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I finally got the yellow snoopy strap sewn back together. Probably would have made more sense to cut a new strap, but I really like the old leather. Glued in some reinforcement with barge cement. I did one of the sides months ago. Took a while to get around to the buckle side.

I also still need to clean the movement. Somewhere I have one of these snoopy watches with a black dial and a new home made strap. I seem to have misplaced it as I had it somewhere where I was going to show it off at the maker faire back in October. Amazing how quick the time files, we are already mostly through the Dickens fair.
 
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Great work! I find hand stitching quite relaxing.

A few months ago I picked up a 19th century stitching horse.

Needed a bit of work but now it works as intended, and looks just right next to some Singer machines from the same time period.

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A few pics of some of the jobs done on the old horse.
 
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Great work! I find hand stitching quite relaxing.

A few months ago I picked up a 19th century stitching horse.

Needed a bit of work but now it works as intended, and looks just right next to some Singer machines from the same time period.

Duracuir1 Duracuir1
Great work! I find hand stitching quite relaxing.

A few months ago I picked up a 19th century stitching horse.

Needed a bit of work but now it works as intended, and looks just right next to some Singer machines from the same time period.

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A few pics of some of the jobs done on the old horse.
Steve, I thought the boot on the farthest left was being used by you as a pen holder until I took a closer look.
 
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Steve, I thought the boot on the farthest left was being used by you as a pen holder until I took a closer look.
Jim. Cowboy boots (not the nice ones from Alberta or from @TexOmega ) that the owner wanted shortened. In his 80s and this is what he wanted. What you see are clamps that were holding a glued piece of leather. The boots were done on one of the old Singer 29s pictured.
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Jim. Cowboy boots (not the nice ones from Alberta or from @TexOmega ) that the owner wanted shortened. In his 80s and this is what he wanted. What you see are clamps that were holding a glued piece of leather. The boots were done on one of the old Singer 29s pictured.
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I never thought shortening cowboy boots was even possible Steve, great job! And the boot leather looks so revitalized.
 
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Finally after months of sitting on the table I got the first set of laser cut watch straps sewn.

The Quartz Connie looks like it will be a lot of fun. This is a 1354 made from 'parts.' I even found an acceptable Omega buckle. Decided to use some metallic silver embroidery thread for the stitching. Sort of makes it look lik a British 'pearley' outline, although without the buttons.

The ladies Geneve dynamic is also made from 'parts.' I wanted and original green strap for a different watch. This was the first strap I cut from some scraps of pipe organ leather. As these things are wont to do I wound up getting a bunch of scrap leather from a big box hobby store. This strap is a bit on the shorter side although I am finding it quite comfortable. I also got it a bit thin.

Now I am going to need to make a watch roll, as tossing these in the box seems not the best way to store them.
 
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Procrastinating posting this. Made some strap reinforcement pieces out of an old Christmas biscuit tin. The other one had snowflake ornaments on the top. So I cut out a dyle blank since I had the template already in the program. Was getting little sheet metal circles scraps, which looked a bit like dials.

Probably should try cutting some watch hands.

I really do not recommend attempting to work on half a dozen watches at the same time. They are a bit like spoiled children, and one does not know which one to give focus and attention to. So none of them get the attention they deserve.
 
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Do you guys use an "overstich weel" on the seams after sewing? It really helps me get the seams look better.
 
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Do you guys use an "overstich weel" on the seams after sewing? It really helps me get the seams look better.

No. I press down on my work with the flat part of my hammer’s peen.

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I’m getting a Silence of the Lambs vibe here. It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.
 
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Do you guys use an "overstich weel" on the seams after sewing? It really helps me get the seams look better.
I do the same as Duracuir1, my hammer is a small one I have that I used to use for light nailing in walls. I had to sand the head though because it was leaving marks on my leather. Not as ideal as a flat head hammer like Steve but the darn things are so expensive from what I've seen at least.

Can you show me a picture of your overstitch wheel? I thought they are for making holes in leather, not flattening stitching.
 
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I do the same as Duracuir1, my hammer is a small one I have that I used to use for light nailing in walls. I had to sand the head though because it was leaving marks on my leather. Not as ideal as a flat head hammer like Steve but the darn things are so expensive from what I've seen at least.

Can you show me a picture of your overstitch wheel? I thought they are for making holes in leather, not flattening stitching.
I use it to mark the stiching holes befor I use an awl, then after stiching I run it over again. That seats the stitch in the groove and straightens the seam.
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Thanks, it's what I thought it would be, but aren't you worried about the sharp edges poking through the thread and possibly cutting it?
 
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Thanks, it's what I thought it would be, but aren't you worried about the sharp edges poking through the thread and possibly cutting it?
They aren`t that sharp I never had a problem with that. They dont poke holes in the leather either, just makes a nice stitch groove.
 
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