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  1. Thanks, great ideas. Currently they are in 3-ring binders, inside Office Depot® Brand Multi-Page Capacity Sheet Protectors, 50-Sheet Capacity, 8-1/2" x 11", Clear, Pack Of 25. The whole leather magazine fits inside and are in various 3-ring or adjustable 3 post binders. Some are in binders I designed and tooled with designs on front and back along with embossed contents on the spine.

    There is something about the paper magazine the appeals to me. And the ability to tool designs on the covers.

    Thanks again for the ideas for the electronic storage. I'm closing in on 80-years old and not sure I have the time to scan all the magazines ;-)

  2. Thanks, great ideas. Currently they are in 3-ring binders, inside Office Depot® Brand Multi-Page Capacity Sheet Protectors, 50-Sheet Capacity, 8-1/2" x 11", Clear, Pack Of 25. The whole leather magazine fits inside and are in various 3-ring or adjustable 3 post binders. Some are in binders I designed and tooled with designs on front and back along with embossed contents on the spine.

    There is something about the paper magazine the appeals to me. And the ability to tool designs on the covers.

    Thanks again for the ideas for the electronic storage. I'm closing in on 80-years old and not sure I have the time to scan all the magazines ;-)

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  3. Over the years I have collected the Leather magazines from the first issue to the current Leather Crafter's Journal Jan/Feb 2025 (most all retained their Pattern Pull-Out section). My question is, do other leathercrafters collect them and how do you store them?

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  4. I have similar Christmas story. About 35-years ago, I thought a Leather Bowling Bag, for the wife, with those fancy scrolls and lettering would be just the right ticket. I went to all the bowling establishments and all the sporting goods stores around and all they had vinyl or canvas bags and none looked like what I had seen at some bowling tournaments. How was I to know that all those Leather Bowling Bags were all handmade

    So, I I went a Tandy store near Mountlake Terrace, WA, just north of Seattle to see if they could direct somewhere to find them. Low and behold, as I walked in I saw a bowling bag kit on sale for $25 (or $50, I forget) that I figured I could put together. How hard could this be for a Software Programmer?

    Anyway, after purchasing the basic beginners kit (basic 7 stamping tools, including a Stohlman basic leather book, wooden mallet and a swivel knife. Some odds and ends, rounder and key fob and some antique dye). I walked out with a lot more money out of my pocket.

    Read the book, experimented on the rounders and key fob. Made lots of mistakes, but Christmas was rushing towards me. Re-read the book and directions and say maybe the leather was too wet or dry. Casing it was called.

    I cased (in my case drowned the front of the bag) and it took so long to trace the pattern that the leather must have dried to the right wetness because the swivel knife worked a little bit better.

    Long story, short: I finished, tooling dyeing and assembling the bag and she loved it. I’ll try to post some pictures—this is my first project. My wife let me take pictures of it a few years ago. (Sadly the Leather Bowling Bag lasted longer then that marriage).  Over the many years I needed to replace the plastic ball internal holder with a wooden frame.

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  5. On 11/4/2022 at 9:20 AM, Matt S said:

    (4) Every so often, declutter by putting everything you haven't used in a while into a box. Put that box somewhere a bit inconvenient, so if you suddenly need to use it you can get it. If you haven't used that tool for a while you probably don't use it and can sell it or give it away. Again, this doesn't apply to the fire extinguisher or a tool that you genuinely use for an occasional specific job.

    Wish I had this advice 30-years ago. ;-)

  6. 39 minutes ago, tsunkasapa said:

    If I mail a card to my friend in Seattle, it leaves here and goes to Yakima, 40 miles south. Then it comes back here on its way to Spokane, 188 miles east of here. THEN it right back through here on its way to Seattle, 115 miles west of here. And that was the result of their "Efficiency Update".

    The sorting station in Pasco was closed , in a cost saving measure.  I live in Richland, WA.  Pasco is a 5 minute drive from my home.  The nearest USPS sorting center is in Spokane.  Now if I send something from Richland to one of the Tri-cities (Richland, Pasco, or Kennewick--no more than 20 minute drive from me) first it goes to Spokane (a 2 hour drive from here), then back to the Tri-Cities.  Efficient, no, cost savings only in personal, increase in transportation.

  7. The Jim Linnell digital download is too grainy and the colors are all wrong.  I asked Jim, and he said that is what George Hurst provided with the license to sell.  Jim says the source tapes are 
    "long gone".  So I was wondering if any old-timer might still have the VCR tape.  It's not critical.  I made one from the tape long ago and the tape was lost in my foreign work assignments.  Thanks for the suggestion.

  8. You might find some ideas with this google search string:  How do you make a book slip case covered with leather?

    ...or... more specifically, this search string: How to cover boxes with leather?

    I've made several slip cases covered in leather.  I used bookbinding card board and leather with archival white glue.  The trick was cutting, skiving and mitering the joints.

    Check with Talas for materials: https://www.talasonline.com/archival-storage/boxes

     

    Hope this helps.

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