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Hi all, My dad was a leathersmith for 40+ years and amassed a small factory's worth of machinery, tools, materials, etc. I grew up helping him in his shop and gained an appreciation for the craft. His specialty began with shoe/saddle repair and ended with belts. At his peak he was selling to LL Bean and several other notable places. Sadly, he passed away last year after a long battle with cancer and I inherited his remaining leather business with no documentation. I have taken a different route in life and am now looking for guidance for how to best approach sorting through things and liquidating. I thankfully don't have any timelines or deadlines to deal with but it would be great to be finished in about 1-2 years. I'd like to approach selling items with respect for what he collected and to find the balance between treating items fairly as inheritance (which will be split with family) while also being generous. Unfortunately, the leather business is intermingled with a wide variety of other items he collected/hoarded, making cataloging the entirety of the items essentially impossible. I do have knowledge of what many of the items are (except some of the hand tools) but next to no knowledge (without research) for what items are actually worth. Links for pictures are at the bottom for a rough idea. Where possible, I'd like to avoid the scenario of selling items to the parties informing me of the value. It's not that I don't trust people, but overall I don't think that approach is necessarily wise for anyone to take (plus I don't want to feel dumb). All that being said, my general thoughts on how to approach this task is to start with machinery and then separate remaining tools/materials once more room is available to organize. I figure the machinery takes up the most space and is probably the most straightforward to sell. I probably need to start a spreadsheet with major items/model numbers/etc. I would be able to compensate someone knowledgeable (with cash and/or items) for assistance in this overwhelming journey I've found myself on (I'm located in western NC, USA). Does starting with the machinery sounds like the best course of action? I might make a single post with just machinery with model numbers/etc for help identifying items/pricing. Any advice or guidance is sincerely appreciated! Pictures: Machinery: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cAMMJHLHLwIatfd6NWshuhtOKhmNizzW?usp=sharing Tools/materials: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1G9RfW8Y20XO3B92jhouMHvOa1S9L-yaG?usp=sharing

Instead of writing about the features, write about the benefits. A feature is: color, size. A advantage is: fashionable color, compact size. And a benefit is: you will impress your friends with a fashionable color, thanks to the compact size you can even fit it into your pocket. If you enjoyed today's - hop in newsletter for leatherworkers. Every Wednesday: 2 leathercraft clever examples, 2 marketing tips, 1 project of the week. https://leatherinspire.subscribemenow.com For sing up (it's for free): - Free Card Holder pattern, - Free 9 ready-made sales texts which show the benefits of leatherworks to you customers. P.S. Have nice day!

Hello all I’m getting rid of of some leathers that I don’t use during this confinement period and because of Corona it’s been quite hard making sales as I’m sure it’s impacted everyone in the leather-working community. So for sale I have 3 Nubuck skins from Tannerie masure in Grey, dark blue and Bordeaux they are around 12-13sqft each and a thickness of about 2-3mm I’m selling each hide of Nubuck for 45$ I have one remaining Brown calf skin lining used for the insides of shoes from tannerie Masure in Belgium. As you can see in the picture it has one hole in the middle and is around 13sqft. The flesh side is ultra soft and has a lovely suede feel and is being sold for 30$ then I have a selection of remaining vintage snake skins from an Italian tannerie dating around 1983-5 they are in grey, beige and a polished silver look. The grey and beige skins are 5€ each and the silver are 12€. i ship internationally from Belgium and if there are multiple purchase I can definitely work out a discount! any and all questions are welcome!

make / manufacturer: Pfaff model name / number: 545 Industrial sewing machine for sale PFAFF 545 with new servo motor for SALE Craigslist add has pics and details. https://redding.craigslist.org/for/d/igo-pfaff-545-walking-foot-industrial/7216319921.html I bought this in the hopes of taking my leather working game up another notch, but I just got into nursing school and won’t have the time for it. Plus I need the money for school. I researched this a ton before purchasing it. It’s a beautiful sturdy old machine made in Germany and very well built. I updated it with a servo motor by Reliable, the Sewquiet 6000sm, which costs about 190$. This motor is well reviewed and the company gets great reviews as well, if you ever have any difficulties with it. I still have the clutch motor available also, the installation is very simple. I bought the machine and table from a store in San Francisco that was going out of business. They were using it to make canvas and leather bags. 1,400$ and I’ll deliver it anywhere in southern Oregon to the Bay Area. If you want it delivered then there’s a 500$ deposit with the rest payable on delivery. Or 1,215$ and you’ve got to come pick it up yourself with someone to help move it. It’s pretty heavy. I live near Redding. You should have some familiarity with this machine, I won’t be able to show you much about it as I just got it and haven’t had time to get to know it well. Lots of YouTube videos available. I’m not trying to make money on it, I’m just trying to get back the money I’ve put into it. So no lowballing please.

I would love some advice on how/where to sell a leather sewing machine. I'm closing my business (never really got off the ground) and I have a Cobra Class 26 that I need to sell. Much appreciated, Luanne

Need help or at least a plethora of opinions. A HUGE arts/crafts festival we paid for months ago has decided to change to a VIRTUAL ONLY format for their late July date. We have the option to either receive a full refund or use what we've paid toward the virtual format. Here are our issues - it was fairly expensive for what we usually pay (almost $500); we sell high end bags (ranging from $45 for a crossbody to $285 for a larger tote-type bag); we feel that MANY other festivals/fairs will be available if we do decide to cancel. We are VERY concerned that the virtual format is not for us in anyway. People (in our experience) tend to buy waaay more if they can smell/touch and hold our products. On the flip side...it would be more online/social media exposure than we can ever generate on our own without paying considerably more than the booth fee. It is possible it could be enough exposure to really get us out there online...which we'd just plain love. We'd love to hear ANY thoughts! (Even the bad ones ). Thanks!

Weaver Mighty Wonder 4 Ton Clicker Press for Sale: Comes with extra clicking pads. Can use 3/4" or 1 1/4" dies. It's in great shape. Located in Austin TX, Prefer local pickup but I can look into shipping options. Asking $1000 obo You can reach me at 512-850-8564, call or text.

Sinabroks stitching punches. 6mm spacing and 1.5mm hole size. Only used them once. Great tool but I'm an idiot and bought the wrong size. Looking to get $200. I will cover shipping if the buyer is from the states.

Hi I am looking for the 3/4 rodeo alphabet stamp set. If anyone has it and interested in selling or know where I can find it please let me know appreciate all and any help. Thanks Alex laddercoleather@yahoo.com

hello i have recently jumped into leather working and lucky for me a local store bought in an auction leather rolls in some bulk and have been sitting for some time so i can pick them up cheap my questions are will it be worth me buying and selling the leather? the aproximate value of similar leathers best place to sell? storing the leather? there are many many different rolls of all kinds of colours i picked up this piece for $30 aud

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?

How do I price my crafts for sale what do people usually charge per hour of work as well?

Hey folks, I'm fairly new to leatherworking (I know the basics of tooling, sewing, lacing and carving), but I've never sold anything, and I'm curious if there is a "system", so to speak, on how to price original pieces of work. I've been making quivers lately, but I was asked to design a pattern for a belt. The job is easy enough, but I'm not sure how much to sell the pattern for, and then I started wondering how you folks price things for sale; whether it be finished pieces, or patterns and design-work. Thanks!