Happy birthday!

Oh very nicely done.

I quite like the way the head of the closure strap there is a decorative ornament - looks awesome!

HAppy Birthday y'all!

For what it's worth, I got some of that hemp sheeting a month or two back to experiment with for a tick: once I got it, I laid it aside as at least in the hand it felt rather light for that duty. ... although I suppose it's possible they sent the wrong stuff. Hrmm. Mine's the weight of - well - a so...

Thanks guys! :mrgreen: Manv - I prefer to sew, then dye. That means the stitching color matches the leather color. However, sometimes I don't, because either - - time constraints mean I have to take advantage of the sun when I have it, and a project might not be ready. Better to dye on a good day, t...

Welcome Rarnir! A pleasure to meet you!

... also is this meaning that you use a similar tinderbox design? if you do I'd be interested to see pictures and to know how big it is etc... Ah! I haven't used that type, though I'd like to give one a try at some point! In fact, when I posted before I'd just gotten back from a short jaunt where I...

Just did another run with plain ol' walnut powder, and it worked perfectly in just one cycle! This is the result: merf-walnut-leather-dye-seax.jpg background: vegtan goatskin sheath: ~7oz vegtan, I think Hermann Oak. Dubbined after dyebath, before picture strip and rectangle: ~5-7oz vegtan, I think ...

Very cool! I'm curious - did the slits lower down make much of a difference in letting in trail cruft? A little anecdote: after our pup chewed out the liners of my modern hiking boots, I just started using my barn muck boots for short woods walks. I was actually surprised how well they actually work...

WOW. That's laying it on pretty thick. Ha! :mrgreen: And thank you for the notes! Cimrandir: I think once a leather sole is worn in a bit, it does get better. But yeah - there's a hill out back that's just murder no matter what with turnshoes. I wonder if it's just the ground cover there? Or maybe ...

Ooh! Ooh!

My dear Greg, would you be so kind as to share your hard-won secrets with us?
I should be ever so grateful, and endeavor to be half so well shod as yourself.

That looks awesome! I love the filework on the damper lid. :mrgreen: For what it's worth, the solution I've found to the "the lid is loose and rattling" problem is just to keep some extra tow (or whatever) inside as padding. But granted that's maybe easier said than done after you've been ...

VERY COOL!!! :mrgreen: The article on Dunedain marching I especially liked! And The boot article also comes just in time - I think this might be the year I finally sew up a set. I've been scared off them forever, but the more turnshoes I look at, the more I see they're basically funny-shaped pouches...

Happy Birthday!

Oh that's lovely... I'd be curious to hear what your jeweler says as well, if you don't mind. :) For what it's worth, another gemstone idea is green beryl, as left by Glorfindel on the Last Bridge in FotR. If memory serves, may have been the stone of the Elessar elfstone, and I think has a connectio...