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Yep, I broke the thumbnails somehow when I installed the Gallery. As soon as I fix the thumbnails I'll be able to turn the Gallery on, though. Johanna Don't change your computer's settings- it's not you! It's us.

With the holidays coming up, what leather and leather related goodies would you like Santa to bring you? Do you give a list to your SO, or do you hope your family gets it right? Do you ask for gift certificates? If you could ask Santa for a leather something this year, what would it be? A tool? A hide? A machine? A new laptop to read LW? Do you always wind up with cologne and a tie whether you need them or not? Johanna

There is a TLF (Tandy Leather Factory) in Cleveland. The manager is Jerome Warburton. If you don't want to drive there, UPS would probably deliver overnight. Johanna

It's because that is an old link from when I didn't know any better...and there is a blank space in it. http://leatherworker.net/Head%20Knife.htm is what IE does to it automatically. I will fix it. ooops. Johanna

No, you need to seal Antique or it will bleed when it gets wet. Neat Lac and Super Shene give you a shiny finish, Leather Balm w/ Atom Wax lets the work stay more natural looking. I'm going to let the more experienced folks clarify the details- I don't do much in the shop these days. Antique is water based, so it must be sealed. I just wanted to say that before someone goofed up. Johanna

Studio 2-Dawgs is our very own Kate. She recently revamped Bruce Johnson's and Paul Burnett's site, too. There are more on the way... Kate is not the type to brag, so I will do it for her. She is awesome!! She's been letting me look over her shoulder while she works, and I have learned so much my head could explode. If you want a well designed website that works, get on her list ASAP. Slots are filling fast. Johanna

Roo- you're in good hands now. (Google "noahdfear" LOL) He is a malware removal expert. Dave- TYS. I know, I owe ya more cookies.... ~J

I have asked for help from an expert. Hang on. ~J

It works. My kids did the same thing last week. My nine year old said, "Mom, what's "erectile dysfunction"?" HUH? I had to kill a couple of processes in task manager just to get to the desktop, but I ran MBAM from my flash drive on the "parents" account (I should have mentioned to only do this on an administrative account) and it wiped out all the superantiviruspro crap on the reboot. Whew. Johanna

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php Download the free version and run it. It works and it's free. Johanna

Storm, you just keep on getting better! Good detail in the work, nice clean lines. Keep tapping- you've got the touch. Johanna

Exactly. If you haven't complained to him that you don't like it and want it to stop, he is interpereting your silence as approval. If you have expressed yourself directly to him, then it's war, because he doesn't respect you at all. ~J

There comes a point where you need to look someone in the eye and say, "Look, I'm glad you like my work, and it's flattering that you want to copy it, but if you don't knock it off, I'm gonna kick your..." I like the lucky 7 tool set for Xmas idea. Tell him: Good luck with that, dude! hahahahaha Johanna

Kevin deserves his excellent reputation. Do us a favor and mention to him how much you appreciate his support of this site. It's another good thing he does for Leather Land. Johanna

I asked Bonnie to put together a tutorial of how to replace a zipper in a jacket, and she put this together to share with you. Bonnie lives in a cold state, and is friends with hundreds (thousands?) of bikers. If you have ever ridden a bike, you know how important your leathers are- and if your zipper breaks, well, you'll do anything to please the Zipper Queen, as it should be. We all really appreciate the time you took to do this great zipper tutorial, and hope to see many more from you now. Thanks, Bonnie! ~J zipperqueenLW.pdf zipperqueenLW.pdf

Hi Chris! We have a pretty big UK following and quite a few members from Europe, Australia, Canada, Asia and everywhere in between. If you are looking to increase your global presence, we've got the folks. Many of our members are professionals who don't mind spending a bit more for a better quality tool. Let us know if we can be of assistance getting your corporate name out there. http://leatherworker.net/adnews/ad.html Johanna

Siegel of California, Inc- 700 McMurray Rd- Buellton, CA 93427 telephone: 800.862.8956 Slaughter Free Leather This leather will be arriving in a couple of days. The leather is produced from animals which were never slaughtered. They may have died from any variety of reasons; pasture accident, lightning strike, etc, etc. All of this leather is vegetable tanned. Each side will be signed on the back and come with a letter of authenticity. We can make any variety of leathers from thes hides from strap sides to handbag leathers. Our first product are natural colored, strap sides in 7/8 & 8/10 oz. Because these sides have come from fallen animals, I would not recommend this leather for any safety applications. For example, it could be colored, tooled and dyed to be used for waist belts but, please do not consider using this leather for something such as reins. From our initial feedback, there was an incredible interest in this product, as so many of y'all spoke of customers who were otherwise purchasing synthetics over leather as the result of their political beliefs. So, this can be an added product to your line of materials in addition to what you currently produce. from current newsletter

Yep- you stop by your cousin's house the next time you are in NK. Do you think you can find something for shoes down there? ~J

I have found that direct to-the-point emails to webmasters usually gets the stolen content removed or properly credited pretty quickly. I let them explain to the owner of the site what the problem is unless they aren't quick about cleaning up. A phone call to the owner of the site comes next, then I guess legal action, but it's never gotten that far in my experience. Sometimes the webmasters have a pic because they needed one and googled for an image, sometimes they aren't aware that materials submitted by a client is not what it appears to be. The place to start is with the webmaster. Johanna

I wanna see pics of the pens! Hey, just glad you're okay. When people "disappear" I hope and pray nothing went terribly wrong and that they are just busy. Thanks for checking in- we miss you. Johanna

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The problem is that your pictures are so big. Try reducing them down between 300-600K each and you should have no problems. I merged your threads. Johanna

It is an excellent suggestion, Clay. How about if I make a guild calendar and turn you green so you can fix the two, and maybe you'll ask all the guilds to participate? I would be willing to go one step further and make a guild section where each guild could have their own (private?) forum to talk and post newsletters and so forth. Unless the guild program gets actively promoted, though, I'm afraid the guild calendar will get used about as much as the Live Chat calendar. It would be great if you had time to spread the word to the guilds and clean up the calendars. Is it snowing yet? Johanna

My cousin's husband, Steven Braun of Whitefish, Montana, has a display running in a gallery open to the public. We dearly love Steve, he is witty, kind, intelligent and fun to be around. When he points out our wastefulness at family events, we can't argue with him because he's right. He makes a point of "walking the talk", and does without modern conveniences that the rest of us consider ordinary. I admire him for sticking to his principles and not being some silly hippy hypocrite. Steve's the real deal, so if you are in the area and can visit his exhibit, you will see some neat art that teaches and entertains. His art provokes thought and conversation; it does not belittle or condemn consumers. But it does make you think...ouch. Johanna