Members anvilring Posted September 6, 2016 Members Report Posted September 6, 2016 (edited) Plain harness leather 6/7 wt. w/welting.... finished w/ "cavalryman's dressing" (my x-father-in-law, now deceased taught me how to make it). I made the knife as well which is how all this leather working stuff got started in the first place. My father-in-law was in the U.S. Army (Cavalry) in 1937/39 and said this is what they were taught to mix up for all their gear: two parts bee's wax to one part neetsfoot oil (NOT neetsfoot oil 'compound') or there'bouts. The trick is to have it about the consistency of good shoe polish when it's cooled down. You have to put it on hot, and have the item out in the sun so's to have it soak in. I think "Snow-Proof" is about the same thing. DSC00204 by rynegold, on Flickr DSC00206 by rynegold, on Flickr DSC00210 by rynegold, on Flickr Edited September 6, 2016 by anvilring Quote
Members stu925 Posted September 6, 2016 Members Report Posted September 6, 2016 Looks great, I'd like to see the knife too. Nice work. Stu Quote
Members TonyRV2 Posted September 7, 2016 Members Report Posted September 7, 2016 Nice work...simple but eloquent! I like this a lot. Quote Tony VRifle River Leather Ogemaw Knifeworks There are two individuals inside every artisan...the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.
bikermutt07 Posted September 7, 2016 Report Posted September 7, 2016 Great job. Quote 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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