Johanna

Welcome to LW, Brad! It's about time you made it here! ~J

If you click the envelope icon below a member's name, you can send them a private message, or you can respond here. I do not know who this author is. I know that Sharon Myers from the Old West Museum is working on a book of saddle maker stamps, past and present, and Alain Eon has just released a book detailing the restoration of older saddles. Collecting all the saddlers' names and addresses, past and present, is a formidible task, so please help Sharon if you can. Check out the leatherworker directory for names and contact info of current saddlemakers. Hope this helps. Johanna

I think I'm caught up adding in adult members. If I missed you, holler! FYI, there are now 520 members in the adult area. Johanna

I deleted your wish list because it violates Tandy's copyright on those patterns. I understand that you have the leather, and just need the patterns, but for someone to copy and give them to you would be against the law and our terms of service. Buy the kits for the patterns and use the leather in them for other projects? Johanna

We all would do well to clean up our spelling and grammar because many of our visitors do not speak American English as a first language. If they put the not-so-carefully done posts in their translators, they can't make sense of it. Also, when a person is searching, the board isn't smart like Google to suggest alternative spellings. Closing the store with no notice to the regulars was probably because it seems they fired the manager just as unexpectedly. Customers shouldn't have to call ahead to see if the store is open. I realize Tandy employees have families, but there ought to be store hours for Sunday. Sometimes that is the only afternoon I have free to go 90 miles to Ft. Wayne or Cincinnati. Johanna

I would get in touch with theJournal directly. They sell back issues. If someone scans what you want and posts it here, I'll have to delete it because it is material owned by them, until/if I have their permission. Johanna

I love the style and the fringe, but more important- she designed a practical, pocketed and lined purse with zippers. I need one bigger than that, but I love the look and the usefulness. Look out, John. There are more of us women carrying handbags than pool players. You may be working for her soon after this debut! Nice work, Mrs. B! Johanna

Bruce is right about: Weaver has been selling finished goods (and they will gladly sell you some at wholesale for you to sell) as long as I can remember. When I worked for Tandy 20 years ago, we got to tour the Eversman Pkwy facility. Everything was made there, too, from dye to lace to and Craftools. The "finished products" were the kits and belt blanks. Springfield Leather sells finished goods and supplies. So does Zack White Leather. Have you seen a Crazy Crow catalog lately? There are some people who want to do the work themselves, there are some people who re-sell and need inventory, there are some people who like kits and then bling it out, there are some people who are going to pay $15K for a designer handbag made out of plastic. I don't see a conflict of interest. However, you should call Weaver and tell them they should be advertising here. Johanna