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A Seat Fit for a King and Queen

I’ve been cutting leather for more than 25 years. I guess it started when I was 13 or so, when I found an old set of Craftools my dad had when he was young and I started piddling around with them. I played with some figure carving, built my little brother a holster for his cap gun, and generally just got a feel for the medium.

When I was 15, my dad and I started Cowboy Action Shooting, and the holster-making process intrigued me. I built my first gun belt (which was

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