I use several different shears depending on what I am cutting. For a lot of light weight leather and cutting thread or paper I use an inexpensive pair I bought from Tandy. tandyleather.com/products/leather-scissors I also have a pair which I believe they call their pro shears that I mostly use for soft leathers like upholstery or garment leather. The third pair I use a lot is made by Wiss/Crescent and I bought them from a local hardware store. I use those for heavier leather or if I am a lot because they have a more comfortable grip. www.amazon.com/Wiss-Shear-Tradesman-Titanium-CW10TM/dp/B07YD6NYVL/ref=mp_s_a_1_26
In my machine I use 346 as the top thread and 277 in the bobbin. Needle size 26 (230) When I hand stitched the cartridge loops I just waxed some of the 346 and used a harness needle.
I know. Didn't have any .45 colt to shape the loops. I checked the dimensions in my reloading manuals and the .45 ACP I do have is good enough to shape the loops. Only a couple thousandths smaller.
I don't really keep track like I should. I generally work on these projects in the evenings after work. Probably about 3 or 4 hours. Add a couple of more hours if you hand stitch everything.
Oh my goodness I have never seen that tool the closest thing I have seen is a pizza cutter. Can you tell me what the name of what it is.Maybe I could pick it up at Lee Valley. I would be truly grateful if you told me what the tool. Cutting leather has been such a pain in the ass. I'm sorry it seems like you are saying the names of the tools and I must have missed it but can you also tell me where did you get them? 🤔
Holsters actually are not that bad to hand stitch. Takes me about half an hour extra time for an unlined holster or two hours for a lined one. There might be a hand stitched project video coming up in the next month. I have plans to make a cartridge box with box corner stitching and linen thread that my machine won't do.
Hola siempre se aprecia ese tipo de trabajo en cuero , el suyo tiene tanto trabajo como una funda cuchillo buhscrat ,que no por ser pequeño no tiene trabajo, yo estoy iniciando este arte de como se llama en España ( guarnicionería) y es una cosa que como se dice ,(los jóvenes) mola 👍👏👏🤝🤝 desde Castilla y León España
I liked the way you eliminated the lining creases, thanks.
And thank you Matt so much for making this a longer video! You are spoiling me!
Thank you for watching it!
Amazing craftsmanship
You have incredible skills. Thanks for sharing your talent
You're very kind. Thank you for watching!
I like your mallet. I made mine out of a round piece of phenolic. It works really well.
Great video. Beautiful work.
Thank you!
Outstanding work !!!
Thank you!
Very good job! Learned a lot
Thank you!
Recently British tan has become my favorite color of tan dye to use on the shoes I re-finish
It's a nice shade.
Alright! New video - made my day
Thanks for watching!
Awesome craftsmanship...
Thank you!
Beautiful,well explained thanks
Buen trabajo👍👍👍
Thanks! Nice work and a good learning experience!
Thanks for watching!
Great work. How much is one just like that one?
I don't take orders for custom work online. I have a full-time job and enough business locally to keep me busy. Sorry.
What kind of shear are you using to vut the leather, please?
I use several different shears depending on what I am cutting. For a lot of light weight leather and cutting thread or paper I use an inexpensive pair I bought from Tandy. tandyleather.com/products/leather-scissors
I also have a pair which I believe they call their pro shears that I mostly use for soft leathers like upholstery or garment leather.
The third pair I use a lot is made by Wiss/Crescent and I bought them from a local hardware store. I use those for heavier leather or if I am a lot because they have a more comfortable grip. www.amazon.com/Wiss-Shear-Tradesman-Titanium-CW10TM/dp/B07YD6NYVL/ref=mp_s_a_1_26
Thanks for the video. ? What size thread and needle are you using?
In my machine I use 346 as the top thread and 277 in the bobbin. Needle size 26 (230) When I hand stitched the cartridge loops I just waxed some of the 346 and used a harness needle.
Excellence!
Thank you!
Great job but the cartridges are for a pistol, not for a revolver ;-)
I know. Didn't have any .45 colt to shape the loops. I checked the dimensions in my reloading manuals and the .45 ACP I do have is good enough to shape the loops. Only a couple thousandths smaller.
Very nice work.
Mind telling us how many man hours it took?
I don't really keep track like I should. I generally work on these projects in the evenings after work. Probably about 3 or 4 hours. Add a couple of more hours if you hand stitch everything.
Oh my goodness I have never seen that tool the closest thing I have seen is a pizza cutter. Can you tell me what the name of what it is.Maybe I could pick it up at Lee Valley.
I would be truly grateful if you told me what the tool. Cutting leather has been such a pain in the ass.
I'm sorry it seems like you are saying the names of the tools and I must have missed it but can you also tell me where did you get them? 🤔
It's known as a round knife. I forged this one (there's a video), but before I did that this was the one I used: amzn.to/39iw7o9
What no hammer gard
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Try one without a sewing machine.
Holsters actually are not that bad to hand stitch. Takes me about half an hour extra time for an unlined holster or two hours for a lined one. There might be a hand stitched project video coming up in the next month. I have plans to make a cartridge box with box corner stitching and linen thread that my machine won't do.
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Hola siempre se aprecia ese tipo de trabajo en cuero , el suyo tiene tanto trabajo como una funda cuchillo buhscrat ,que no por ser pequeño no tiene trabajo, yo estoy iniciando este arte de como se llama en España ( guarnicionería) y es una cosa que como se dice ,(los jóvenes) mola 👍👏👏🤝🤝 desde Castilla y León España