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Barge cement is applied to the leather, I stop short of the edges so the pad does not get glued to the wood.




Holes are cut now to remove the pad from the plate. I use a scalpel which are cheap and easy to find on Ebay or Amazon. I replace the blade several times each leather covered pad.






Terrible pic but here is where I cut the pie shaped relief out of the leather at the heel and toe. The leather is lightly skived towards the center of the pad.



A burnisher is used where a lump decides to form, usually from too much glue I believe.




A creaser gifted to me by my late friend Jim Wear who was a superb leather worker is used to put the two parallel lines on the base of the pad. It is heated with a torch and worked around the circumference of the pad. A scrap piece of leather is used to test that the creaser is not too hot.









A slight relief is cut in the but under the pad then sealed with finish.




The lines and pad installed





Screw holes being glued, shoe polish used as release agent on the bullets.




Plugs after lunch.