Johanna

I would surely break out in hives from a veg tanned choker that has not been atom waxed or treated somehow on the part that touches my neck. I say line them and double the price. Johanna

Email me the pics and I will reduce them for you so they can be posted here. admin@leatherworker.net Johanna

Good news! If you are coming to the show, bring any dull tools you have. Neil Cowan of Macon Georgia will be there with his sharpening equipment. He can put an edge on a wet noodle! Here is a price list: Head Knives $15.00 Round Knives $15.00 Bag Punch up to 2" $ 8.00 Round Punch to 1" $ 8.00 Round Punch over 1" $10.00 Common Edge Tool $ 7.00 Bissonnette Edge Tool $ 5.00 Western Style Edge Tool $ 7.00 French Edge Tool $10.00 Draw Gauge Knives $10.00 Splitting Machine Blade $20.00 Common Knives to 8" $ 5.00 Clicker Knives $ .75 per linear inch Strap End Punches $12.00 Leather Shears $10.00 Visa MC AM Discover Accepted If your dull tool is not listed, don't worry. Neil can sharpen it. Bring it along and you can either leave it with him or watch him work. See ya at the show! Johanna

Dave and I send each other sounds to get our attention. Click the note symbol and there are a lot of choices. You can test then before you send them. Of course, it only works if the other person has their speakers on. Johanna

The International Federation of Leather Guilds is a 42 year old organization of member leather guilds. Guilds take turns hosting shows and competitions every year. Here is the list of member guilds: http://www.leatherworker.net/IFoLGguilds.htm Please send me any corrections, additions or suggestions...thank you! Johanna

Welcome all you new folks from Fetlife. If you want access to the NSFW adult section, send me a PM and I'll set up your account right away. The area isn't big yet, but it's growing, and we are looking forward to seeing what you do, learning how to do it, and maybe teaching you some of our tricks. The adult market is a lucrative and interesting segment of leatherland, and LW is pleased to offer consenting adults space to talk and share, while keeping the main board "family friendly". We appreciate your cooperationa dn understanding, and are glad to have you here! Anything goes in the adult area, no matter how kinky. The jokes are horrible though, fair warning! Johanna to send me a PM click my name and "send message". adult area is by request only.

The man we're talking about is registered here as Inam Malik, but he hasn't been active since Christmas. I remember the FLASAH thing, but I don't know how or if it was ever resolved. Johanna

Early Saturday morning I hope to be taking pics to get them online for everyone who couldn't make it to the show. I'll be around all weekend- please, if you see me- stop me and introduce yourself. I would love to put faces with all the names (screen, business & real!) I have gotten to know these last couple of years. I don't know how, but I didn't get to meet Kathy (Yaklady) in Texas and there had to be a few times we were close enough to touch. Don't worry about interrupting me- stop me and say "hello". I don't have a leather nametag yet this year... but I will be easy to find. I am easy to spot- I'll be the only show attendee with no leather showing and a crappy Wal mart purse, complete with a broken zipper. My cell phone number is (419) 953-1386 and it can text for free if all else fails. ( I don't always hear my phone in the bottom of the yukky purse, but the text thing beeps until I catch on.) I want to meet you all- and please give me one of your business cards. Sometimes I am in a unique position to hook people up with people who want what they can do. Sometimes I need your advice on something pertaining to your particular expertise, and I can't tell you how much it means to me that you will take the time to answer my questions and help me understand what I don't know, or don't get. I wish I had known you folks when I did leatherwork for a living. I might even be rich and famous now. And here is something else- some of you I know in real life, but I don't always know if you are on the board or who you are on here. Please let me know. If you like the board, hate the board, tell me that too. And for all you guys who do like the board- tell your friends about us please? The more the merrier, and I'll just get another coffee urn and more doughnuts for the lounge here on LW. The variety, loyalty and diversity of our members is what makes this place so much fun. Somebody wanna make a list of people coming that we can post here? It's hard to plan a 'meeting' during the weekend because everybody has classes and other obligations, but we hang out in the rooms, the lobby, make impromptu restaurant runs, take smoke breaks in the parking lot and then there is the bar, everyone is nodding knowing about the bar stuff. (people pulling scraps and knives out of their pockets and executing flawless cuts and telling stories is one of the family friendly things I can say!) We'll see each other- we just have to remember to say "Hi!" We're gonna have fun this year! Johanna

Chock-full-o-nuts w/ H&H. Life is good!

Troy- I agree with a lot of what you said, and I didn't watch the links. I am aware of the controversies. That said, LW would never condone disrespecting God, someone's Mom or the flag because some things are sacred. This is a leatherworking forum, full of people from all over the world, and many have military backgrounds. LW owes it to them to be sensitive to potentially explosive (political) topics, especially ones that have nothing to do with leatherwork. The post was restored because we were all affected by the horriffic events of September 11th 2001 and they should not be forgotten or trivialized. The LW staff agreed that if the conversation went back to paying our respects to the victims and heroes of that terrible day, and was not disrespectful in any way, then perhaps some comfort can be drawn from people caring and praying together in our LW community. Thank you for understanding why we made the decision to temporarily hide the post when it seemed to get off track. Johanna

Troy- we just tell you the bad stuff to your face! We very seldom censor anything on here, and it is never done without a lot of thought and discussion in the staff room, with the exception of hostile posters from PETA.

