stamphandj

Thank you folks for your feedback. I truly appreciate it.

I could really use some constructive feedback on these holsters. It's been a long time since I've done anything. I kind of forgot a lot. Thanks in advance.

That's is awesome. The blending into the skull is just great, I mean just great.

Howdy fiolks, I am in search of the actual pattern to the satchel bag of an old Harold Arnett Doodle Page. I have the doodle page and it has the carving pattern, but not the satchel pattern. Does anyone have an idea of where to find that satchel pattern? I have combed all through what Tandy has to offer to no avail. Thanks in advance, J

I worked as a stamphand for different saddleries and leather shops around the southern part of the US. I got paid okay but never killed any real fat coons. I usually got paid by the piece. I also did a lot of freelancing. Tooling a saddle paid 12 hours regardless of design in most shops. So if I tooled a basket weave I could knock that out in 4 to 6 hours, but if someone needed something like a pin oak that could take upwards of 20 hours. Hopefully you would get less intracate work most of the time. Hourly rate then was 15 to 30 DPH depending..I was always contract worker never a real employ. I never recieved any benifits. Being a veteran I always had the VA for health issues so no bennies was no biggie. I got out of the leather business completely for 25 years or so and now I am wanting to dabble around a bit, and maybe have a little leather shoppe. We'll see how it goes but I don't expect to see any big money. If I can knock out some nice pieces that people love then I would count that as a good deal. I also believe that if you do the best you can and if your quality is there, you'll get paid what your worth. There are some fantasically talanted people in the leather business now. Marketing is important.