Dee

I also started with the Deluxe Starter kit and the basketweave and camo stamps have already had to be replaced because of bending. Neither had even had much use, only about half a belt worth! At least the LTS replaced them with no problems.

Very Nice!! I'm just beginning, too...I wish my first stuff looked that good!

That's beautiful!

I know this is an older post but.....I bought the Tandy eBook Basket Weave Primer and was terribly disappointed. It felt more like a scam than a purchase! The only instructional info was a very basic 3 step description on drawing a diagonal line to start and angled basketweave. The other 20+ pages were just old style pictures of BW samples and the tools used to make them. There are some very cool examples in there that I would like to try, one was a five section round braid, but there's no clue as to how to even get started! I decided to buy a couple of the stamps, X505 and X505-2, used for one of the examples, but when I got to the local Tandy store, one of the tools apparently is no longer available. The store manager had never even heard of it! Without the reverse BW tool there's no way to get that particular pattern. So lesson learned....don't buy eBooks from Tandy!

I'm just getting started in leatherwork, learning what I like and don't like, and I fell in love with basket weaves. When I saw the first arrow pattern I knew I'd found my first challenge. Tim...your tutorial was a tremendous help and answered alot of my questions. Pete...it was your description of how to get that beginning angle that made the lightbulb go off! My first few samples on some scrap were pretty good, if I say so myself! Just a bit more practice to get really consistent and I'll be ready to tool it on something 'real'. Thanks, Guys!!! Dee