New from Alabama! *pic heavy*

[New from Alabama! *pic heavy*]

Thanks! I'm looking forward to learning more!

[New from Alabama! *pic heavy*]

Hey everyone,

I'm currently in Springville/Odenville, but will be moving up near Huntsville soon. I started down this rabbit hole about a month ago after wandering into a Tandy leather looking to learn how to make a knife sheath to go with the knives I forge... Walked out with way more than I thought I was gonna get and now I think I have a problem.

Here is my month progression so far!

Started off with this knife sheath *I didn't make this knife, did make the hammer though...*

Followed by a card wallet

Then I bit the bullet and tried out a wallet

A friend of mine saw my card wallet and asked if he could buy one, so I made him one. This one had a neat scar that came through in the dye very well!

Then another friend wanted to buy a full wallet, so I made him one. This was wallet number 2!

Really love the white and brown!

So did the dog!

Then my wife wanted a bag, so we made this one together:

Then came more wallet requests!

Wallet number three! Starting to notice improvements!

Working improving my edges:

And I just finished up wallet number 4 tonight! I'm really happy with this one and love the natural and black accents. My fit up was way better on this one!

 

Well, I hope you enjoyed my first month of leather working as much as I did! I'm really enjoying it so far and am super glad I was able to get involved! Also, huge shout out to the super helpful people at the Birmingham Tandy location for being super helpful and informative! If you guys/girls see anything I could do to improve on, or have little tips here and there, please do share! I love learning and embrace the learning curve!

Thanks,

-Josh

 

Oh, on a side note, if there are any local Huntsville people on here, are there any leather supply places around Huntsville?