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I’m wondering if anybody has tried out the edge bevelers made by Johnleather in China. The price is ridiculously low at about $10 per edger. They look good but I’m concerned about the steel they use. They make them in 316L stainless, which is a low carbon steel. If you’ve tried them out, how good of an edge can you get , and how long does it hold? I love the narrow profile but my wallet doesn’t want to let go of $60+ for a brand that I know will be high quality. Should I pass these up and save for a better brand? Here’s a link to their eBay: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F283039884275

--> Beginning of rant. I'm putting this out here in hopes that it will help another seller avoid the stupid mistake I made trying to accommodate a buyers request on Ebay. I'm still on the fence about if this is some sort of scam, or maybe this guy's wife just got angry he spent so much money. Long story short ...A buyer contacted me asking for 5 of my leather holsters to be heavily customized. I agreed with the caveat that since they're customized, they would not be returnable. He acknowledged that he understood they were not returnable. He pays, I fabricate, customize and ship the first 4 holsters, he receives them, leaves positive feedback, orders the 5th holster based on the first 4, then 1 hour after he receives the 5th holster in the mail, puts in a return request for both orders, with the reason "I changed my mind". I replied and told him that I wouldn’t accept the returns. He opened cases with Ebay, who of course immediately found in his favor and accepted the returns on my behalf. I contacted customer service, she read the cases and messages where he agreed to no returns. The moment she pointed out that the return policy on the item itself said "30 day returns", I knew I had lost. Now I get to toss out $300+ of custom leather holsters, that I likely can't resell to anyone else. Here's the lesson learned: Even if the buyer agrees to no returns, if the item return policy indicates it can be returned, you're stuck, and have to accept the returns, even if the buyer agreed in writing not to return the item(s). That individual item return policy has to be set to "No Returns" for Ebay to honor that. The customer service lady was actually very sympathetic, she suggested once I get the returned items, that I inspect them thoroughly to make sure they're in the same new condition that I shipped them and suggested that if they're not, I open cases. But I suspect even if they're damaged and I open cases, that Ebay won't do anything about it. I'm guessing that even if Ebay had agreed and not made me accept the return, he would have likely opened a case with PayPal or even charged back his credit card. I've never left negative feedback for buyers, but I might make an exception in this case. I'm waiting to see the returned items before I make a decision on that. Lesson learned: Cost of this lesson: $300 plus shipping. There needs to be blacklist of buyers that try to screw over sellers. --> End of rant.

Sometimes I throw a few things on ebay,... partially cuz I like to see how many leather people "watch" it, and partially jus cuz I kin Somebody jus offered me $38 for a holster Gotta have a sense of humor sometimes ....

I've seen this disclaimer on most holster auctions and pages. Has anyone ever actually had a customer think they were buying the gun with the holster?

Has anyone bought stuff from one of the chinese suppliers on ebay? How bad was the quality? I am new to leather work and would like a set of tools to start without having to shell out 100+ for an inital set of tools. The reviews look decent for the user but I am still worried about the supplier. The user that I found was named giantbo. I put a few links below. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Leather-craft-Hand-Sewing-Tool-Prongs-Set-8-Kit-1-5x3-2x4-2-5x5-3x6-2x5-3-38MM-/251597486471?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item3a9460f987 http://www.ebay.com/usr/giantbo?_trksid=p2047675.l2559 Any info/experiences with cheaper tools would be appreciated. Thanks!!!

Hi there everyone, I'm just getting ready to hopefully buy my first sewing machine for leather, but before i make the choice, i just want to know whether this is actually a Pfaff Flat Bed machine, and if it is what sort of leather thicknesses you think it would probably be able to handle? Ideally i'm looking for a machine that could handle belt and harness weight leathers. Since i'm only planning on using it fairly occasionally and my budget is somewhat limited it doesnt really make sense for me to buy something brand new, so i'm kind of hoping that the price on this isn't too good to be true...though it seems it could very well be. http://www.ebay.com/...2.M-1161.R3.TR5

Just wanted to get the professional opinion of you all. I have a fairly small budget ($400) and I'm looking for a machine to do wallets, etc. Does anyone know anything about the Tuffsew machines for sale on ebay? Are they complete rubbish? here's the link to one http://www.ebay.com/itm/INDUSTRIAL-WALKING-FOOT-HEAVY-DUTY-SEWING-MACHINE-UPHOLSTERY-LEATHER-COMMERCIAL-/321008647674?pt=BI_Sewing_Machines&hash=item4abd9b3dfa any input or advice - or if you know of how I can better spend the 400, I'd appreciate it. Thank you in advance, Seth

I got a tow sets of zipper feet for a Juki 1541S from eBay. $20.This is the first time I'm buying a walking foot from eBay and I'm really not happy with the quality of this feet. The needle foot does not meet the plate in a 90 degree angle and the foot seems to be to wide for the feed dog too. Did you buy parts like this from e-bay and what was you experience? do you buy always original parts? Cheers Martin