CFM chuck123wapati Posted Friday at 07:44 PM Author CFM Report Posted Friday at 07:44 PM 16 minutes ago, Darren8306 said: The sandals are the ones used my Mr. H, for his trailrunning. The Tandy offering looks to me like a product from China, which doesn't really count. (in my crazy counting mind) lol you're right about the sneakers. I have made and worn the huarachas, made them from old tires, they are nice to walk in, I know, and my kids were kids in them, doing whatever. Maybe a viable niche for you if there are no running shoe makers in Canada, after all, you like running. Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
Members Mablung Posted Saturday at 01:32 AM Members Report Posted Saturday at 01:32 AM On 12/4/2025 at 8:17 AM, Handstitched said: @chuck123wapati well done and well deserved . They look so good and will polish up nicely. There are times when we just love to treat ourselves. I'm contemplating buying a new( stetson style)hat for myself for Christmas. The brand/ company i would normally buy from has now been bought out by a mining squillionare . They can go and jump. So I'm going to support another Aussie made company instead, not owned by a mining company, a bit pricey, but so what ! What company formerly and what company newly, if it's not impertinent to ask? I have a dabbling curiosity (and far less than sufficient money to scratch the itch) in fedoras and bought an Akubra offering a while back. Best value for the money I could find via internet research. Quote
AlZilla Posted Saturday at 04:24 AM Report Posted Saturday at 04:24 AM On 12/4/2025 at 11:03 AM, Darren8306 said: I'm not deciding immediately, but I'm leaning toward keeping grant money out of my life. I can't help but think they would eventually require me Good call. I have some experience of grants. My motto, "If you take their money, you give them control". This applies to anyone who wants to contribute to your cause and for all values of "they, their and them". Quote “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” - Voltaire “Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.” - Aristotle
Members Darren8306 Posted Saturday at 04:23 PM Members Report Posted Saturday at 04:23 PM 11 hours ago, AlZilla said: Good call. I have some experience of grants. My motto, "If you take their money, you give them control". This applies to anyone who wants to contribute to your cause and for all values of "they, their and them". Ya, this morning I stumbled across a quote attributed to Friedrich Hayek: Quote Responsibility, to be effective, must be individual responsibility. As everybody's property in effect is nobody's property, so everybody's responsibility is nobody's responsibility. The other thing is more...um...mechanical. I can have quite a lot of 'success' from grant money, but then how would I know that my work was good quality? I know a lot of people take advantage, and some of those that I know do very high quality work, but there really isn't a leathercrafting community here. The best really clear feedback I can expect is money. The grant doesn't care at all about the quality of my work. At least as far as I can tell from here. Quote
Members Handstitched Posted yesterday at 08:22 AM Members Report Posted yesterday at 08:22 AM @Mablung former, akubra, newbie, again, statesman. My very first hat was a statesman and is now a museum piece on display in my workshop. My next pair of work boots will from an Aussie company, also not owned by a mining squillionare HS Quote ' I have a very gweat friend in Wome called Biggus Dickus, He has a wife you know, do you know whats she's called? Incontinentia.......Incontinentia Buttocks '
AlZilla Posted 23 hours ago Report Posted 23 hours ago 5 hours ago, Handstitched said: My next pair of work boots will from an Aussie company, also not owned by a mining squillionare I've been eyeing up various wing tip work boots from Shoebank.com (which won't load for me at the moment), which is the outlet site for Allen Edmonds shoes. At best they'd be a couple hundred bucks and up to several hundred. But, it's an itch that I'll scratch one day. Quote “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” - Voltaire “Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.” - Aristotle
CFM chuck123wapati Posted 22 hours ago Author CFM Report Posted 22 hours ago 50 minutes ago, AlZilla said: I've been eyeing up various wing tip work boots from Shoebank.com (which won't load for me at the moment), which is the outlet site for Allen Edmonds shoes. At best they'd be a couple hundred bucks and up to several hundred. But, it's an itch that I'll scratch one day. Beautiful, I looked into these too, but a grand is a little steep for me. heres a pair for 250 at Thursday boot company Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
Members Darren8306 Posted 21 hours ago Members Report Posted 21 hours ago I ordered a cheap clicker die from Temu, and can now make use of some of my scrap. The die is CRAP lol. I knew that going in, but it isn't the problem I'm having. I'm not even SURE what problem I'm having. This thing looks like boiled ass, and I'm not even sure why. The stitching, often a favourite part, looks like I never learned how... Sometimes I have trouble seeing my work properly, until taking a break and looking the next day. Still looks bad. Can you fellows try to say why? At the moment there is not yet edge kote, or a finish on, by the way. Quote
AlZilla Posted 17 hours ago Report Posted 17 hours ago 3 hours ago, Darren8306 said: I ordered a cheap clicker die from Temu, and can now make use of some of my scrap. The die is CRAP lol. I knew that going in, but it isn't the problem I'm having. I'm not even SURE what problem I'm having. This thing looks like boiled ass, and I'm not even sure why. The stitching, often a favourite part, looks like I never learned how... Sometimes I have trouble seeing my work properly, until taking a break and looking the next day. Still looks bad. Can you fellows try to say why? At the moment there is not yet edge kote, or a finish on, by the way. If the stitch holes are part of the die then I'd say the holes don't follow well. You might alleviate some of it by tying the ends off and burying the knot between the layers instead of double stitching. Just leave long tails and do a square knot that you pull tight. Quote “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” - Voltaire “Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.” - Aristotle
CFM chuck123wapati Posted 2 hours ago Author CFM Report Posted 2 hours ago A little harder on the stamp, and maybe just a tension problem with your stitches. Try and pull the same tension with each stitch just as a machine does. But it will be fine when finished, only you can spot the problems. Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
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