... Yeah, yeah, yeah, blah, blah, blah. In case anyone's interested, while my shoepage falls further behind, as I do my book, I'm managing to get some sources...
Hi Gregory, Can you get specific on how you treat the leather and in what steps? I'm sure there is a web site on effective Cuir Bouilli but there are probably...
So maybe i can get a conversation going. I think i have been to every sight on the web, printed over 300 pages of leather and fur armor making, plus going to...
I don't know if you've researched buying leather online, but a leatherworker I know in CA recommended HideHouse.com very highly. It's wholesale only, so...
Actually, the HideHouse web page says: "Please note this is a wholesale website only! Those who do not provide a valid reseller's permit and/or valid state...
Well, here's the result of the poll I put up regarding list membership. By an overwhelming margin, for those that voted, we will be instituting the following...
Well, here's the result of the poll I put up regarding list membership. By an overwhelming margin, for those that voted, we will be instituting the following...
Hey Gregory, I'm new here, so I'm relatively unaware of the problems you are having. But reading this post, it sort of occured to me that having the name...
Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu... ... But reading this post, it sort of occured to me that having the name "Medieval Leather", although that's what it's about,...
I've bookmarked other leather sites, but as I haven't ordered from them or heard about them from others who have ordered from them I can't really recommend...
... Really, the best way to choose a hide is to go to the nearest leather store and dig through leather for a few hours. No matter where I've been, there's a...
I agree... like I said, I'm still using the leather I bought at Ren faires last summer... I bought ahead knowing I wouldn't be able to go this year. I also...
These have all been great ideas. There is only one problem....i am unemployed right now. With no cash comes no leather. I am trying(unfortunately)to get back...
... pssst throw me a email, Ive got some rather spiffy 5-6 oz veg I can part with for 2 a square @ 10-12 sq ft each if you just need a couple hides *how I love...
Sounds good James. I'm at that point in my life where I'm doing a job for the paycheck... but doing it to set myself up to be able to do the things I want...
I have had much sucsess with Hidecrafter Leathercraft. I have allways found them knowledgable, courteous, overall enjoyable to do business with. They are a...
hi, i am trying to make some black jacks, i want to use brewers pitch (pine resin) to seal and as i went back into the messages i found a lot of info regarding...
... Small pedantic note. Pitch is not resin. Both should be ok for what you are wanting to do, but they aren't the same thing. Both start with pine sap, and...
... I use a 50/50 mix of pitch and beeswax. I have found that straight pitch is too brittle and cracks quite easily. Personally I heat it up in an old catfood...
I heat up the stuff I get from JS Townsend on a direct flame outside. I've never had it flame up but I use it in an area in which I can control it if it did. ...
... I have not had any problem with it using pine pitch, I don't know about the petroleum stuff. Usually I just use a soup can in a pot of boiling water. ...
... THis stuff does have many of the same properties as pine pitch. (It's technologically extruded from rosinous wood, which doesn't carmelize it, but does...
... I grabbed a jacking wax (for jack boots) recipie from Marc's site and used that for my quantities of beeswax/rosin. I didn't find that spirit turps made ...
Thanks for the clarification, many sites i have looked at have used these terms interchagably, and that can make things quite confussing. i am still looking...
... I know. And the general vernacular is kind of sloppy about it. But if you wind up reading the texts on the matter, they tend to use these definition. ... ...
... BTW, I've been meaning to ask - the "rosin" that gets used on vioin bows and hurdy-gurdy wheels, is that pine resin? Neil -- Neil Carr (WebFoundry cc :...
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