If you click the "Calendar" at the top of the page, you will see the "community" one by default. If you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you will see a drop down arrown next to community calendar which takes you to- CHAT calendar. The idea was that people could post when they would be there and topics, and we could meet up without cluttering up the board with chat requests. It hasn't caught on yet, I guess. I will work on a clock feature, but in the meantime in "my Controls" then time settings, you can view a list of the hours of difference between the time zones. Linda can get her microphone to work for speaker chat in the chat room- any other volunteers want to experiment? (Note to self, buy a mike!) We are going to integrate video into the site, then we're gonna twist arms until some of you make us demos and lessons to post. I think it will be fun, but understand many of our leatherworkers are old and cranky and used to hammers and knives, and think computers are nuisances. Some dogs don't want to learn new tricks. Maybe some of you younger geeky folks can lead the way? I try to go into chat whenever i see someone in there and I have a few minutes. Fave Theobald and I share coffee a couple of times a week. I think the chat room would be a good way for us all to get to know each other better and talk about leather and whatever in real time. If anyone has any problems with it, PM me or dsenette and we'll get you fixed up. We try to make things as easy as we can here at LW, so don't be afraid to holler if something isn't working like it should. I have also invited guilds to use the room for private or public meetings- it's 100 times easier than mIRC, I promise. Johanna

ClayB is a modest guy...and he left himself off of the list. He has been here teaching and spreading goodwill and sunshine since the start, and we all owe him a round of applause too. He's quick to offer an encouraging word and has helped out behind the scenes with some of our better ideas and plans. I have no idea how he sees the leather under the shadow of his big hat, but if you look on the main page you can see a list of the fantastic carving tutorials he has done to share with us. Thanks Ernie for introducing everyone! Johanna

Hotel reservations are made...should be there 3 pm or so Friday. Crystal, Tina and Lindatt are coming too- can't wait to see everybody! Johanna

There are all sorts of fancy programs and tricks to make images difficult to pull off of the web, but I guarantee that if it displays on my screen, I will save it if I want to. Of course, I would never use pics without permission, and I would provide all the information I could to the real owner if I discovered a picture being used unethically or illegally. Happily, Leather Land is a relatively small community, and most of us know who work belongs to and respect other folks' wishes. LW has an unusually low level of anonimity. We know people by their screen name, their real name and their business name. We know lots of us in real life, too, and see each other a few times a year at the shows. We have rarely had problems, and when we do, we act responsibly. I have been grateful for all the times LW has been granted permission to use something just because we asked. We do have a (short) list of "troublemakers", trolls, spammers whatever, and the staff is alert to red flags. If you ever see a suspicious post or something you feel needs attention, click the report to a mod button. If you ever find your pics being used w/o permission on another site, PM a staff member and we'll do our best to help you get a satisfactory resolution. Most people are cooperative and gracious once something like this is brought to attention. Trolls and spammers are dealt with harshly. Johanna

Geeeshh...you should see the spam the admin gets! They cannot harvest email addys from the site, and any "member" using LW like this gets banned. Johanna

Darryl is right, most of the dog gear is nylon and kevlar these days. That job was so long ago that any pics would be 35mm, not digital. I think I could find the patterns, though. We used sole bend, and when it would come back for repairs, we had a new respect for the dogs. I'll hae to look around and see if I have any pics. Johanna

Hey, Sis- HAPPY B-DAY!!! Johanna

Eleven hours to go! Lw would like to thank the people on this list for their generous support of Leatherworker.net. We couldn't do this without you! So far, the following people are entered in the ClayB PRIZE drawing: Rolland Jorgensen Thomas Dewey Bob Kamloops Saddlery rdb Roger rick jorgenson UKRay Mike Craw abn Regis Charles Richardson Schno ShotgunWillie Hilly stelmackr Dave Bessant David Mumaugh Jerry Wright Pierre Gosselin richardk315 Bill Nead Tom Fagan Froghunter rgerbitz Kenneth Richardson Crystal Bad Spellar Tim11118 leatheroo John D 45LC Colman carr52 LBCow freak Nolan Woolcot Christine Southern Madmax22 Joseph Scott You still have time to enter the drawing!

We once made a prosthetic boot with a sole made of tire tread for a man who was terrified of falling down in a store with smooth floors. We made a strap for a one-armed baseball pitcher to help him get his glove on faster. I have made several collars to keep dogs from bothering a healing wound, and I have made breastplates so dogs didn't get gored by wild boars. Jon once fashioned a toilet seal out of veggie tanned because he didn't want to be bothered driving 50 miles to a hardware store. To be fair, I wasn't home, but it was our only toilet. I sewed a thousand elk teeth on an Indian dress once, then danced at the wedding pow wow. Good topic Barra, brings back some memories! Johanna