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Nice lace work as usual. not allot of people willing to spend the money for a Corbin, just to send it to a custom leather guy to have it all redone anyway.... LOL You get to ride the bike too?

Yeah, thanks Twin... The Ultimate kit came with several books, and Tech Tips was one of them... Very useful book.

Welcome back LOL

Glad you came back Tina... I told my group about your site...

Paul, anything that is sold for "institutional use" will be non toxic and non flammable. its the stuff they allow to go to prisons and such.... they cant have the prisoners getting high or poisoning anyone with leather glue or dye can they... LOL

Nice.

WE'RE NOT WORTHY! Thanks!

Thank you all.... I think many of us are addicted to this site and forum in one way or another..... !

Awesome horse. Very well done.

Love the seat, and the vest is cool too.... Dont think I have ever seen a Jolly Roger with a bow in its "hair".... LOL

Very nice Bill.

Got a pic of it being worn?

I cant tell you what you should get... I can only tell you how I went about getting into leather work.... I have always been attracted to working with leather, more than wood or other hobbies. I ended up with a little extra money one fall a few years ago and found myself at my local Tandy store. I bought the wholesale membership first then turned atound and bought the "ultimate leathercrafters" kit (http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/products.asp?number=55512-01). I have used almost everything in it, and there are a few items that I have not used.... and there are a few pieces that i have since upgraded. I still to this day use the swivel knife that came with it: http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/product...number=35050-02 But moved up to the Ceramic Blades: http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/product...?number=8027-00 And like Beaverslayer did, I also went to a counter top place here local and asked to pick through the "scraps"... I found a nice piece and was charged $10 for it. I was expecting it to be either free or way more than $10 so i was more than happy to pay the $10. I also went to ebay and tried to find stuff... but most were in large lots that cost way too much. I did however get a good deal on a head knife. If I had had this place to come to before I spent all the money I did on the kit, I would have come here to find out as you have. The tools I use from the kit religiously are the hole punches, the thong punches, the cutting/punching board, utility & round knives, rouge, swivel knife, some (not all) of the stamping tools, the button tools, the small anvil, and a few others that i cant think of right now.... I have added allot of other tools to my rack, some that I have found I like, some I found that I done... It is (to me) a matter of trying it out, seeing if I like it or not....

Nice Knot.....

What Beaver asked and what color.... looks very nice.

CJB, here is a how to on posting pix... this is just one way to post, but the most common way to post pix here: http://www.leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=3305

Do I need Python installed?

Hey RBD, where and how do you get the plugin to work... everything I am reading says the plugin has to be an exe, not a PY..... I put it in the plugin folder, but the program does not see it...

I have used Gimp for some time on my PCLinux box.... I did not know they had it for windoze... Thanks

Wife wanted me to make this for her daddy. I used the tandy pebblers E294-04 and E294-01 for the backgrounding, and the normal beveler and vainer for the rest... the pebbler doesnt look as good as the one Clay used in his How To do an oak leaf" tutorial.... The finish was the Eco-Flo Mahagany antique gel. I dont like it much... had to use several coats to get the color I wanted...

Welcome to the forum.

Very true..... very true.... Next couple of dollars I get, i will be buying Roo lace from them....

the catalog says if ordered by 10am is shipped the same day unless you are getting belts.... So... within a day or so of ordering it can be on its way to you....

looking at some of these prices....: Tandy - 9067-01 Natural Rawhide average 21square foot 4-6oz = $149.99 retail ZW - Z-0112 Natural Rawhide average 20 square foot 4oz = $88.00 retail Lace: tandy - 5033 Tejas Kangaroo lace 1/8" x 25 yards - $49.99 spool retail ZW - LL-503304 Natural Kangaroo Lace 1/8†x 25 yards - $28.00 spool retail Very nice prices.... Thats my thing. Me being out of work most of the year, I dont have alot of money to play with and buy extra stuff, and not having supplies on had to make things digs into my profit margin because i end up having to buy a tandy kit since I dont have a supply of leather here to cut it out of... Deffenitly be able to save some money here with ZW.....

Yeah, SteveB.... What pebble tool did you use? Tandy has one.... the E series.... E294-00 E294-01 E294-03 E294-04..... And ClayB said he got one from HideCrafter.... I liked it too.... Is yours the Tandy one or the HideCrafter one? or is it a pebbler at all? ClayB's post with the pebbler tool is almost all the way down the first post.... http://www.leatherworker.net/forum/index.p...amp;hl=leaf+how