Norton Custom Leather

she probably didn't know. its the same as when the tandy rep walked in & told them they could no longer buy tandy products at the elite or distributer rate but rather they wold have to pay full price. knowing slc it won't last long & they will be able to secure the 75 & free again

i got mine from pro edge. get to work with. they made me a deal on two. shipped immediately & the price was reasonable

the poor mans trademark / copy write, you can take pictures of your product, & measurements. put your ideas on paper explaining what your product is & what it does or is for. then mail it to yourself. when it arrives to your house DO NOT open the letter. it is sealed, date & time stamped. then get your copy write / trademark applied for. this will secure it as yours thru the proper channels, (gov). iv done this & it is sustainable in court if you had to go that far

glad i got my last order in prior to this happening. lucky for mr i have a friend that comes to my location from springfield a couple times a month. they let him pick up for me

if you have any antique tools you may want to get rid of let me know.

that belt is different from anything iv seen. that is a good thing. good looking work, i like the look of the finish with the saddle soap what sewing machine are you using?

call slc, iv gotten 1mm from them. i do wallets also & it works good. they may have thinner

call springfield leather. if they can not help you they will know who can

doesn't look bad. i do see there is no eye on the right side? don't know if you meant for there to be one or not? if you did & forgot or it didn't turn out right you could do an eye patch on that side. i would also burnish the edges.

you could do an antique style on it. you would stain you product then use an antique on it & the deep areas will be darker than the rest.

do you have the box itself?

Loyalty is a nice thing. Take the time to shop around. Don't hinge the whole leather world on tandy. Yes Al has passed, & there are no new books. What does that say about tandy? tandy is a good place to start if you have the assistance from store employees that know they are doing, which you expressed you do. The Memphis tandy employees are great people who understand leather also. As I mentioned don't limit yourself or your son to tandy. I deal with companies in Europe & the USA. I deal with exotic leathers that SLC gets for me that tandy can't touch. You will both get better in the craft so expand & try new things.

The only part I will defend is that the employees don't know how to demo. The staff at the Memphis/Bartlett store do actually know how to craft leather. I will stick with you on getting my supplies from other sources. That would include SLC & Ohio travel bag.

See my previous post of 16 December Springfield Leather Company has not disappointed me with anything. The one question I did have, Kevin, the owner took the call himself, answered my question & offered to exchange the item if that was what I wanted. I have even walked into the store & had Kevin, the owner greet me with a hello.

Use a heavy gauge square. Hold it in place & measure with a steel ruler for your lengths. While holding your square in place use a blade skiver & run it along your square in light strokes adding heaver pressure each time. You will not have to cut clear through, just enough that you get a good line to follow with your scissors. This is what I do when trying to cut thin exotics. Sounds like a lot but works well.

well welcome to the craft. now be ready to make mistakes. i still do. most recent was on an elephant hide roper wallet. i have made many of them. left everything on the desk for 3 days.

I'm in tennessee not michigan & if you are still looking for someone to look at the job let me know.

if catstamp elects to not do the project let me know. same as above location, photos……ect.

welcome you will find all the knowledge you want on here

welcome here

welcome doing this as a business will use up a ton of time loads of knowledge on here

that looks cool

welcome sewing machine is a big step & easier on the hands. there is plenty of help here if you need it