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!

1,160 topics in this forum

  1. Guide To The Basics Of Carving

    By TwinOaks,
    • 9 replies
    • 14,293 views

  2. Basic Leather Carving Tutorial

    By The Major,
    • 24 replies
    • 40,306 views

  3. Beginner Tools

    By JohnYaddy,
    • 1 reply
    • 23 views

  4. What kind of thread to use?

    By mountain mama,
    • 0 replies
    • 50 views

  5. Mildew

    By jrny4wrd,
    • 2 replies
    • 96 views

  6. Suggested tools for holster and belt making?

    By Maverick44,
    • 19 replies
    • 729 views

  7. Stamp dilemma

    By Wylee,
    • 12 replies
    • 529 views

  8. Proper stitching chisels from Tandy?

    By Mocivnik,
    • 15 replies
    • 520 views

  9. Buying my first piece of leather in UK - advice please

    By Allotment17,
    • 20 replies
    • 462 views

  10. Thread Size for Shoe Soles?

    By LydiaGP,
    • 7 replies
    • 260 views

  11. Which side of the line to bevel on?

    By JayEhl,
    • 7 replies
    • 234 views

  12. Dye or paint ?

    By SShepherd,
    • 7 replies
    • 328 views

  13. Tucson Mentors?

    By Anndreak,   
    • 4 replies
    • 190 views

  14. Getting tools in Australia?!?

    By hilldale,
    • 23 replies
    • 593 views

  15. Heat embossing machine, anyone with experience?

    By Bluzoom,
    • 3 replies
    • 342 views

  16. Cutting costs the UK way

    By fredk,   
    • 39 replies
    • 2,777 views

  17. May I ask, what’s a 29k good for?

    By soarsing,
    • 4 replies
    • 232 views

  18. Greenhorn needs help leather

    By dpowli,
    • 5 replies
    • 304 views

  19. sewing machine oils

    By archerydude,
    • 6 replies
    • 126 views

  20. Is this a good starter kit?

    By Allotment17,
    • 10 replies
    • 415 views

  21. Awl choice for repair project

    By mauvedragon,
    • 4 replies
    • 172 views

  22. Help - It gets worse the more I try

    By Beercules,
    • 7 replies
    • 337 views

  23. San Antonio resources?

    By JiveRamono,
    • 3 replies
    • 200 views

  24. Needles on Cowboy CB4500

    By dallyfoster,   
    • 12 replies
    • 1,834 views

  25. Dye before burnishing?

    By Sterlclan1,
    • 11 replies
    • 410 views