Quicksilver

Awesome, sounds great! I'm going to price my first set of tools and materials for a few fobs and belts, and get started! Thanks so much!

I think fobs and belts would be a good place to start. That'll give me basic cutting and hardware, edging, and dying. I would love to work my way up to pouches and bags eventually; I think I would spend quite a bit of time in that area. Some of my interest comes from the renaissance fair/historical simulation world, so if some day I could work my way up to replica leather armor and even boots, that would be amazing. Those are my goals anyway. In the meantime, what are some good projects to get me started with stitching and multi-piece projects, after I've made a few fobs and belts and feel comfortable with those basic skills and tools? I shoot recreationally and carry regularly; would holsters be a good fit for that, or still too advanced? For belts and fobs, what would I need to burnish the edges? Thank you guys so much for your help!

Hello! I'm just getting into the craft, and I'm trying to figure out a good place to start. I found this thread (leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=25464) which had a great list of tools, but I added them all to a shopping cart on Tandy's website and the grand total came to a little over $300. Is that really what I'm looking at to get started? Is there a starter kit with a few projects that would make sense for me? Or a few tools and a book of projects that could get me started? I would hate to make a huge investment and then find my interest wane; it would be much better to slowly accrue tools as I progressed into projects which require them. Thank you so much for your help! I'm excited to get started!