I recently found this site and as an absolute leather working beginner, albeit it an old one at 57, I feel like I have found El Dorado. Instead of a city full of gold, it is awash with nuggets of leather ideas, skills, advice, knowledge and help. I feel bad for the OP that started this thread. Everyone that responded was very kind answering a question that I'm sure is asked every day, maybe every hour on this site.
I found your posts very helpful, especially katsass. Katsass your posts remind me of a guy I worked construction with. I knew I was learning when he only asked me two or three times a day, "How many times I had been dropped on my head", instead of every hour.