What got any of us started with leather?

[gearsmithy]

I wanted a cool custom seat for my new bike, but I couldn't afford to have someone make it. So I hit up Tandy and started making stuff for my friends. The irony is that I've enough money into my tools to pay for a custom seat and I'm still making stuff for other people and haven't had time to make anything for myself. :biggrin:

[Romey]

Needing to fix my own tack got me to making it

[Rayban]

Fellow inmates....

[leatheroo]

I was 16 at school and in craft we did one term of cooper work, one term of spinning and weaving and one term of leatherwork. I can still spin wool on my spinning wheel and have continued with the leatherwork. Thankyou to Sacred Heart High School and their teachers.

[Pip]

I made spoons with a crooked knife and they never came with sheaths, I sliced my hand so badly when retreiving my knife from a bag once I decided on making a wet form sheath, then to use up the scraps (I hate waste) I made a bracelet, 45 bracelets, 2 bracers, 2 sheaths, pda case, musket ball bag (the first of many I suspect), 2xpurses, 2x tobacco pouches, 100 or so keyrings, plaited bracelets, One custom phone pouch, napkin ring set, and elven drinks coasters and a lot of small bits of leather (and some larger ones) which have vanished rather quickly to the bin.... I am loving it. I found a guy down the road from me the other day who taught me how to lace, I tried from books but couldn't figure corners too well..... new skills. ha ha.

Heres to you guys and everyone who has helped and inspired

[Pip]

Sorry, to clear up, the spoons don't need sheaths its the knives that do!

[Chris B]

Well I can always remeber my great grandfather doing it. On sundays everybody would always go over to his house and he would be in the basement doing something with leather and I would watch. Although I never got to try before he passed away. I was 6. And I have been interested ever since. So now I figured I will try it and see how it goes. Hopefully i get as good as him.

Chris

[Rayban]

Well I can always remeber my great grandfather doing it. On sundays everybody would always go over to his house and he would be in the basement doing something with leather and I would watch. Although I never got to try before he passed away. I was 6. And I have been interested ever since. So now I figured I will try it and see how it goes. Hopefully i get as good as him.

Chris

Welder, just yesterday my 6 yr. old grandson was over and spent some time in my little shop inspecting just about everything he could pick up. Had to keep a close eye on him cuzz there's lot's of stuff with sharp points/razor edges laying around.

I hear he's getting a guitar for Christmas....a strap may be in order huh?

RG

[K-Man]

My start was a bit unorthodox. My EX-wife decided to buy one of Tandy's multi-tool/kit boxes (the one's that have multiple tools and multiple kits in one box) as a Christmas gift. Subsequently I learned she had written a worthless check for the purchase. (That's why she's an EX.) Long story, short is I obviously had to make good on the check. And part of the deal at the time with the purchase was that there were 6 free classes included. So I figured since I was stuck with this box of tools and kits, I might as well take the classes. And the rest is history, as they say.....

[Skipknives]

I started making knives in1999 so I've been trying to learn leather work for my sheaths.