"I actually like the leather stopper. What thickness leather did you use? Is it glued?"
" Tim, this is the first time I have seen a leather stopper. You said it was more trouble than it was worth. How did you make it? Thanks for sharing a lovely, understated horn."
There is a Tutorial on making them but I think it is for flat stoppers made from thick leather. In it Steve Skillman shows a couple that he did, I did mine similar to his.
https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=15926.0 Here are some Pic, the leather was thin maybe 3-4 oz. I tried a couple of different glues, hide, tightbond, rubber, CA and tried just water rolling it up tight, clamping it with cloths pins and letting it dry. In the end I wet, clamped and used CA. Try and get the narrow end as small as possible and roll it has tight as possible. Once you get it rolled so it looks right wet it, clamp and let dry. Once dry unroll, the first wet and clamp session will make it easier to get it rolled back up right, use some thin CA on it roll it back up and let it dry. At this point you can file, sand trim it to fit.
My: "more trouble than it's worth"... There is a lot of trial and error here, I could probably have made 8 or 10 wooden stoppers in the time it took me to make one.
A couple of picks, if you play with it you can probably do better. Start rolling at the dot, the piece can be trimmed to make it thinner, more trial and error. The forceps work well to get a good hold to start rolling. The leather can be pulled out and the roll will tighten and the tip smaller.
Tim
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