I got started about a year and a half ago. I bought a pocket tool pouch from a guy i was working with. When it got shipped i wasnt happy with the leather it was make of so i thought about it a while. Looked at the pouch and decided i could do that. so i read and read bought a side of saddle skirting and then decided to make a tool bag. I thought it turned out great at the time, got alot of compliments on it. My brother put a design on it for me when i was on vacation. By that time i was making tool pouches for people at work made a few knife sheaths and anything else i could think of. Then i decided i could do the tool bag better so i made one for a friend. tried to do a design on the top that didnt turn out very well. I just scribed it in. So then 6 stohlman books later the carving is getting better.