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Nope....sorry, don't come this way for leather supplies. We have to go to Tandy's or just go out and kill a cow for leather. Sorry, that was not so P.C.

I will only buy hides from "madcow" infested animals, period!

Greetings and welcome to the forum from Central Texas (USA)! Sit back and enjoy.

Buenviedos at este Forum.

several months ago, a member requested ideas for a product that they could use to make a "shell" or "carcass" for a laptop case. I took a look at Kevin's new product at Springfield, Kydex. Now, I know that this stuff is not really new, but it is the first time I saw that it has been offerred for public sale. I know, I know, I could be wrong, but this is just my side. Anyways, to that member and others, Kydex is a good product and by the looks of the demo video on SLC site, it can be formed quite easily to the needs of a "laptop case." I am sure that Kevin has thought about a dozen of other applications for this stuff. I am just posting the idea. Good luck and good evening.

Try this list out. I posted it last week. Good Luck. 2009 Kimmel.doc 2009 Kimmel.doc

Bruce Johnson, a member on here, just posted a link to Proletic's annual tool sale. You will find more than one ot choose at a very good price. Give it a try. Good luck

If you live in Indiana, there is a guy on ebay selling a Singer long arm patch machine that works with a starting bid of $100 and a buy it now option of $200. Stickler, you have to pick it up. Good luck.

Thanks for sharing.

I was checking out your cool TAPS and I noticed that you have a great defined ridgeline around your flower petals. May I ask if you bevel this are first and then pearshade them? Very nice work on the saddle. Good luck.

I posted this earlier, but here is copy for your records. A lot of good resources for you. Good luck! 2009 Kimmel.doc 2009 Kimmel.doc

www.arena2ranch.com Jereiah Watt Products 47069 Crump Lane, HC, Box 34 Coalinga, California 93210

I agree that is cool. It is all about fun.

I did a lot of my own motorcycle bag repairs prior to getting into making them, but I used to go to Homes depot and purchase the thin plastic "fake" or drop ceiling tiles (about 2.5 x 3.5") and just cut them into the width of the bag and length from one side to the other. It worked very well. I guess you can adhere it in between the leather pieces. I do have to admit as stated already that two pieces of 9/10oz is going to be really stiff. I hate to see your fingers if you decide to hand stitch them. wow. Good luck.

Welcome to the forum....Sit back and relax. Enjoy!

Welcome to the forum from across the pond. Wish you the best.....Enjoy!

Yea, me too, I would have loved to have been there. Probably next to the eagle the next one that I wanted to accomplish. I guess now you can teach Big Papa and I along with Danny down here. I appreciate the photographs.

I looked in my "Saddles" book by Russell Beatie in the fenders chapter and could not find anything that resembled that type of single point pin. Sorry.....It looks like a nice saddle though.

Best of luck on your new venture.

Very nice Maul.

Welcome to the forum. I am sure some of our biker gear members will speak up soon. Good luck

I have taken the liberty of complying a list of vendors that were present at this years Boot & Saddle show. All of them had something for the leathercrafter. If you are in the market for something new or interesting, give them a call. Tell them where you got the information. Everyone on this list was told about Leatherworker.net. Lana Smith from Chuck Smith Tools Lonnie from Gomph-Hackbarth discussing tools with Big Papa. This handsome man is Cobra Steve ~ ready to sell you a machine. In the yellow shirt is Bob Douglas from Douglas tools. This is Jesse Smith working on a rope can between interruptions from people like me! Barry King Bob Beard discussing his inventory with a customer A beautiful saddle in the competition by one of our own, Mr. Troy West! Carl Chappell (boot maker/contestant/boot school instructor) talking with a past student. Don Butler talking with a customer at the Chuck Smith Booth Out of the 500 photographs, 173 came out okay. Unfortunately, I am unable to post all of them. I hope to have our guild webmaster get them up on our guild site and I will let you all when so you can see more photographs. It was really a great show. Enjoy and plan to attend one in the future! 2009 Kimmel.doc 2009 Kimmel.doc

I have more pictures, but I will post others that were not posted here already. BTW, I met Ms. Rosa, very nice lady and good saleswoman. Convinced me to buy a swivel knife from paul along with a set of Billy Wootres Patterns.

