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any ideas chaps/

Hi all i'm looking for a weihrauch hw80 with an ambidextrous stock!! does anyone know someone with one for sale? thanks

lovely rustic look to it which i prefer over some of these highly finished leather items, great stuff

always use linen thread its much better than new synthetic threads. Although not as strong it doesn't stretch and when waxed is rot resistant and sets and holds itself in place when sewing unlike synthetic threads

BALLISTOL all the way its great stuff and dries over time and is food safe,it can be used on leather, and is good for your skin

really good job, i hope it works well for you. Ive just been working in mine for the past week power washing down a warehouse it worked brilliantly

its a little bit slick directly after waxing but that's just the excess wax which is to be expected. It doesn't really rub off onto clothes from the inside but you can feel it on your hands when handling the outside, I suspect this will lessen with time and use. The main problem is getting the...

It was a washing machine type dye that you mix with 500g of ordinary salt,the instructions state that you put the dye straight into the washing machine then the salt on top and then the garment you wish to dye. I put the dye into an old tub then added the salt and mixed the two together before...

the 800 gram tub of P.J was £9.15p and i bought a tub load of beeswax from a carboot sale for a quid or something stupid (lucky find) this jacket weighed approx 900grams more after waxing so i probably used two thirds of the tub and two lumps of beeswax so i'm guessing the ratio is something...

lucky you!! well done that man

its fantastic value for money:D and will last you a lifetime

its definitely better to have two sauce pans one with the boiling/simmering water and one with the wax which you place into the water to melt it evenly and without burning it, the same way you melt chocolate really, then just apply with a brush when the wax is fully melted and finish off with a...

- my better half trying on the monster smock before dying and waxing, you can see how big it is on someone 5ft 7