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Thanks.for the kind words folks.
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Rossr wrote: Tue Oct 27, 2020 10:45 pm Thanks.for the kind words folks.
I happened to find one of those belt buckles in a drawer the other day. That was the one for carrying the one piece stainless steel survival tool that I mentioned above. Pictured below. Note the thumb notch on the backside to allow easy removal from the buckle while wearing.
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That's a neat and interesting concept right there

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Hi, going thru an old shed I found some short lengths of new leather rolled up but not tightly. Circa 1960, I'm thinking to make it flat and workable I will need to put lot's of Neats Foot oil on it and weight it down. Or a better method? I also kept the new shoe heels that are factory wire wrapped. I do have a book binders type press or stack books. About how long? Also lots of hanging horse tack and collors that has been exposed to years of rain due to a collapsed roof. Worth rescuing?
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What do you mean by new leather? If you mean it has been tanned but has never been worked I wouldn't put neatsfoot oil on it until after you make something out of it. Reason being, if you need to wet mold a holster or whatever you make, or tool it, the oil will interfere with that.
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My neighbors father always farmed with a team of horses and these pieces have had a few portions cut off likely for repairs. so probably before vegitaned. They are around ten inch wide, loosely rolled and string tied and dusty dirty and likely stiff. Sort of like good for a knife sheath and I can measure the thickness. He passed in early 1960's. We found them over the weekend while going thru the estate.
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dusty, filthy but still easily flexed. More than one piece. loosely rolled 8 inch by 10 inch wide leather. The new wire wrapped shoe soles. Thickness is a nickle and quarter stacked together. 1/8th in or 4 mm thick, I believe you rate it in lbs. Free is good!
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