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Hi all, My name is Spyro, I do some woodworking just for the pleasure of it, and trying to get into leatherworking for pretty much the same reason I thought I'd share my first steps here before I start bombarding people with questions about leather First thing I tried to do was complete a set of basic hand tools (buy or make) and then make some sort of tool box to put them in. I started by making a stitching pony, because I saw some really nice designs on etsy I think, and it looked nice and very important for some reason LOL Then I made a few awls and an HDPE maul. I know I'm really fussy about hammers and mallets, so I ended up drilling a bigger and bigger hole in it and kept adding metal washers until it had exactly the weight and balance that suited my hand turned out ok in the end, but most importantly it hits well. I made some other little things from wood and brass, some burnishing tools, a little brass hammer and roller etc. I'm not much of a metal worker, probably for the best or I'd still be making tools LOL Then came the tool box. I'm planning to keep leatherworking out of the shed because it's really dusty in there, so I had to make something kinda presentable for in the house, and this is what I came up with (that little knob thing is just some buttons cast in epoxy and turned on the lathe. I'm still deciding on drawer handles) So yeah, so far I'm having a lot of fun with this leatherworking thing without even doing any actual leatherworking LOL But I have started making a tote, and I'll post it here soon for you guys to laugh at in the meantime if anyone wants to make any of that stuff in the photos and is wondering how, please feel free to ask! All the best, Spyro

Hi! This is my first post here, but I have been reading a lot of helpful articles and info from here over a year now. Thank you everyone for that!! So now Im asking a little help here, I recently bought an old vintage tool chest from eBay that I found out that Tandy has sold back in the days, called The Master Craftsman Tool Chest. Its pretty cool piece, I just hope the wood won't warp because of the moisture changes.. I was just wondering how old it might be and wanted to ask do any of you guys have any record of this? If you could tell me which years or decade this has been in sale it would be very helpful! Here is also a picture of an old advertisement that I actually found from a magazine I have, but now I lost that particular magazine somewhere so I can't check the date on it, so annoying haha.. :D But gladly I took a photo of it, hope this helps? Theres also pictures of the one I have. -Jake