As Big Papa said, we both went to the show and spend two full days on our feet just wondering around. The first day, it was kids in a Toys R Us store. I could hear the theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind playing loudly in the back ground. Oh yea! I had been speaking with Lana Smith in hopes of meeting her husband Chuck, but late last week I found out he was not coming. She later told BP and I that he has to stay back because he was starting a commission piece for Eric Clapton. He is an old floral master and I wanted to pick his brain a little. As we walked over to the Smith booth, we ran into Lonnie from Barnes-Hackbarth tools. He was nothing like I imagined from our conversations on the telephone phone. Very nice man. We finally made it to the Smith booth and we received warm welcome not only from Lana, but Ron from Ron's Tools. The first thing Lana did was give BP and I a book on Floral design, carving and stamping from a class that Chuck did with some other masters in California. What a nice gift. Ron was proudly showing me his new laser centering saddle jig. It look really high tech and as he explained it to me, he lost me. We moved on to the GRS booth and observed Mr. Jeremiah Watt engraving away. He looked really busy, so we didn't bother him. We continued on and ran into Ron from Hidecrafters around the first turn. He wanted me to pass on to all those in LW world that he has about 35 PA004's left (medium pebblers) from an order of 200. So if you are looking for one, better call. He had plenty of PA002 & PA005's left. We ran into Cobra Steve and Art VH. We received very warm welcome. Hell, he made me want to buy a machine! On turn 3, we ran into Bob Beard's booth where we stopped while I texted Rickyfro for his tool order. Of course, Beard was out of the crazy leg period and said that he will be out until the end of 2010. Sorry Rickyfro bro. It didn't look like he had many tools with him, but he had all of his samples. At the end, we ran into Barry King and man, he had a lot of tools there, but we refused the temptation and moved on. On turn 4, we went on to Wayne's world. He also had a crap load of tools, very unsual tools and designs. He said that he likes to design tools that no one else has and boy does he. Later on in the day, Lana Smith invited BP and I to join her and some friends for dinner at McBride's Steakhouse. Little did BP and I know that her "company" turned out to be Jeremiah Watt and his wife, Ron from Ron's tools, and Don Butler! I was able to speak with Mr. Watt one on one about carving and stamping and a little saddle work. We had a wonderful dinner showing off our pictures and getting free critiques and tips on improving our work. Wow what a night! I was tired and BP and I called it a night. The next day, I spent the entire morning and mid day taking pictures and talking to all of the vendors. I explained to them my connection with LW and how we have members from all over the world who would love to have a list of vendors. So, each of them were nice enough to give me their contact information and allow me to take a picture of their products. They welcome anyone from LW that is in need of an item that they carry to call just call and they will try their best to help out. Anyways, I must have taken about 500 pictures. I haven't gone through them to see how many I ruined, but I will get some of them up soon. I will also compile a list of vendors that I will post for anyone looking for a particular product. The only complaint was the "shine on" I received from one vendor. Not someone that sells a product, but is closely tied to leather work and provides a service. Maybe it was my shorts, t-shirt and tennis shoes. Oh yea, I looked out of place there!! Long story, not worth telling it again. Other than that, it was worth the 6 hour drive and $$$$ spent on tools. I do wish that I would have purchased one of Barry's modelers for embossing and the benchtop stitching clamp from Douglas tools? Oh well, I just plain forgot about it. Stay tune to the pictures.

Spend the $20 and buy a roll of film from Tandy. Or, you can call Ron at Hidecrafters and buy their 20 pack sheets for $9 and you can stick it in your ink jet printer. Good luck