duramax
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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Finally got around to a Honey Doo. Wrapped my wife's broken Expedition Fob.
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That’s really cool !!!!! I like it !!
Finally got around to a Honey Doo. Wrapped my wife's broken Expedition Fob.
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Sweet. I absolutely love the look of stacked leather.
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Finishing this one up, still need to add keeper strap. I think I’m going with a darker leather for strap.
Finally got around to a Honey Doo. Wrapped my wife's broken Expedition Fob.
That’s really cool !!!!! I like it !!
Nice job. I recently did a cover for our garage door opener, which no longer had a hanger. It didn't turn out near as nice your key fob wrap.
Currently I’m only doing knife sheaths, occasional odd project. But those are always small stuff. I’m still hand stitching, I’m considering a cobra machine in a year ish time. Hopefully the cobra will allow me to branch out to other stuff. Also hopefully it will speed things up just don’t know how thick they’ll sew 3/4 1” ?
Finally got around to a Honey Doo. Wrapped my wife's broken Expedition Fob.
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Dave, I like that notebook cover. Nothing new to members on this forum, but years ago I noted I was going thru those plastic checkbook holders at about one per year. I had bought a small duffle type bag from a woman in Maine, Adler Stream Canvas, that I could pack in my regular bag, then use to bring home stuff I had acquired on the trip. I noticed she had leather checkbook covers, so I got one. Very simple, dark green pebbled leather, 7 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches with two brown strips sewn in side to make pockets, I think I paid $13 for it. I just noticed I had written inside "April 2009" so 10 years old and still going strong. I also have a smaller notebook leather carrier, 7 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches that holds one of those small ringed note pads, that I have had since I left Fort Devens, MA in July 1985, probably bought in 1984. I think it must have been a kit, but the man who made it SGM Chuck Henderson, engraved "10th SFGA" on the back and a "Beret & Dagger" and my initials on the front. I carry it daily to write down notes or I know I will forget them, and it is also still going strong, and I think I only once put some conditioner on it. Same for a good leather belt that has been worn daily since some time in 2009, or at least I have a photo of me wearing it in Finland in 2009. Once a year I put some conditioner on it, as I was told by the man who made the belt. Buy quality items, in this case leather and take reasonable care of it and it will last a LONG time. John
The specs on the Cobra 4 say it will sew up to 7/8". I can tell ya its a great machine. The motor is adjustable as far as speed goes so you can slow it down or like right now mine is set on hyperspace. Last thing I was sewing was a set of 8 ft reins for myself. So that is a lot of sewing. 8 ft down, 8 ft back and two reins so times two. Using the roller guide its really easy to maintain control even when you're jumping to warp drive. Really only took a couple of minutes to do each rein. One thing I have learned sewing reins is that a full bobbin will get ya into the last 18 inches of the second rein. I normally run the motor on 12 or 15 for everday stuff. For the reins its set at 41. Another nice feature is that to some extent ya have some speed control with the pedal, kinda like your car. A little bit of pedal and you're going slow, all the pedal and you're going as fast as the motor is set.
Ok that is cool!
Thanks John. Yeah I agree quality lasts for sure. Don't know if I ever told ya but years ago (kinda at the start of this sandbox deal) I had a former SF officer contact me and asked me to build 5 or 6 legal size notebook covers with the SF emblem tooled on the front, the crossed arrows, dagger and De Opresso Liber emblem. He kept one and gave the others to guys that will still serving. Had the coolest pic of a guy with his face all blacked/blurred out shaking hands with an Iraqi general. Our guy was holding his notebook cover I had made. Unfortunately that pic was on a computer that died many years ago so I don't have it any more. Thanks again for your service
Thanks Amy!Real nice (as always!) Dave.
Yep! Dinner at our next branding. Whadya doing Julyish?"One for each of ya" - tombstone! (What'd i win? Lol)
Some nice looking leather craft out there!
Ya bet! congrats!Waitin for the next grandkid! Maybe the next time!
Wow you are getting that down! Are ya sanding the edges after sewing?