Old newbie

[cv66seabear]

Haven't worked with any kind of leather since Boy Scouts in the 70s, and those were kits. 

I am going to get back into Single Action (Cowboy) Shooting, and also hopefully retiring and I'd like to do some leather crafts. 

I have some leather I bought years ago, and some I just got along with some tools (Chinese). 

I've got cutting mats from puppet making.

I'm not thinking of getting a machine, id like to make some leather belt bags and maybe work up to holsters. 

I'm very much a plain kind of guy, not thinking of carving, but some stamping for borders.   Maybe I'll feel carving is something I'll like later. 

Just looking for suggestions on tools- like what is really necessary for easy patterns, where to buy leather, if there's a site with some free patterns or templates. 

Advice for an old newbie! Thanks so much in advance! 

Kent

[fredk]

Welcome to the mad-house, er. . . the forum

Patterns; Tandy library has plenty of free patterns, or put a shout on here and I can maybe send you a PDF of a suitable Tandy pattern

Tools; tell us what you have and we'll help you spend your money 

[kgg]

8 hours ago, cv66seabear said:

I'm not thinking of getting a machine, id like to make some leather belt bags and maybe work up to holsters. 

Here is a great article on what machine or machines you will need depending on what you want to sew.

In a nutshell if you are doing:

i) Belts and bags a cylinder arm machine similar to the Juki LS-341 or Juki LS-1341 or clones would be a good choice with a flatbed attachment.

ii) Holsters you will need a Class 441 similar to a Juki TSC-441 or clone.

What is your budget???

kgg

Edited 3 hours ago by kgg