Toolingaround,
I have been doing Leather work for about 60 years. When I first started TANDY was about the only place to buy leather and supplies. I stopped doing leather craft for a while. When I started back up I was you might say disapointed in the quality of the leather Tandy was selling. Even thier top grade is not as good as some dealers # 2 quality. Once in a while if get there early you can find a good piece of tooling leather. As a rule the quality is not that good.
Everyony has different opinions of who is better at what. So if you are you are happy with Tandy then that is all that counts.
Texas Phil