those grips are a great idea

@whitakerleather

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm slowly adding to every stamping tool of that type that I own. I guess it's the price of adding on some years and some knocks to my hands and wrists over the years.

Great idea. Looking forward to you work

@whitakerleather

3 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you and glad you liked it!

Self-adhesive athletic tape (the spongey type, not K-Tape) can also help to thicken up tool handles and give them a more comfortable grip. It’s great for hammer handles if you get pain from impact vibration in your hand or wrist.

@whitakerleather

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Aaron!! that's a great suggestion. And I know exactly what type of tape you are talking about. Thanks for sharing the tip with everyone! - Kent Whitaker

صناعة جيدة

I've not tried this yet, but I've seen people use rubber fuel line hose pushed over the stamping tools. I have the same problem with my hands and neuropathy issues that make it hard to hold these smaller tools.

@whitakerleather

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jeff, sounds like the same idea - a neat solution! They've helped me a bunch with grip and being able to stamp longer without getting finger soreness.

@TexHoss1

Жыл бұрын

That is what I have used. Gas hose does work. My old hands are so screwed up if I try to hold a stamp without anything on it, it will shoot off across the room when I hit it.

@oldleatherguy

3 ай бұрын

@@TexHoss1 I feel your pain there Hoss, I saddle stitch all of my handiwork and after stitching up a trifold wallet or a pancake holster, or anything requiring so many stitches to build, I felt my index and middle finger and my thumb going into cramps about 3/4 of the way through the sewing of the project. It gets so bad that both finger digits freeze up in the gross form of a 2 fingered "pointing" position, [think about pointing toward something outside that you wanted to show to a friend]! The doctors were no help in freeing up those appendages and, after trying a bunch of pills, shots, a few trips to the bone and nerve specialists, I decided to experiment with some common sense things which I thought would ease the hard "pinch" I had to use when stitching 8 to 10 oz. of leather glued together to make my holsters. [for example]. I tried a couple of padded garden gloves and workman's gloves which were dipped in a silicone "grip" solution to give a better grip to whatever I was needing a little help with pulling the John James stitching needles through the stitching holes in the leather. Most of the different coated gloves did not serve my purpose until I was looking around a "Harbor Freight" store here in our area and I came upon a pair of heavy duty poly coated gloves similar to the ones used for housecleaning chores. They were made out of canvas, completely coated outside in blue poly or some other plastic coating and then the fingers and palms of the gloves were coated in another thicker layer of what appeared to be the same type of grippy coating. My need was for just what these gloves were designed for, gripping a tiny object, like a leather needle, to first push the 1st needle through the hole to be stitched and then to pull that same needle through and do the same with the other needle. If this makes no sense, watch almost any "saddle stitching" video on YT and you will see what I am talking about. I cut the fingers off the gloves so they looked like "biker's riding gloves", slipped them on the thumbs and first 2 fingers, and started stitching to see if they would fill the need I had to have to continue my leather work for any future length of time. Not only did they make it almost too easy to push or pull the needles through even thick laminated veg. tanned leather but they made it so easy that I have yet to feel the pain of any further finger cramps! I have completed a trifold business card "wallet" and am in the progress of building a couple of chrome tanned leather tool pouches, with individual pouch openings for each tool in the sets of cutting tools and a closing flap on each pouch with double snaps to keep the flap closed when not using the tools within. Know that I was not trying to PUSH the needles through the leather, merely grasping the sides of each needle to first start it through the stitching hole, then grasping the same needle with the other hand to PULL the needles the rest of the way through the stitching hole. [It sounds a lot more "complicated" than it really is], but I have not found any type of glove with a strong/tough enough surface on the fabric to actually push on the eye end of the needle to push it through the stitching hole. Even the blunt point of the needle "eye" would most likely drive on through the skin of the glove and prick the skin on the thumb or forefinger which was doing the pushing. I simply don't have the finger strength any longer to "pinch" a needle, which is less than 0.5mm thick, with sufficient strength to complete the stitching of a project without having to grip the needle tight enough to the point where it will pass through the thick level of leather with sometimes 100 or more repetitive stitches to complete a project.

