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About LinkBacksPurchased a length of Basswood (imp USA) at the nearest Mega to make a strop for sharpening my carving and leathercraft tools ... no wonder they use this beautiful timber for decoy making etc ... it has a lovely scent ... I used veg tan leather ... flesh side on one side, finished side on the other ...
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05-09-2017, 08:00 AM #121Member
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11-01-2018, 06:24 PM #122Member
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Top for a stick, capped with buffalo horn ...
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31-01-2018, 10:27 AM #123Member
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I think the Nato Blue works best of all hiviz colours in our vegetation ... solid brass hardware
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31-01-2018, 10:36 AM #124Member
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Bridal leather collar, solid brass ...
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31-01-2018, 10:47 AM #125Member
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Gunsling made for a friend in Australia ...
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04-02-2018, 11:48 AM #126Member
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Sling for the Yildiz ... shoulder pad lined with pigskin ...
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05-02-2018, 06:11 PM #127Member
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Done ...
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05-02-2018, 07:44 PM #12857JL
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I still have my grandfathers walking stick made out of lance wood he was the last of the true kauri bushman told me use to find young lance wood tie a knot in it and go back in a few years latter and check them
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I once saw one that shot .410 out of the pointy end!
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06-02-2018, 07:21 AM #130Member
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I have now made three sets of the lead and collar ... latest and hopefully the final prototype for the Bottle Opener Pouch, MKl, ll and lll just did not do it ... thankfully I have quite alot of leather scraps to get it right! The opener is sourced from France ...
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16-02-2018, 09:52 AM #131Member
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Was talking to a leathercrafter when the subject came up about imprinting wood on leather ... wanted to use it on some old Redwood timber but it did not work as the grain was not strong enough ... so yet another dousing of the leather in water to make it really wet ended up picking up the 'design' on an old replaced Malaysian hardwood telephone pole ... the pen is a purchased one from a woodturning group who have a stall at the Rotorua A & P show ... used Eco-Flo Fudge Brown to colour ...
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12-09-2019, 08:04 PM #132Member
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12-09-2019, 08:07 PM #133Member
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Two call lanyard ...
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12-09-2019, 08:10 PM #134Member
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Ten braid crocodile braid ... copper medalion made by Te Ferrari ...
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