As I understand it there are leather"workers" and leather"crafters". One of the men I spoke with has been making and selling tack(minus saddles) for 17 years. (Reins, bridles, halters, spur straps, chaps, etc) and contracted out his tooling so he could spend more time on the making and the other guy spend the time on the tooling. His tooling partner recently passed away. I'm not looking to put down anyone trying to learn this hobby, as I am still learning myself. And if someone entrust me and my current skill set with their work (and my mark) I have no problem helping them and also broadening my horizons. I was just wondering what different people charge for tooling only, to get an idea of what a fair price would be.