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Can you show me what your harmonica holders are and if you sell them what they cost

@whitakerleather

6 ай бұрын

Just a note - They are sewn on our tack and saddle stitcher now, not hand-sewn after a hand injury. Picture shows hand-sewn. Thanks - Here's a link www.whitakerleather.com/collections/guitar-straps-music-accessories/products/leather-harmonica-pocket-holder

A great video! A question, whats the best linning for a holster that will not scrub off the bluing in a pistol? Thanks in advance!

@whitakerleather

10 ай бұрын

Hey Max, I used vegtan leather for my holsters and I never use a suede liner. I think that's more of a result of learning the craft over the years in the Western Saddle and Tack business. If I do use a liner, if requested by a customer for a custom build, I used the smooth side of vegtan thinned way down and glued to the other piece of leather, rough side glued to rough side. The only holsters I have lined with suede were for CosPlay customers that are not using real revolvers or pistols etc. Hope this helps and sorry for the delayed response!

@oldleatherguy

3 ай бұрын

@@whitakerleather I use a medium "hand" 1-2oz goat skin, when I can find them for lining any of my leathers which may need a finished look or other purpose such as Max asked about. Lately I have been using 1oz kangaroo skin for lining on the higher end holsters and I have even tried a softer goatskin or lamb skin for leather knife sheaths and display holsters for antiques and really expensive handguns. Once the lining leather is thoroughly secured across the inner surface of the holster, it may wear out for weapons used daily or other hard uses, as the softness of the leather would wear faster than the bluing on the weapon itself and if that shooter is used on a daily basis, simply the drawing and holstering of a handgun in soft leather lining will undoubtedly wear through the lining prematurely. My dad would always carry his .357 Python in his canvas hunting coat to cover any unforeseen encounter with a forest "meanie" when we hunted grouse or turkey in the mountains and the bluing was worn off of the end of the barrel and a couple of other high spots on the handgun from simply drawing it out of his coat and replacing it back within its special "pocket" after dispatching a timber rattler or occasionally a feral dog roaming around the woods looking for a meal.

I use cut up silicone straws

@whitakerleather

Жыл бұрын

Great suggestion! And low cost as well. Thanks for sharing your tip!

@oldleatherguy

3 ай бұрын

@@whitakerleather Hmmm, I know I am pushing it on my age, [81 yrs. completed this Feb.], but I haven't demented to the point of living under a rock yet! Still, I have no clue what a "silicone straw" is??? I have seen paper, plastic, both bendable and solid "stiff" plastic straws, and even some stainless steel camping straws for lidded outdoors travel mugs, but I have missed out on one of life's joys by not experiencing the thrill of sucking a Coke through a "silicone" straw! Oh, BTW, that long barreled six gun you are showing is, rightfully or not, referred to as a "Buntline Special".

@whitakerleather

3 ай бұрын

@@oldleatherguy They are soft silicone drinking straws. I think that is what @sophiapardue171 suggested. Here's a link to some I found online - not an affiliate link, just a quick link to show what they look like. www.walmart.com/ip/UpwardBaby-Multicolor-Silicone-Straws-Pack-6-inches/2160666617?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&wl13=3660&adid=222222222772160666617_117755028669_12420145346&wmlspartner=wmtlabs&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=501107745824&wl4=pla-306310554666&wl5=9013296&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=2160666617&wl13=3660&veh=sem_LIA&gclsrc=aw.ds&&adid=222222222372160666617_117755028669_12420145346&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=501107745824&wl4=pla-306310554666&wl5=9013296&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=2160666617&veh=sem&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlN6wBhCcARIsAKZvD5gEWRZYJtNBl9NPuZTTmDerPsjNjE4bapu-WB1paULUsG0ZheQrb2YaAr44EALw_wcB