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Sheridanman I just got off the phone with Jerry at Van Amburg Leather. He has elephant and hippo and frog and all kinds of exotics .The number is 208-785-0800 The guys name is Jerry. tell him you heard about him on leatherworkers.net and maybey we can get him to run an ad banner on the site. He has a lot of exotics to chose from. Try it. Gary

Try kevin at springfield leather. He has everything.He know's what leatherworkers are looking for and keeps most things on hand. unlike tandy and TLF ,he takes pride in what he sales and it is not the inported chinese junk that tandy and TLF sales.I use to buy it from Kevin a couple years ago and if he has it, I know it is good and he will pick it out for you personely. He wants your business and will work for it unlike the other corporate store that does not care if you get bad leather or worse leather.and what ever you do ,do not buy lace from Tandy or the TLF, it is dry rotted lace that breaks every 4 inchs and they know it is bad. Click on the banner to do business with Kevin at springfield leather and tell him Gary from santa fe say's hi. Gary

Storm, great carving. Looks good. secert agent chimp Johnny Rivers would love it .lol Gary

Allen does the python look familiar. it should . It was in the box you sent me. We need to talk and do some more trading. .can not wait to use the elephant. Gary

I had a customer that goes elk hunting with a group of friends and he wanted all to have a sheath for there steels when the go hunting. This is what I came up with. A steel is what you use to help keep your knfe sharp.The pictures shown is 5 different sheaths. Three are made of exotics 1) Black Snake 2)Python 3)Tooled and dyed black 4)Ostrich leg 5)Tooled with basketweave

I just took back several new rolls of lace that I just purchased from tandy. all of the lace broke about every 4 to 6 inchs if you pull on it with very little pressure. I nned to know where to find some good kangaroo lace where I do not have to sell my first born to get it and is not made for tandy or sell to tandy.I will never darken tandy's door again. Just need some advice on where to get good lace. And yes I do kick my self in the butt for returning the hansen lace cutter.even tho it was not as good as the one made 15 to 20 years ago.

I just bought lace from tandy's and got a surprise. all the lace that i bought was substandard. it broke every 4 to 6 inches. It is all sub standard and when I brought it up to managment they got mad at me for bringing it back and complaining. I would stay away from the tandy or tejas brand lace made in india or china it is a sub standard product that needs to be off the shelves but tandy is selling it KNOWING that it is substandard. stay away from tandy lace just a warning.

Dink, I buy and sell gomph tools adn old C.S. Osborne tools here are leather workers. contact me and send me some pictures and maybe I can help you price them or flat buy them from you

Mohogany Braid roller/burnisher. I use these to set the braid when i do braiding. It help to set he braid and make it look a little more profesionel. I just wet the braid a little and use the rocker side and pull the braid and roll it at the same time and i come out with a braid that look the same diameter all down the braid. it is 5 3/8 " long and 2 1/2/" wide and about 3/4 " thick. great addition to any braiding kit. price is 22.50 and that includes shipping ,first class mail. Please visit my website www.leathertools4u.com

I use 18 gauge brass that I purchase froma jewelry supply store. I have them cut them for me since they have a sheet metal cutter and they only charge me .10 a cut. I get one sheet cut which makes about 100 bracelets. I have them cut them to different legnths from 6" to 8" depending on if it is for a man or a women If you have any more questions plese don hesitate to contact me and ask. Ask and I will answer. lol Please visit my website when you get a chance. Gary www.leathertools4u.com

up for sale is three bent tip edgers. The sizes are #0 #1 #2. all are in good shape. They are used but still has many years of use in them.I have them list on my website for 29.99 +5.00 shipping. I will sell them here for 24.99 + 5.00 shipping and handling. I will ship priority mail. international buyers need to contact me. I do ship overseas but I have to ship it priority mail international with a tracking number so shipping overseas will be 25.00 + the price of the edgers. There is no makers mark on the tools . As stated they are still in good shape.part of the sale will go to LW to help keep them up and running. Please visit my website at www.leathertools4u.com

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For sale . A vintage C.S.Osborne hardwood handle 4" draw gauge. It is in great shape and has many many more years use in it. that don't make thim like this any more . come and get it while you have a chance. Blade is in great shape but need a sharpening. I don't like to sharpen unless you request it. ,When I buy knifes and tools that have an edge i perfer to sharpen them myself.so I leave it up to you to sharpen it. If you want me to sharpen it I will dor 5.00 more.. I am asking $75.00 for this tool because of it's age and the shape it is in.

