The lid has a double-layer of rings fitted to the opening of the water-holder to form a reasonably tight seal, leaving just enough room for the stone to fit through the top easily. A belt-loop would necessarily spill the water whenever I bent over. Instead, I decided it should be tied on through this hole, with the ability to hang freely when I'm not standing straight up. Holds water with minimal spillage, yay! Here's my older scythe blade, awaiting sharpening, and the stone that will hone it during use. I've used it on three occasions, and it works in the field, YAY! Again, thanks to this forum for the resource of knowledge that helped in this project.

Hi, I am new to the forum and have been reading around. Lots of great info here! I have recently inherited a Singer Patcher 29k71 that used to belong to my grand father who used to be a cobbler. He had lots of those, unfortunately, he ended up selling most of the old machines but fortunate for me, this one survived and was passed down to me. I was able to get it completely restored and repaired but i still cant get it to sew properly. I know the problem but i dont know how i can fix it. Problem is that it is timed properly but it constantly gets jammed because the thread ends up under the shuttle carrier. as such, i ordered a replacement shuttle carrier (not an original part) and installed it but i still have the same problem. I was able to get it to sew a few times but it ends up jamming in the end. What i noticed is that the bearing between the shuttle carrier and the driving pinion seems to stick up a little too much. As such the shuttle carrier is too high? Other thing i was thinking is that the hole on the shuttle carrier where you put the set screw is too low and when fastened on the driving pinion and there is too much play. Or the driving pinion is worn down and there is too much play. Either way, before i buy anything else, i could really use some help. Thanks! Andre

Fellow leathercrafters, It’s been about 2 months that I have been into the magic world of leathercrafting, and I am verry happy that I found this website which has enlightened and motivated me. This is my last project, a simple key chain holder. Feedback is more than welcome.

I am looking for some assistance with a wallet. I have had a request to make a bi fold but with a badge holder in it. My problem is designing the holder part.

Hello fellow leatherworkers, This is my first post here on leatherworker.net, so I decided to show you my latest leather product - A Minimalist Card Holder. It's a simple, one pocket leather sleave and you can fit 2 - 8 cards + cash into it with ease. Currently, I'm starting my wordpress blog and etsy shop, so feel free to take a look, like or share. Cheers!

Please check out this simple Kickstarter campaign I have created! All of the products offered as rewards are made in South Carolina and focus on my beverage holder product lines. All orders for custom goods will be shipped in time for Christmas. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/384715853/trillest-products-leather-goods-for-the-drinkers -Alec

Hope all is well with everyone! I figured I would upload a segment of the process in producing a couple of my product lines. (DNA Glove & Leather Six Pack) Creating a glove was the first leather project I started back in 2012. After spending over three years messing around with new product ideas concerning leather, producing a glove entirely by hand from scratch isn't as overwhelming as what it used to be. There's not that much info on this site about what exactly it takes to produce a glove. Hopefully one day baseball & softball gloves will have their own section on the site! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPjpGppQ2gM&feature=youtu.be http://www.kozickicorp.com Alec

These racks are built to your specs. They are priced at $50 a square ft. We offer custom inlay work as well. We have a retail line of racks in three models. P1- 12"×12" P2- 12"×24" P3- 12"×36" Hole sizes and orientation are your choice. Custom sizes are also available. Check more of our work out at Bull Basin Woodworks on facebook. https://plus.google.com/photos/114325437673381945156/albums/6133194056990684689 https://plus.google.com/photos/114325437673381945156/albums/6133194056990684689

Business Card Holder