Here’s a very nicely edited video from John Neeman Tools showing how their craftsman, Stephen, produces one of their hand-made leather belts. I encourage you to check out their website to learn more about them. They are a small group of skilled craftsmen from Latvia and they produce (according to their website) kitchen tools, leather belts, knives, axes, timber framing tools, drawknives, froes and bows.
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When I first started making holsters, I quickly realized the only way this knuckle dragger would get consistent dye jobs would be with the use of an airbrush. I didn’t own a compressor, so I marched myself down to Sears and purchased one of their small, 3 gallon portable compressors (model #15310) for around $120 (with accessories) at the time. It worked fine – it did the jobs I asked of it for a few years… Until I remembered you have to add oil to it (actually, I was force-ably reminded of it)! Yep, it suddenly seized up. Oops! Honestly, I’d been wanting a new compressor anyway because the 15310 was extremely loud, like most portable compressors. I do most of my airbrushing at night, so having an obnoxiously loud compressor roaring along at night probably isn’t the best idea. Read more →