rickybobby

You would not need to reinforce the tongue of the trailer, it should be strong enough for a small generator. Work out several floor plans and wall plans before settling on one. I have been using this trailer for 2 years and every 6 months I change something. I have one more 8 ft counter/shelve unit I am going to change and I think it will be done! This is a larger trailer then what you have but I have been using it for a few years and it has worked great. I have it mostly set up for Team Roping events. The Products I buy wholesale and sell retail are the "bread & butter", (Ropes, Roping Gloves, Splint boots, Over Reach Boots) they pay the bills and make a profit. The leather items I sell here are simple non custom pieces, Headstalls, Reins, Tie Downs, Breast Collars. I also sell some holsters and some wallets, and a few cell phone cases I make. I don't take much that is tooled. Most items are plain with only a edge boarder tool w/ a beaded edge line. When you do to much custom it seems customers are always looking for something else. But you have lots of time involved in a great floral pattern or even full basket and it sits until the right person shows up. The plainer items appeal to a larger audience and seem to sell quickly. I will do custom for someone but I get a deposit (50%) and make sure I have the time.

Fun idea! You can "Bling" them up like crazy for the barrel racers! They like their stuff SHINY lol!! Thanks for posting!

Thanks, I have heard of ZW but not of Tannery Row. I will look them up! Josh, Thanks for letting me know where the leather for that Rig came from, Nice work! I have an acct. with Springfield too so I may pick some up to try! Triage, I just went to your website, very nice work! I have not ordered from Maverick before but have been on their website, they have some nice leather. Thanks for the information!

I am looking at trying some Horse Hide but I want to be sure I order a better quality hide. I really like the looks of the hide and have seen some nice rigs here on the forum (Josh, Lobo and others). Who should I contact?? Thanks in advance!!

Very nice rig! I will try the HH on some holsters. I have always liked the "pattern" that pops when oiled and finished.

Nice work! Love the colors too!

Nice job! I like it.

Nice design and very clean work!

I guess it would depend on the "really good price". If you are into doing much work with leather, a patcher machine is a "keeper". There are some things you can sew with it that no other machine can do. A "small arm" cylinder machine is one of the 3 sewing machines a leather shop cannot do without. Think about it before selling it. They don't come around that often for a "really good price".

Always excellent leather and service from Roger Quit whining about poor leather and poor service and give RJF Leather a try. (No one is in this thread but many others they are!) No, I have no affiliation with RJF Leather other than being a HAPPY customer!

Very nice shop. There is a few I will be ordering as soon as finances let me!!

First ever floral carving? Nice work, and nice progress on all!

Welcome Willem, We have some knife makers here on the forum that have picked up the leather bug (trade) as well. They said it helped with sales of their knives to offer the sheath as well and they made some additional money too! There are so many styles of sheathes that can be made. Use the "Search" function and type in "knife sheath" or anything related and something should pop up. I have made a few and posted them a couple years ago but there are many others (and most are better!). I work with veg-tan leather most of the time, its properties allow for tooling and/or molding the leather to the project. All the steps are here in the forum for working with the leather, it is a matter of reading and searching then post some questions and you will be on your way to making your own sheathes! Beautiful country in your photos!

She is trying to make her problem yours and you will end up loosing (money/time) My .02 cents is to tell her MINIMUM of two weeks in your shop and $600.00 She is asking for a firm price but not letting you see the saddle, you must protect you time investment. It appears you have already spent and hour or more just "fussing" with her (now I have time invested in her! lol!!). Also let her know that once you see the saddle you may turn it down anyway. This also keeps you in control of the transaction, this is important! Once a customer can take control of your investment of time and talent they ride you like a rented mule. It will never be good enough, cheap enough, or fast enough. Send her down the road, I'm tired of her and I haven't even spoke to her! lol!! Watch out for you first,

Nice work! I like your choice of tools, it has some decoration but still allows the leather to show!

Remember, to make it a nice job it should be as disassembled as possible (unscrewing conchos, removing latigo hangers, pulling apart stirrup leathers/fenders) this all takes time then putting it all back together. For a complete retouch of a worn black saddle you may have 4 to 5 hours in it and $40.00 to $50.00 in materials. Give her a scarey $$$ quote, one that you will make some money on, that usually separates the serious customer from the bargain shoppers. If it all goes well (it never does) you can charge her less and still turn a profit. Customers tend to put their problems on us to solve (as cheap as possible) I quit doing it that way, They need to pay for my time/materials or they need to do it themselves. They will never respect you for charging them to little or appreciate the great job you did losing money working on their saddle. A wise old saddle maker once told me "I can starve to death sitting on my butt, I don't need to do it working on someones saddle" Just my .02

Hi, I have done touch up work on black saddles. I deglaze (I use acetone), Lincoln black dye, Meltonian black spray dye, seal with Fiebings Tan Kote or Bag Kote The Meltonian spray dye keeps the color transfer from happening.

I called and got a hold of them right away. I am sending a tree to them this week for repair. You might try a call again.

Nice work on those! They never seem to go out of style! Are they hand stitched or do you use a machine. Just wondering.

I did not find it on the site either, Give Lonnie a call and ask for the "Starter set special" they have had it for some time and I have not heard that they stopped it. If they have the special only at the leather shows I can pick a set up for you in Feb. at the Wickenburg show.

It appears they have just jacked up the tool price for the same thing you can get at Tandy (for less money) I would say this dealer may work for those a long distance from a Tandy store but The prices seem higher then normal. I would check around before buying from them. Just my quick observation, Rick

Many of us started with craftools, that is what we first laid our hands on. If you keep tooling you try to improve your work, fresher/cleaner impressions to emulate what you have seen others do. After a while you quit blaming yourself and get a quality tool in your hands and your work improves dramatically. Now you will not be the best you can be until you have tooled some leather just to get your style, technique and mistakes learned. The best deal right now on a pretty complete set of tools is from Lonnie at Hackbarth/Gomph. Stainless set for tooling is I think about $155 for 15 quality tools. Basket stamps will run you about $55 and up. Quite a bit more then Craftools but you can do a lot of work with craftools too. I have some of everyones tools. For most of my work I end up with Hackbarth or Barry King tools in my hand 90% of the time. Hope this helps, Rick

Very nice work!!

Hi, A firefighter friend has asked me to make a sheath and belt for his axe. The belt and sheath are no trouble but he would like it to rotate. I have seen a few swivel mechanisms but they are lightweight and made like a "lazy Susan" light weight sheet metal with ball bearings. Do any of you have a supplier for a heavy duty, quality swivel that will handle that kind of weight? Rick

I have a "Ron's" and it is at my side all the time! I have used it for 4 years and will be buying more when the Wickenburg show is on. I use my Tandy bevelers when I need a different size but spend a lot of time sharpening/stropping to get a decent performance. Just my .02 Check out Bruce's site, he has some great tools!