New to Leatherworker.net from NC

[rodney ranger]

I am new to the leatherworker.net forum, although I have been doing leatherwork for 40 years, off-and-on. I just retired from the U.S. Forest Service, so I am hoping to have more time to get back into working in leather. I was pretty active in the 70's/80's/90's and up to about 2004, when I had double-bypass surgery and then I slacked off and concentrated more on my career and getting to retire this year. I am a member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild in Asheville, NC and hope to put items in the Guild Shop this year finally; making cases and specialty items and getting back to building and rebuilding saddles. I have a McClellan (about 1914) saddle and an 1880's California saddle tree to repair and recover in rawhide before I can rebuild the saddle from the ground-up. I am also planning on building a miniature saddle based on the California style that the first forest rangers in California used in the early 1900's and donate it to the National Headquarters in Washington, DC as part of a mini-display marking the 100th anniversary of the agency in 2005. That's about it and I am glad to have found this forum again. Feel free to take a look at my Web site at <www.rodkraftstudio.com>........RangerRodney

[leatherman1457]

RangerRodney ,Welcome to the leatherworkes web site. any question you have we will be able to answer. You have a few thousand years of experiance to call on from all of us and most of us are more then willing to help you if you have a problem.

[Cobra Steve]

RangerRodney ,Welcome to the leatherworkes web site. any question you have we will be able to answer. You have a few thousand years of experiance to call on from all of us and most of us are more then willing to help you if you have a problem.

Hello RangerRodney, glad you have joined LW. Hope we can be of help to you. Steve

[TwinOaks]

Hi and welcome to Leatherworker.net. We're glad you found our littlecorner of the internet. There's lots of members, both amateurs andprofessionals, who'll be happy to help with any questions you mighthave. Ask away, and enjoy one of the friendliest sites on the 'net.

[Hilly]

Welcome to L.W.! Always nice to see new faces here. Grab cup of coffee and a donut.

[Wyvern]

welcome from just east of you!