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ANNOUNCEMENT.....

Hi everyone I'd like to announce that Steve's Leather Machines in Australia is now distributor for Keestar and Cowboy Sewing Machines. We offer the full range of leather sewing machines though we specialise in the 441 style machine, the Cowboy 3200 and the Keestar CW-8B. These machines will cover the leather sewing requirements of most leather workers from heavy saddlery requiring 20mm thickness, then sewing to max of 15mm from the CB3200 and down to the CW-8B which is good for around 6-8mm and excellent for wallets and bags.

Come to Australia's home of Cowboy Sewing Machines

The photo of the 441 shows the old stand, new models have the pedestal stand.

Please give us a call on 0419 393750 for any enquiries.

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Thanks to everyone for the messages of support, we will always do our best to support the Cowboy range in Australia. Having only recently taken over the Cowboy distributorship our orders for the CB3200, CB4500, strap cutter, skivers, splitters, parts etc are on the way, but not landed yet. First shipment arriving very soon with orders being taken almost every day.

Sadly there has been some bad feeling towards us taking this venture on and I've heard of complaints to Cowboy that the machines we have supplied have hot been very good and more...actually a lot more... I hope everyone understands that as we have not even got a machine to deliver yet and that we could not possibly have done what is claimed. So to the person complaining about our service to Cowboy at least have the good sense to wait until we deliver the first machine.... :)

That aside, things are going well, we have pre sold some of the CB3200 and now sold a couple of the CB4500. Splitters and strap cutters are also proving to be popular and we have had to increase the order. Thanks everyone for your support. We only supply Australia and New Zealand, so if you're here in the States then Neels is the place to go.

Thanks again for everyones support.

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HI All, another update, I wanted to thank all our Aussie buyers for their orders and confidence in us. Our Keestar order coming onto the Brisbane docks on Sunday is sold out and the Cowboy order following 5 days after that is also sold out. These orders contained Cowboy CB4500, CB3500, long arm 132K6 style machines, Keestar GA 441, Keestar GA5, very heavy walking foot machines, splitters, strap cutters and skivers etc.

So as not to be always out of stock we have another 4 orders following on after these two.

With any new distributorship its hard to accurately forecast the demand, we were optimistic but still under ordered, so if anyone feels they will be ordering a machine from us in the future could they give us a call so we can better plan ahead.

FYI, we back our machines with a 2 years parts and 1 year labour warranty, fully workshop test each machine and send out assembled... not in cardboard boxes from the factory.

Again thanks to everyone and to Leatherworker for allowing us to post our blatantly commercial messages..... it really does help us a great deal.

Steve Bonnett, Steve's Leather Machines, Cowboy Leather Machines in Australia.

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Its a long holiday weekend here in Australia so a trip to the coast for fish n chips is in order.

Being the 7th of June I'm adding a little update to our Keestar and Cowboy distributorship news, we have again sold out of the 441 and Cowboy CB 4500 top end machines, new models are arriving in about two weeks. We ordered greater numbers of the Cowboy CB3200 and so have some of those still in stock, although a couple went out this week..... I've attached a photo of some belts that Steve Kemp made here a little while back on the 3200.

Although there are dozens of machines available from our manufacturers we have selected a smaller range to suit our leather customers.. namely the Cowboy CB4500, Cowboy CB3200, Cowboy CB 7273ECO (good 132K6 replacement), Cowboy 7132UL-16 (long arm 132K6), GA5-1 and CW-8b.

Also in an effort to supply some goods that saddlers and leather workers have requested we are stocking the 800 splitter, 8116 splitter, 801 skiver and strap cutters, this adds a bit of complexity to our stock of back up parts but is proving successful also.

Our Cowboy CB3200 and Cowboy CB4500 come with the full special set of optional feet and plates and roller guide built into the lowest price we can offer, a price on a par or better than the least equipped other branded machines.....(to my knowledge).

If you are considering a machine in Oz, then give us a call on 0419 393750 and we can work out what machine is best for you.


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HI All and Thanks for your support.

Its 4 months since we took on the Cowboy Distributorship in North Eastern Australia, I'm proud to say we've taken it probably from the smallest player in the heavy leather machines section in Australia to the largest, along with ourselves as we are now believed to be Australia's biggest heavy leather sewing machine supplier. There are bigger sewing machine suppliers, however they mostly concentrate on the garment trade.

We concentrate on three high level models for leather work, the Cowboy CW-8b, Cowboy CB3200 and Cowboy CB4500, these machines all have compound feed, cylinder arms and reverse. There is an entry level machine called the Cowboy GA5-1, this is bottom feed with reverse.

Additionally, we have been offering with considerable success some longarm flatbed machines with walking feet and reverse, the Cowboy CB7373 and Cowboy CB7132UL-16. We've also been called on to supply some rope binding machines, hot knives, single and double feed skivers, hand pull and hand turn splitters and strap cutters.

