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Who did you buy it from? You should be OK since double shoulders are generally veg/bark tan and not chrome tanned. Not all Veg tan is as hard as a rock or should it be. Now for a couple of notes: Generally speaking chrome tanned is cheaper but far from always, there is a lot of higher...

You can also get them with a screw back http://www.thefind.com/jewelry/info-screw-back-button-stud And Josh was right about the frog being the leather belt attachment the stud is just that a stud or sometimes called a button. General Sir Samuel James Browne was a heavily decorated...

Exactly - the acetic acid in the vinegar needs to dissolve the iron/steel completely fro best results and that takes a bit of time. FWIW here's an original recipe for vinegar balk and how I've been doing it for the last 40 years: Vinegar black aka vinegaroon aka ferric or ferrous nitrate...

You're welcome Shawn - Crazy Crow carries a book by Alex Kozlov on making Indian style sheaths that is very god and has some excellent examples of originals. The following two have some excellent originals - check Amazon or Ebay for best buys on these: - “Early Knives & Beaded Sheaths of...

A bunch of originals - all western mid to late 1800's, not on all of them the handle sticks up no more than 1/2" above the top of the head....Deco includes tacks, brass wire wraps, and file branding to see some of my work on tomahawks go to www.wrtcleather.com and browse...

Thanks all for the kind comments......... Yes it's the lazy or now-a-days known as the lane stitch, only it's the Cheyenne method, a slightly different method than the Lakota, in which the beads generally lie flatter rather than being humped. Some tips for doing the lane stitch: 1) it's best...

Thanks Tracy but actually I'm having them drop shipped directly to the customer these days so I seldom have them in hand - but if anyone should want one autographed I'll be glad to have them ship me one and sign it.......

Nice job Folks! and here's how-to I wrote on making these some years ago - and I also go into more depth on how-to in my DVD - available from our host: http://www.wrtcleather.com/1-ckd/mexloop/_mexloop.html

Been uber busy so haven't had much of a chance to post much, but this one I'm real tickled with and so is the owner...... Here's a sheath I did for Deb Mann, wife of knifemaker Mike Mann of Idaho Knife Works - the knife is one of his special HBC styles with a Damascus blade and Mammoth Ivory...

A tutorial on the subject by Bruce Evans...... http://beknivessite2.homestead.com/nssheath.html

No real need to neutralize the vinegar mix - acetic acid is very volatile and off gases very quickly unlike nitric. For the same reason ther's no real need to use the heat - that only needs to be done with the nitric based stain. While the two (Aqua Fortis aka Ferric Nitrate and the vinegar mix...

David all I can say is you will get better/deeper chatoyance using AQ on maple (and several other woods for that matter) than ANY other stain/finish. My claim is based on using both standard dyes (wood and leather) and AQ for better than 40 years and the AQ wins hands down, but it's not...

For period correct patterns I recommend: - "Fur Trade Cutlery Sketchbook" - has scale drawings of knives well dated from the 1500's to the 1800's. - "American Knives, The First History And Collector's Guide" Harold L. Peterson New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1958 - "The Knife In...

Mild steel will work Ok - several of the better "period" makers use coat hanger wire or nails of the right diameter of course using WI is extra nice...... Steve - you're welcome and the history and crafts of the 1700-1800's has been my life's work and passion so I do lots of reading and...

"Period Correct" means documented (a better term) and the most common material for pre-1840 pins was iron usually in a pattern of three or five about 3/32"-1/8" diameter. This info is based on the written word from the period as well as existing items. The large ones shown above by Mike...

Josh - I wipe the blue on wet with 4/0 steel wool to even it out. One note here: NEVER mix the liquid blue and the bleach together - it creates a form of chlorine gas. Do this with LOTS of fresh air - even the light fumes you get when putting the blued blade into the bleach is not good to...

Howdy Carey - Give Nathan a call, he's who set me up. Mention that I sent you and if you're a SASS member metnion that as well. Nathan G. Danus Director-Target Marketing Group Payment Alliance International 866-371-2273 opt 1 ext 1131# 866-714-6574 Fax nathand@gopai.com www.pai-tmg.com

The legal way to offset the CC, GunPal, or PayPal fee is to increase your overall prices by the 3-5% and then offer a cash discount of 3-5%. I've been taking CC's now for over 12 years and for me it has become my preferred method of payment in most cases. There are few downsides once you...

WWW.ATLANTAVIRTUAL.COM AV is one of the best out there (I tried several others over the years) and they are a knifemakers host - they are the owner/operators of a sister forum www.knifenetwork.com as well as lots of knife sites - the owner Alex is a knife geek as well and when you need help...

The Pro Dye is an improved version of the original and like most improved products produces if not always a better final product at least an easier one. Why Fiebing calls it Oil Dye I haven't a clue, but it sure has confused a lot of folks. On the other hand us old timers did (and still do)...