Sounds like you got a real bad piece of leather that was not thourghly tanned. you have hit some rawhidw spot and there is nothing you can do except save it for filler on other projects and go to kevin at springfield leather. Nice guy and he will help you out.I try not to get leather from tandy . but kevin will always take care of you no matter where you are in the country

being of one that hate to use a sewing machine I use a stiching prick to make the holes. it give me the proper spacing. if the leather is to thick i use one of two ways. i go over the over the prick hole with a diamond awl or i use a drill press with a 1/16 " drill bit. Once i have all of my holes, stitch with even pressure when pulling the stitch and then i use an overstich wheel to go over the stitching to set and straighten the stitch to give it that professional look. I make bracelets and i need to have that professional look and that is how i do it. If you are using a 6 spi stitching prick use a 6 overstitch wheel.it works

For being a first time big project it is not bad.it is much better than my first project many years ago. . All i can say is practice ,practice and practice some more,and when you think you know how to do it in your sleep pratice some more. i am sure your wife will like it. just remember that you do have to keep her happy so that you can keep doing your leather work ,so every once in awhile make something for her . mabey make a matching check book. that would make a nice second project

Hi Everyone, My Name Is Gary and I am from Santa Fe New Mexico and have been doing leather work for about 10 years +. I love doing 3-D leather work. I have been here for a couple of weeks and I am very impressed with this site. I have put a few tools up for sale here and sold a set and I have posted some of my projects and got good response so I decided to make a web site that will show you What I do and some of the tools that I will be selling.please enjoy the site and the art work and Please if you need tools look at my site. It will be a busy site changing all the time , so go and visit and let me know what you think Gary www.leathertools4u.com

Nice work and nice concept for a cell phone case. the only thing i would have done also would be to run an overstitcher over the stitcks to line them back up and give it a more professional look, but other than that it is very nice work. Keep it up.

Tconrad I go to my start and get to my accessories and click on it then i go to paint and then to the image and click on it and go to stretc h and skew and i usually go 20% X 20% and then hit save and it works for me. If you have anymore problems contact me. and maybe i can walk you thru it. welcome to the site and hope you have a blast with the leather work and the other members. If you have any leather question do not hesitate to post the question i am 100% sure some here has done it. WELCOME

Jeep just to make you drool look at my Gomph overstitchers at" Gary's leather tools and walnut box" on the "show off " site. and see if you like them . these are from my personel collection but let me look thru some of my other tools and see if I have some extra overstitchers by Gomph Is so i will put them on the site here for sale.

" Sold " to the man in the bleachers for a song and a dance. Better luck next time every one lol. Please donate a portion of your sale to the leatherworker site to keep it up and running smoothly. Thank You for the sale. Gary

Craftool bevel-eze edge bevelers. Bevels ,rounds off edges of heavy or light leathers perfectly for a beautiful,professional-looking edge . These are vintage tools in perfect shape and is ready for any shop. Great set for the leather enthusiast for Christmas. get them while you can before some one beats you to them. I am asking $50.00 for the whole set. And that includes shipping. Tandy no longer makes these tool like this. These were made in the USA in the 60's r 70's when Tandy was making the good tools not the made in china stuff they are making now. Portions of the sale will go to the leatherworker site to keep it up and running smoothly as it is now. You donations keep this site up and do we ever need a site like this to keep us from going crazy.lol Gary

Storm nice work. I like your use of the old pattern and yes i agree about tandy die's now sucking. if it is not broke don't fix it and tandy has a track record of fixinfg something that is not broke and kmaking it worse. that is why I love the old Tandy stuff