We have consistently underestimated demand and find that we have had to re order every two weeks, with each individual order greater than the previous years sales. With size and volume we have been able to source our product at better prices and been able to hold the cost to the buyer steady even though the exchange rate for importing is presently dreadful. We still offer the Cowboy CB3200 and the Cowboy CB4500 for $2800 and $3800 Austalian... respectively including the special feet and plate pack, roller guide, speed reducer and top line motor. Plus we have been able to source what we feel is the best table on the market, which is in the attached photo.

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Hi All, I haven't checked in for a while, so here is the latest update, we're going from strength to strength with the Cowboy Distributorship, with machines going out pretty much everyday. Here is a photo of three CB4500 that are going out over the next couple of days down south to Melbourne and Gippsland and over west to Perth, Western Australia.

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Although the falling Aussie dollar and therefore poor exchange rate for importing has effected us, we have been able to mostly hold prices steady... our aim to is make these heavy leather machines accessable to the people that really need and appreciate them.

I believe we are Australia's largest heavy leather sewing machine supplier and do our best at all times to provide the best machine for the job... these machines are NOT sent out in their boxes, they are unpacked and thoroughly tested over an exhaustive range of materials, threads and needles. Which reminds me to thank again all those saddlers and leather workers that drop in their offcuts for us to test the machines on.

Each week we will run a special, this week its on the massive Cowboy CB7273 walking foot flatbed machine. This machine has taken over from the Singer 132K6 as it will sew 15mm of leather rather than 8mm, has a true walking foot and reverse. Canvas workers in particular like this machine as often, especially on corners they exceed the 8mm limit of the K6.

Special price this week.... $2800

We also have in a number of drop down guides to suit the Adler 370 series saddlery machines, they are on sale for $85 Australian, considerably less than the $500 you hear bandied around.

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Hi all, its now November and we are sold out of both the Cowboy CB3200 and CB4500, awaiting new stock. Thanks everyone for your support, sales have exceeded our wildest expectations.

We now stock both the Cowboy 801 and 802 dual feed skivers, these come on an industrial table with a 750 watt motor.

On a less happy note there is an ex dealer out there pretending to sell Cowboy machines, this person is not associated with Cowboy Leather Machines in Australia, we are Australia's only distributor and supply dealers Darren Brosowsky in Goulburn and Rinus Haanstra in Cairns. These are our authorised dealers, these dealers along with ourselves provide you with an Australian warranty. The person passing off his machines as Cowboy sells machines missing parts, belts that don't fit, motors running in reverse and so on, when people complain he stops answering his phone. If you come across this individual pls be aware he is not associated with our product and show some caution.

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Hi Elly and I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, people of other faiths or no faiths a Happy New Year.

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HI All,

Been a while since we've been on leatherworker, Cowboy Leather Machines in Australia has consolidated its lead over the opposition, probably selling about as much as the other players combined.   As well as the heavy leather side to the business we are now spending some more time expanding the upholstery and canvas machine base established last year.  In this area we have a range of about 6 machines held in stock with another dozen or so available by special order.

We are presently running a special price of $2950 Australian dollars on the Cowboy 7132UL-16 and the Cowboy CB7273ECO heavy walking foot flatbed machines with reverse.  They are ideal for upholstery and in the case of the 7273ECO ideal for heavy canvas work such as awnings and truck tarps.

Hope you are all having a great year.

 

 

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UPDATE.  Cowboy CB4500 Outsole Stitcher.   Cowboy Leather Machines has been working on for some time an outsole stitcher based on the Cowboy CB4500.   This new machine can competently sew around the shoe upper and thru the sole,  nice and in close and perform outsole stitching duties.   With this new machine we are looking at building serious inroads into the shoe markets.

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Hi All, Cowboy Leather Machines in Australia has gone thru another growth spurt, with sales over the last few months climbing way over any expectations.   We started life some two years ago with a small range of heavy leather sewing machines and now have two ranges for the saddler and leather worker.... the budget range of the CB105R and huge CB7205bv and the top of the hill range of the CB227R, CB3200 and CB4500.   In addition we have added the upholsterers and canvas workers range of CB1618, CB7132UL and Cb7273eco.   To run side by side with the leather sewing machines  we now have skivers, the 801 and 802, and splitters.. the 800, 806 and 8020 as well as a paring machine and a hand clicking machine.. the 8160.

We recently introduced the outsole stitching feet to the CB3200 and CB4500 (sometime called narrow feet) and now we have just launched the binding attachments for both these machines in 30mm and 50mm.

Also a bit of a breakthrough for owners of the ever popular Singer 132K6, we have 25mm and 50mm binding attachments for these too.   So pls contact us for your Singer 132K6 binding attachment.   Regards Elly and Steve

 

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