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Hello Again, I was a member here many years ago and now returning to Leatherwork after about 8 or so years absence. I'm Paul, originally from the UK, lived in Manchester and Herefordshire, I now live in southern Germany on the edge of the Black Forrest region. I'm finally setting up a permanent dedicated space for the leatherwork and airbrushing. I had a website lordofleather.com which is currently down. I learnt a lot from the good folk on this forum and look forward to improving on what I previously learnt. Paul
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Here I am, doing leatherwork again after a long hiatus. I had a one man shop in a college town from 1972 to 1975, then decided I needed a steadier income. Now I'm retired, living in Israel, where leather and supplies are not easy to come by. I was self-taught and am learning some skills that I never mastered before. You.tube and forums like this one make that a lot easier than it was 50 years ago. Constraints challenge us to grow, and I have a few new ones here. I'm aiming at smaller projects now, like wallets and card cases, since I'm limited to whatever leather friends can bring me in small quantities when they visit from the U.S. Chemical dye for leather is…
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Hello, I'm a hobbyist who's sold some things on the side so far. I've gotten so much out of this forum thought I should make an account as well. Been trying to make a variety of things, quite enjoying small bags currently. Still all hand cut, punch and stitched at this stage. Here's the latest, a bag I made for my mom. Exterior is using Salmon leather and is lined with Kangaroo leather. The back piece was a dark blue bridle. Thanks for having me!
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Hi everyone, My name is Alexander. I run a small leather repair business serving the Bay Area, mostly working on furniture, car seats, and commercial seating. Spending time working with leather naturally got me curious about leathercraft in general, especially making things like bags, belts, and wallets. I’m not making anything just yet, but I’m really interested and plan to start learning and experimenting soon. For now, I’ll mostly be reading, watching what others are creating, and soaking up as much knowledge as I can. Glad to be here and grateful for the opportunity to learn from such a skilled and passionate community.
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Hello - I'm in the process of downsizing the family home and I've come across hundreds of my mother's old Tandy leather stamping and embossing tools. They're all in excellent condition and I'd hate to just throw them all out, but I have no use for them. Does anyone have any ideas on how to sell or even donate them? Thank you for your help. Michelle Matthews
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Hi everyone, I'm trying to create a new post, but I keep running into an issue when I try to upload photos. Every time I select an image, it just shows "upload failed" and I'm seeing an error code -200. Has anyone else experienced this, or does anyone know what might be causing it? Any suggestions on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance for your help.
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Hi everyone, I’m Jazz. I’ve been a designer for years, always playing around with different materials and creative ideas. For a long time, I mostly focused on digital design—but everything shifted when I picked up leatherworking. In the summer of 2024, I lost my beloved 9-year-old bulldog, Fenrir. In trying to hold on to his memory, I handcrafted my first AirTag holder in his likeness. That simple project sparked something deep—LLKworks was born. Since then, I’ve been making small leather goods like AirTag holders, guitar- and violin-inspired key pouches, and pencil sleeves—functional items with a personal story behind each one. I love mixing thoughtful des…
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Hello all! Thought I'd join the forum to try to learn more about working with leather. I had a friend that challenged me to try some leatherwork about 4 yrs ago. I was making some knives and wanted to make sheaths for them. I do a lot of woodworking, mostly turning stuff on my lathe and crafty stuff also. My wife and I made a move from W.Tx. back to E.Tx. and now it's been a couple years since I've been able to get me a shop and get back to my hobbies. Looking forward to learning things from the pros here! Thanks for letting me join! Here are some pics of a few of the things I have done. Don't worry, I can take criticism very well as it's my aid to getting better.
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Hello and thanks for having me! I am excited to immerse myself into carving leather, which I'd done a little of years ago. Moving back to leather craft allows me to operate (on some level) with less space for all the machines I had to have for making Native American-style flutes, like two lathes end-to-end with a rifle boring drill modified for cutting wooden bores for woodwinds, etc... it may require a couple years practice before I'm comfortable selling anything, all over again (like it was with my better flutes), but I always did want to get back into tooling leather, so now's the time, since the plan to build a wood shop has fallen through (long story, it wo…
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I have a completely siezed 15-90 and next week am picking up a 29k2. My desire is to sew and repair horse blankets and tack or other random fun projects. I am new to sewing but have been watching this form for 3 months or more and researching all kinds of machines. Looking forward to learning
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