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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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Store it in a cool, dry place with moderate humidity. Use a cotton or cedar garment bag, and stuff the sleeves slightly to maintain shape. Avoid plastic, which traps moisture
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Hi all, My name is Eric and I live in the state of Michigan. I just started playing around with leatherworking less than a year ago. I bought the tools and leather about two years ago, and it just sat in my basement. I finally finished building my workshop this year, and have stocked it with a clicker press, skiver, and splitter. I started out making small things like keychains and bookmarks, and just recently made a wallet. My next project is going to be a tote bag. My wife is also crafty and we are hoping to hit the craft show circuit when our skills are up to par.
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