Johanna

The post was not deleted- it was under review by the staff because of the political association. We're about leather, and if the conversation stays on a home made custom delrin stamp, fine. If it changes to something disrespectful to the Office of the President, it will go. Personally, I love the stamp- think it expresses many Americans' feelings well, but let's not debate such matters on LW, please. Johanna

Bobby, when someone sends you a PM like that, just cut and paste this: "Johanna prefers that we keep all this info on the board where everyone can learn from it, so if I answer you, she'll find out, and I'll get in trouble. Like she said, better to have lots of leatherworkers opinions anyway- that way you can sort out what works for you. I'll look for your post on LW. Thanks, Bobby" Feel free to borrow that- anybody who is also getting swamped with PMs that belong on the board. Tell them you don't want to tick Johanna off. They will understand, and you might get some peace. Not everyone has hours to spend at their keyboard. The Internet forum standard rule of thumb is the 90-9-1 rule, From Wikipedia: "90-9-1" version of this rule states that 1% of people create content, 9% edit or modify that content, and 90% view the content without contributing. We exceed that by far- this is a tight community. Most people use their real names here- anonymity can be a red flag. Someone made a comment that the mods and ambassadors were rude to them. I want proof. I've not ever doubted the integrity of the people who devote so much time and energy into making this a friendly and cooperative place. They and our regulars go above and beyond to make new folks feel welcome, and in more than 4 years we've only had a couple of trolls on this board. The staff immediately identified the problems and took care of it. I don't mean to sound defensive, but I'm very impressed with all the sharing and conversation here, and I think we do better than most online communities. So that's my two cents. Johanna

Are your gator hides tanned already?

I'm sorry- I don't know what Tapatalk is, but I will find out. You do know there is a lo-fi view for the forum, right? bottom left corner is a drop down menu (it will say MBC by default) and the lo-fi version is above it. Meanwhile, I'll check it out. Johanna

Cal, I don't know what's got you so upset? Please read Denise's post again. We are here to learn and share. You can take initiative to learn, and you can be useful if you teach, but no one is obligated to share anything they don't want to, of course. This is simply not true, and I know- I've been here a little over 4 years. I believe the forum's success is because of the willingness of the members to share- whether it's experience or pics or questions. I'm closing this thread because it's gotten a little off topic. The OP can ask as many questions in new threads as desired, and we will do our best to help. As always. Johanna

(760) 749-5755 or email here ~J

biggundoctor- I turned it on for you right after I got your message. If you don't see the NSFW area by the Marketplace, log out, then back in again. Standard disclaimer- we take no responsibility for the really baaad jokes! ;-) ~J

Thanks for the heads up! Will check into it now. ~J PS Can you PM me the spammer so I can deal with that too?

Thanks for the heads-up. Bet it has something to do with not inserting bbcode span and style tags in the search. Ugh. I will see if I can get it fixed., pronto. Are you a member of the adult section? That's where the pin ups are posted. ~J

Hi Doc! You can preview a thread in a forum by clicking on the funny little green icon that appears when you bring your mouse near. It will give you the first and last post to a thread. I put the "hover preview" back on the forum posts and the "search" posts, which are what the forum thinks of as "view today's content" or "view new content". If you are in a forum browsing, you should be able to hover on the last post in a thread a get a pop up preview there. Yes, a person who reads with their cursor can now get a ittle dizzy, but we have to start naming posts better. "My bridle with silver" is easier to remember than "Last off the Bench." If you click on a profile you should see the about me page, not status updates. If you aren't, clear your cookies and log out, then back in. Anyone that wants to FILL IN THEIR PROFILE (boy I nag a lot about this!) needs to click their name, upper righ hand corner. A drop down menu will appear. You have a zillion more choices of how to use the board than you did before, so maybe make some time to review what is there to save yourself time. The notification system is really improved, andyou can configure it to your preference completely now. At the bottom of topics you will see some familiar icons- print this topic, share (email this topic), download it and now Facebook. Please click "like" to stuff you like for FB. You don't have to integrate your accounts, but please tell people by clicking "like" when we've done something you like or someone has shared some amazing leatherwork or instructions. We will be adding other social media tools later. Please let us know what you like and don't like, what we can change to help you, how we can optimize for your mobile devices and anything else we need to know. We want this board to be so easy to use that you only have to think about leatherwork when you're visiting. Thanks folks! Johanna

You can preview in like 5 different ways now. I had to make sure i had some other stuff working before i could turn it back on or it would have turned the previews to garble. Holler if something isn't working like it should. ~J

Thoroughbred Leather is Jeff Ballard, who supplies Hidecrafters as well as many other clients- like RJF leather (one of the banner sponsors up above). Reputation is excellent for customer service for Roger (RJF leather) but as you know, individual hides may vary. As always, call or email with what your expectation from the supplier is so that they can either fill your request or tell you they can't and send you elsewhere. If you call Roger, tell him Johanna from LW sent you. I don't know if it will get you a deal or not, but it can't hurt to ask. Johanna