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What are some suppliers who produce good quality kits for skilled leather workers, not kids at summer camp or beginners? If you believe a couple of suppliers stand head and shoulders above the others in this area, please tell me about them!

I need to sell these together. I do not have time to sell separately. Tools from 1960"s-70"s Unable to do this trade anymore. Happy to send photos upon request. $500 plus Shipping $25 Tandy Craftool 1.docx F901 Vintage Craftool.docx Thank you for looking

Hi All I am looking to sell some oldish Tandy Kits, (All in original packaging unopened and by Tandy) if anyone is interested, not sure on prices :/ 4371 x 2 - Loafer Handbag Kit 4469 x 1 - Truckers Log Book Cover Kit 4083 x 2 - Photo Frame Kit 4608 x 1 - Indian Scout Moc Kit - Size 4/5 4582 x 3 - Large Oval Leather Buckle 4588 x 1 - Eagle Leather Buckle 4592 x 1 - Horse Buckle Leather 4593 x 1 - Basketweave Leather 4581 x 6 - Luggage Tags 317002 x 1 - Spirit of Strength Mask Kit 4237 x 1 - Buffalo Skull Barrette Kit 4004 x 7 - Econo Pre-Punched Billfold Interior 4265 x 1 - Key Kaddy Kit 4185 x 1 - Western WatchBand Kit ------- x 1 - Horseshoe Ponytail Holder 3015 x 1 - Skin Plaque Set 4525 x 1 - Tapered Hatband Ends Kit, 1/2" to 3/8" 4236 x 1 - Bow Barrette Kit All of these items are in original packaging and unopened. I can upload photos if requested. I am in the UK, Postage to the USA is approx £13.00 for up to 2kg, the Billfold interiors are approx 100g in weight, so gives you some idea. Let me know if anyone is interested, Thanks Janine

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BRAND NEW ACCESSORIES! Hi love! Are you looking for leather belts? accessories? tools to make belts and other leatherwork with? I invested in leatherwork while located in TX and moved to Alabama sooooo, obviously a huge change in market potential! I decided to just let it go and sell it to start a more passionate venture

Hey all, As you may have already assumed from the title of my post, I am a fresh newcomer to the leather crafting scene and I could not be more excited. I have always been one to work with my hands, as I loved wood working at an early age. Now that I have graduated college and am about to start my new career in corporate America, I thought I could use a new hobby as an outlet from my full time job. I was first interested in leathercraft when I stumbled upon a company called Bellroy, which designs and manufactures really cool minimalist leather wallets. I decided that I would like to make wallets somewhat similar to the ones on their website and potentially start a brand of my own. http://bellroy.com/wallets/note-sleeve-wallet <-- Another Example Aside from these types of wallets, the only other items I would really be interested in making someday would be tablet/laptop/phone cases and notebooks. I do not expect to be able to make any of these items at the start of my long voyage, as I am aware that practice makes perfect, particularly with leathercraft. Now that you have a good idea where I am coming from and where I want to go, here are the main questions I have for all of you: 1. Which (if any) of the popular leathercrafting starter kits would be worth purchasing, knowing that I am really only interested in crafting wallets, cases and notebooks? I know the tandy leather deluxe kit is widely recommended, but I am unsure that would be the best kit for me to get. 2. If you don't think i should buy a starter kit, could you recommend the necessary tools i will need to start my work? 3. What types of leather would you recommend for making wallets similar to the ones on the Bellroy website? I understand that I probably should not be experimenting with more expensive and higher quality leathers, but I would love to know for my personal research and future usage. 4. What type of leather should I use for experimenting while learning the craft? Thanks in advance to all those who reply! The support I have seen from this forum is incredible and I hope to contribute myself later down the line. I was planning on taking a class or two for professional guidance, but I could not find any in my area within a reasonable budget.

I just did my very first leather tooling project. It was a Triumph motorcycle logo,..Triumph letters with the swash undernieath. It came out okay, but not as good as I would have liked. Most of the problem was my own inexperience, but part of it was that my work surface was not ideal, and my tool set isn't as complete as I would like. I was working on my sewing machine stand, which has some rebound when I tap down on the tool. The local granite and tile shop is cutting a granite slab for me and I'll pick that up this weekend. As for the tools, I ordered a 10 piece leather stamping set from Amazon, which turned out to come from Springfield Leather. I thought I would get a nice beveler and a basketweave tool among some others, but Springfield substituted some other tools which I found to be not very useful or hard (for me) to work with. The beveler had very square corners which gave me problems. I kept nicking into the design with the corners. Instead of a basketweave tool, I got a star, which doesn't really fit the style I have in mind. Maybe I'll find a use for it later. The Amazon page didn't say they substitute tools, but after looking at the Springfield catalog, I see that they do. I'm not upset, but a little disappointed. I just placed an order for the bevelers I want. I probably won't post a pic of my first try at tooling. It's a little rough. Maybe the second....

Just wondering if the leather in the kits you can buy at Hobby Lobby is decent leather. Kits like these here.