Two coin pouches and some questions

[Alaisiagae]

19 minutes ago, fredk said:

try rubbing some bees wax on it.

Place the pouch down on a board or slab with just a couple of millimetres sticking over the edge. Hold it down really tight with one hand and with the other run a block of beeswax along the edge.

My beeswax is so hard and old, I don't think it will work like that. Good tip, though, thank you.

@Danne interesting, thank you for linking that video. 

[fredk]

2 hours ago, Alaisiagae said:

My beeswax is so hard and old, I don't think it will work like that. Good tip, though, thank you.

get a small heat proof dish, like a ramekin, put your wax in it, add a very, very, very  small amount of either neetsfoot oil or a vegetable oil such as extra virgin olive oil - no, not Popeye's gurl friend! - melt together in an oven or on top of a cooker. Stir it as it melts. Pour it into something like a silicon ice cube tray so as it sets you'll have a block of softer bees wax

I keep a cheap silicon ice cube tray to pour molten beeswax into to make wax blocks. I usually leave them in it until I need one.

[tsunkasapa]

3 hours ago, Alaisiagae said:

I tried using gum trag on a spare piece, and the edge just wouldn't slick like veg tan. 

@Danne what does "cast" mean in this context?

@jcuk the knives look good! I wish that single head was sold in the US, shipping from UK costs as much as the knife.

Try rubbing the edge with a bit of saddle soap.

[jcuk]

12 hours ago, Tugadude said:

The quote attributed to me is incorrect.  That is what the OP said.

Sorry about that did not check where i got the quote from did not scroll up enough.

JCUK

Edited September 19, 2020 by jcuk

[jcuk]

11 hours ago, Alaisiagae said:

I tried using gum trag on a spare piece, and the edge just wouldn't slick like veg tan. 

@Danne what does "cast" mean in this context?

@jcuk the knives look good! I wish that single head was sold in the US, shipping from UK costs as much as the knife.

Not sure if this helps.

JCUK

[Tugadude]

1 hour ago, jcuk said:

Sorry about that did not check where i got the quote from did not scroll up enough.

JCUK

No worries!