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Leatherwork - Fishing Accessories in Leather
Leatherwork used for fishing accessories:
Arne Mason: leather fly reels cases, leather rod cases
James Acord, leather: decorated fly reels case, rod cases, accessories
(continues with more fishing tackle accessories)
A complete guide to ornamental leatherwork, late XIX century
TO MAKE ACORNS.
Acorns can be made in the following manner. Procure
some natural acorn-cups (which are to be found in great
quantities in the autumn), choose such cups only that are
perfectly sound ; then pierce two holes through the
bottom of the cup, pass a piece of fine wire through the
holes, leaving the two ends long enough to be twisted
into a stalk ; if the stalk is to be exposed, it must be
covered with skiver and made fast with Shaw's liquid
glue. The most correctly-formed acorn tops are those
turned in wood, which can be firmly placed in the cup
by the aid of the liquid glue ; this completes the fully formed
acorrn.
The principal Materials required for this craft are
- Basil Leather
- Skiver ditto
- A Bottle of Oak Varnish Stain
- Ditto Spirit Stain
- Ditto Shaw's Liquid Glue
- A Bottle of Stiffening
- A Small Hammer
- A few Brushes
- Some Tacks
- A pair of Nippers
- A Veining Tool
- A few hard Steel Pens
- Bradawl
- Pair of Scissors
- A Leather-cutting Knife
- Grape Moulds
- Ditto for Passion Flowers
- Fine Black Lead Pencil
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