Getting Started

Hey, we all start somewhere? What kind of tools and supplies do you need? Are there any helpful books? How can you get going now that you have been bitten by The Leather Bug? Post your newbie questions here, and let the more experienced folks help you through the initiation. The only dumb questions are the ones not asked!

1,209 topics in this forum

  1. Basic Leather Carving Tutorial

    By The Major,
    • 25 replies
    • 41,919 views

  2. Guide To The Basics Of Carving

    By TwinOaks,
    • 12 replies
    • 15,130 views

  3. Oval punches

    By GregS,
    • 10 replies
    • 911 views

  4. Which horse related projects for a beginner? (Equine Tack, Saddles)

    By JKos,
    • 14 replies
    • 930 views

  5. Really confused about glue

    By ThoughtFission,
    • 29 replies
    • 1,306 views

  6. Leather shaving

    By jmacharia,
    • 1 reply
    • 187 views

  7. Punching holes

    By bulldog7,
    • 11 replies
    • 557 views

  8. Dyeing veg tan - leather becomes stiff

    By Alaisiagae,
    • 6 replies
    • 256 views

  9. Why would someone want a manual sewing machine?

    By Leatherchon112,
    • 13 replies
    • 601 views

  10. Where are good places for beginners to buy leather online?

    By TestTube,
    • 27 replies
    • 2,423 views

  11. Introduction and question(s)

    By Jdk426,
    • 2 replies
    • 520 views

  12. Introduction, and a thousand questions about canvas and machines!

    By Fognozzle,
    • 8 replies
    • 574 views

  13. leather weight

    By DaveP,
    • 6 replies
    • 386 views

  14. Woodworking tool cases, covers, etc.

    By twilson57,
    • 7 replies
    • 406 views

  15. Adler

    By Hewittknives,
    • 2 replies
    • 361 views

  16. Which stitching awl?

    By DaveP,
    • 10 replies
    • 709 views

  17. Hardening or molding garmet side.

    By RasputinKarkadof,
    • 0 replies
    • 182 views

  18. Leather Painting

    By Cassie00,   
    • 2 replies
    • 198 views

  19. Creasing thin veg tan leather

    By lostcaggy,
    • 4 replies
    • 290 views

  20. What grit sandpaper?

    By DaveP,
    • 5 replies
    • 259 views

  21. Tools?

    By harleybmw73,
    • 2 replies
    • 282 views

  22. I think I bought the wrong type of leather to practice on? Or....

    By TestTube,
    • 40 replies
    • 2,393 views

  23. How to get smooth carving lines?

    By VanBandama,
    • 5 replies
    • 251 views

  24. Edge finishing thin soft veg tan goatskin

    By lostcaggy,
    • 1 reply
    • 148 views

  25. Carving cut and bevel question

    By geronimo42,
    • 7 replies
    • 299 views