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    Interesting article

    Usually small niche markets survive with specialized goods or quality products.

    It would be devastating to see a company like Horween get affected or like you said leather from the high quality veg tanneries (W&C, Hermann Oak)

    Most crappy high volume low quality products come from you know where and serves the masses. Cheap crap made with slave labour.

    Hopefully the good domestic guys stay afloat and allow the custom makers keep up their work for the niches they serve.

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    Hello

    Making straps, bracelets, belts and coasters is an excellent starting point.

    I am gonna direct you to a few threads to read through in no particular order. Sorry if this keeps you up all night! Have fun

    http://leatherworker...ols#entry314969

    http://leatherworker...l=+basic +tools

    http://leatherworker...l=+basic +tools

    http://leatherworker...l=+basic +tools

    http://leatherworker...gin#entry324130

    http://leatherworker...topic=50294&hl=

    http://leatherworker...topic=48166&hl=

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    Oh I will take a stab at this

    1. Leather working is a relaxing, fun hobby for me. I use it to unwind from work and life stress and it allows me to be creative while making useful products.

    2. The demographic of this community is all over the map. From full time high end saddle and holster makers to recreational hobbyists. Education and income levels also vary widely (there is a "what do you do for a living" thread in the forum). I am a professional in healthcare with two University degrees.

    3. I enjoy making custom and fun products for my family and friends. I love working with leather; its smell, touch and feel and how malleable a medium it can be to make a vast assortment of goods through an immeasurable number of techniques. It also serves to feed my lust for cool tools and machinery and the need to spend all my disposable income

    4. There are so many things to learn and projects to tackle. Most Christmas gifts I give this year will be hand made. Although it is not an inexpensive hobby, it is easy to get into and so much to learn. This is a great website to aid that.

    Hope that helps, Scott

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    Can u dye the fresh side with chromexcel ? I got some that's too light on the flesh side and I don't really want to line it

    That sounds like it might be something else??

    Chromexel is waxy and dark brown in the back. Some other Horween leathers are lighter though.

    I would skive a test patch of the flesh side and try your stain out on it. I successfully edge painted some CXL with brown Feibings edge coat.

    Thanks Sylvia for your always kind and considerate comments. You are awesome

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