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Thanks for the shoutout. It’s been received pretty well locally. A lot of people don’t have a shop, or a place where they can stock multiple weights/colors of leather. Maybe they only have a small area to work in, or maybe they don’t want to cut and punch, but would rather embellish the product to give it more value. We are trying to price it so there is upside for the purchaser. With these kits you only have to be able to saddle stitch and edge finish. A fella or girl could make up 10-15 pieces over a week and sell them on a weekend for a 150% upside. We use Wicket and Craig for all of our tack so that choice was easy. We only stock 10-12 oz so everything it’s split accordingly. We have invested in some Montana Leather, Vaquetta veg tan that comes in striking colors. Some kits will be offered so you can mix and match colors for pieces. It’s a sideline to our tack and engraving business. I know many who have been in the biz don’t give it much of a chance. That’s easy to say when you have a 2000 ft2 shop, with all the equipment for sewing, splitting, cutting ect like ours. We take for granted to split a piece, or cut some obscure design with a laser, or to go over to the leather rack and choose from maybe 300 pieces of leather. We use to sell some of our more popular dies with hole punches installed. Anybody who has researched diemaking knows how the cost goes up dramatically when hole punches are involved. As the 1mm punches aren’t readily available we had to by 100,00 pieces at a time.The process evolved, but it wasn’t worth selling the dies as the time involved for setting the punches, and the cost of the punches was quite high. Then there were the really intelligent people that say I can get that die from China real cheap. Yes 1 pt rule dies of basic shapes are cheap from China, and probable suffice for many. But not all dies are created equal, and Weavers new line of rule dies are basically the same dies we make,and they are not cheap. One more thing, we are here to help people who want to use the products, whether they are newbies or veteran leather workers, we are here to pass on knowledge and capabilities that we have amassed over the years. And we are all ears if people have positive recommendations to make the products better. Thanks for looking.

These are kits we will be producing. We have been making dies for our own products for about 5 years. We have about 75 sets of dies for wallets, bags holster, sheaths and other misc products. We are trying to make a product that could be purchased wholesale, completed and sold. These kits will be offered with Wicket and Craig leather. All the holes are punched 1mm, all snaps and fittings are installed. thread is 1mm Rittza. We are working on instruction videos. When making the Kit we rough cut leather to size, split to the correct weight for the application. diecut and install fittings. Provided a link to our preliminary pricing. Contact us for wholesale discounts. https://franksclassicleather.com/shop/ols/categories/sew--sellleather-making-kits-and-templates

This is a 3200 Cowboy sewing machine with 750w servo motor. The machine is built on a 15ton press frame which doubles up as a clicker press. There is also a removable hand skiver and an electric drill mounted to the front to perform burnishing as needed. All of this is on 4 heavy duty locking casters. This is a unit we use to take to gun shows and build belts and holsters on site. This is one of a kind and perfect for the crafts man that doesn't have a lot of room but would like sewing ,clicker, skiving and burnishing capabilities. Or use it as a portable unit. $2475.00. This is for pickup only. Franks Classic Leather , 4571 Clark RD, Sarasota FL 34233.Phone 941-350-0599 Thanks for looking.

Die cuts with and without stitch holes.

Also supply die cuts for messengers and wallets

Many designs. Not the Tandy/Springfield 3 mm holes. These are self clearing 1 mm punches. 3 pt/.937 dies.

We use our laser to cut die boards for our product dies. And to cut patterns. we also do a lot of one off jobs with the laser

Additional die cuts and patterns

Just knocked up 10 of these long holster die cuts. Used various oil tanned. We also do veg tanned. We are working on a line of die cuts or kits, whatever you prefer. The kits come with all hardware installed including zippers. I'm working on instructions as we go along. I made the dies with 1mm stich holes. These go together nicely. franksclassicleather.com

Noted,thanks fredk

We don’t want it to look like a Tandy boys scout kit.We want a nice finished product. Maybe a simple knife sheath for a scouts first pocket knife.between 5-$7 dollars

Thanks for the feedback. The holes are .05” (1.27mm) The thread is 1 mm,it’s a pretty tight fit if you look at finished product,but yes I can make them smaller.Yes we putting together a program aimed at Scouts/Campfire ect.

Was kinda asking for opinions on what might be a good kit for the aspiring leatherworker. These kits are aimed at the fella who doesn’t have room for a complete workshop. We do have a handful of local people who purchase,tool or stamp and sell at craft shows as an added to their other products. Sorry,wasn’t trying to sell just looking for feedback,and I appreciate your feedback.

More laser cut kits. Although these kits are supplied with stitch holes, we can supply without stitch holes, which would include reference holes to line up pieces for machine sewing.The complete stitch hole kits have the needles, thread and all hardware/zippers ?installed where applicable. We are constantly updating and creating more products. Any suggestions ? https://franksclassicleather.com/shop/ols/products/long-wallet-kit https://franksclassicleather.com/shop/ols/products/natural-skirting-beltshoulder-bag-kit https://franksclassicleather.com/shop/ols/products/3-compartment-hand-stitched-wallet-kit https://franksclassicleather.com/shop/ols/products/flap-style-wallet-and-card-holder-kit https://franksclassicleather.com/shop/ols/products/buck-110-style-holster-sheath