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These are a few things I did lately, and before to discover this forum. You can tell it's a beginner's work but I'm very happy with the results, because basically I didn't now how to proceed, particularly for the canteen cover and the box. The hat band is a simple mistery braid and the tassels are made out of my horse hair. By the way, can anybody explain how to make horsehair tassel to look good? The guitar strap is for my friend Rick and, I'm amazed, the portrait looks like him. I took it from a picture. Well thanks for looking.

Hey guys, I don't know about Spain but in France it's not that easy to find leather, tools and hardware suppliers, unless you're a professional. What I do is to order all I need to Tandy leather factory in England. The prices are reasonable, they carry a wide range of products and they delivery quickly and reliably. You can have a look at tandyleatherfactory.co.uk - Hope this will help.

Thanks you guys for your encouragements and welcome.

Howdy ya'll, I'm an Italian living with my French best half in the french riviera. Since there isn't that much cowboying going on here, we spend a quarter of the year in New Mexico with our best friend, a genuine cow boy and outfitter. He is achieving to turn a dude into a good hand...he's a darn good teacher. Lately we started playing around with leather for tack and stuff and now we're both hooked to it. In France is kind of tough to get tools and leather if you're only an amateur, so I order all I need through Tandy leather and I'm pretty happy with it. I'm happy I found this forum just surfing on the net and thanks to ya'll I'm learning a lot from your posts. I've been doing some simple things like tack for my horses, wrist bands etc. then lately I tried myself at something more elaborate like sadlle bags and some tooling. Well, It's a great hobby and I like to learn, so I'll keep up and thanks in advance to you all for sharing your leathercraft knowledge.