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I have heard people recommend the "Sheridan Leather Carving" book ... but I can't find it anywhere. I see used copies of it being sold for obscene amounts of money.
https://www.amazon.com/Sheridan-Style-Carving-Gardner-Clinton/dp/0967964709

Won't Tandy make more? Does anyone have a PDF? Good grief!

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I have a pristine copy of this book. The cover isn't even creased.

Would sell for $150 plus shipping

If I was to make a PDF copy of this book it would cost you a lot more than I am asking for an original. lol

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44 minutes ago, AEBL said:

I have heard people recommend the "Sheridan Leather Carving" book ... but I can't find it anywhere. I see used copies of it being sold for obscene amounts of money.
https://www.amazon.com/Sheridan-Style-Carving-Gardner-Clinton/dp/0967964709

Won't Tandy make more? Does anyone have a PDF? Good grief!

I am so sorry friend but as I read your post I thought about what's on eBay so I looked and found a buy-it-now copy for 19.95 newly posted just a few minutes ago. I couldn't help hitting the button. I use eBay only for buy it now and when I start searching I check new listings daily and buy it now ads only. Just picked up a left-hand 1494 Pfluger medalist the same way for cheap.

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@chuck123wapati :)
no worries, enjoy

Am I wrong though? If used books are selling for $700 ... would you not print another round of books to sell?

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3 minutes ago, AEBL said:

@chuck123wapati :)
no worries, enjoy

Am I wrong though? If used books are selling for $700 ... would you not print another round of books to sell?

Personally yes!

But then again how many leather workers are in the world to buy enough to make it profitable? Many of the older books are no longer made i think in part also due to the patterns becoming outdated as well the thought that books themselves are outdated to most young folks as the video is the instant gratification of seeing an individual technique without real thought of actually reading and understanding the whole leather working process. A guy needs to keep his head on a swivel to find good books also check in yard sale estate sales thrift shops and even libraries get rid of old books for pennies. Folks here on the forum sometimes sell leather tools inherited or are selling off an estate. Rarely do they mention the books always interested in selling the tools so a quick P message may get a box full of "old books and even patterns" that would have went to the dumps rather cheaply. 

Books rock!!! 

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55 minutes ago, AEBL said:

@chuck123wapati :)
no worries, enjoy

Am I wrong though? If used books are selling for $700 ... would you not print another round of books to sell?

Not with all the legal entanglements.

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1 hour ago, Ferg said:

Not with all the legal entanglements.

If I were the holder of the book rights ... not piracy ...

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2 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

 

Books rock!!! 

Absolutely!  If I did not already have it I would by Ferg's.

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