That's me. Started doing leatherwork way back in the late 60's when in Cub Scouts, then Boy Scouts, took a break while serving in the U.S. Air Force, then picked it back up a bit while in college at Texas Tech, then tried a few things while serving with the U.S. Marshals Service, and then almost two decades of copywriting and creative direction for national and international ad agencies.
Have written and published a novel, Above Reproach, where the main character does leatherwork and makes holsters and saddles and tack and the such, but that is wishful thinking on MY part. . . The book has sold in over 20 countries and I get some feedback now and then from folks in South America and eastern Europe who do incredible leatherwork.
Anyhow, I've lurked around here for several years and signed up today since there were some pictures I wanted to look at of a few inside the waistband holsters I'm checking out, and you have to be a member to view the pictures.
I'm semi-retired now and have a few projects, leather wise, I'd like to tackle but I definitely need more knowledge and ideas so I'll be a regular lurker around these parts. I have an old Air Force issue flight bag/case that I'd like to reproduce, along with a couple of other far easier projects.
At present, stitching and sewing are two skills I'm trying to learn, then improve--so that's where I'm paying a lot of attention.
That's about it. As I said in the subject line, no real talent for this but I enjoy it enough to keep at it.
JD
