ClaireW

Thank you!!! That is a big help, I inherited a lot of tools, some of which are discontinued now, they were the only ones I hadn't catalogued... til now :D

The books Tandy sell are ace, but they are very overpriced. If you wait for a special offer though you can get them for 1/2 price. I ordered quite a few of them last time they did that. "Ideas for Leather Projects Number 2" is also a very good - and big - book with actual size patterns and there are a how to pages at the front too.

Hi all, I used to do a lot of leatherwork with my Dad when I was a child, inherited all his tools a couple of years back and didn't have the heart to open them up, let alone use them. My mother had a master plan that we would go visit a local leatherwork artist and find out where to sell them. Well it backfired... she signed me up for a local course and I can say its the best thing I've done in years!! Made a few small things, and have been watching you tube videos non stop since :D Safe to say I'm addicted again! Here are a few things I've made, and after the handbag is stitched up and finished my first solo project will be making my mother a tobacco pouch. (If anyone has any tips on how to get rust off of the handles of craftool stamps, let me know)