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Love this thread, thought I'd keep it alive.. But the edge coat or dye.. I'm having a heck of a time getting a straight line.. I burnish and then dye/coat, but there are usually little hiccups here and there.. I've used a sponge, and then I just recently got this table top dyeing wheel from Tandy that works ok.. heck I've even tried taping off the leather to get a good edge but that's no good either..

Any tips out there?

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Todd

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The right tool makes all the difference when dyeing edges. I use a modified Partner Pen (which I sell). It's essentially a chisel tip piece of felt in a PVC handle.You dip it in the dye and apply it to the edge of the leather. It allows you to get a straight, crisp dye line. They are sometimes called Ready Flow pens.

Since my last post on this thread, I've changed my edge work a little. I've also worked on my picture takin' too.

After the holster's tooled, dyed, molded, contact cemented and before stitching, I do my edge work.

First I sand it with a sanding drum chucked in my drill press, then it's bevel, wet, burnish, let the edge dry then gum trag, burnish, let it dry then gum trag and burnish again. After that dries, I do the stitchin', top coat then burnish the edge one more time.

I'm pleased with how it turned out. I do all my burnishing by hand.

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snubbyfan,

Nice job on the edges! I noticed you have some fuzzy leather showing on the flesh side of your holster. Here's a tip. Apply gum trag to the flesh side of the leather and slick it with a glass slicker. It will dress up the flesh side and give it a more professional "finished" look.

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I use Tan coat on the fuzzy side. looks like I missed a spot, didn't notice it until I looked at the picture..

Ya'll weren't supposed to notice that.

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I use Tan coat on the fuzzy side. looks like I missed a spot, didn't notice it until I looked at the picture..

Ya'll weren't supposed to notice that.

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I visited a promenant belt makers site this morning. He carries a line that looks like it's put together real quick and he says: "we leave the edges rough for that rugged look"...I though that was kinda funny.

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There ya go hidepounder, I left it that way on purpose to give it a "rugged look."

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On 12/11/2010 at 9:56 AM, pete said:

Has ANYONE tried my method of treating the edge with just Feibing's antique(paste)? I sand, edge, and apply the paste, then rub with just a canvas. The paste soaks in, lubricates as I rub, and dries in seconds to a really nice finish. I quit using dye (NEVER liked edge-coat)

ANYONE???

pete

I know this is a really old post but I'm gonna try it.

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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I started to use Edge Flex which is actually made by Fenice out of Italy, once it is applied I let it dry then crank out a heat iron.  the heat iron I found is like the one that is sold at hobby lobby and had a rheostat for adjusting the heat, I then go over the edges to smooth out any rough areas, and it works like a charm, I felt that edge coat sucked as well and wont use it, it is either burnish or edge flex.

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I simply burnish well, . . . apply the Resolene finish, . . . and I virtually never have any problems with my edges.

But then again, . . . I always believed in the KISS formula for work............Keep It Simple Stupid.

Works for me.

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Dwight

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8 minutes ago, Dwight said:

I simply burnish well, . . . apply the Resolene finish, . . . and I virtually never have any problems with my edges.

But then again, . . . I always believed in the KISS formula for work............Keep It Simple Stupid.

Works for me.

May God bless,

Dwight

I'm with you, cept I use balm/atom wax. Good sanding is the key IMO.

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I bought some of that antique paste the other day on a whim in Mahogany. If it's as easy as Pete makes it out to be, it's worth a try on some scrap.

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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