Beggining Leathercrft

[bluesman1951]

Wow do you ever have the bug . Barely got you feet wet and you have discovered things about quality and Tandy . LOL keep it simple and dont try for a Mona Lisa project first time out of the box . Basket weave is a good technique buy one good stamp and work with it for a bit . Maybe find a good border stamp as well those two will keep you plenty busy . Good Luck !!!!!

[dragonspit]

Wow, thanks CEW.

One thing I have noticed is the poor quality of this Ez kit.

I found out (and it was just discussed not long ago) that the Tandy beginner kits, have inferior stamps as well. the same type of stamp you get in the kit, is inferior to the one you will buy in the store. want proof. take a magnet up against the one in the kit, you will find no attraction, try it on the same part in one of the cubbies at the tandy store, will stick. its the metal. I bent the crud out of a couple of mine, they replaced them for free, with ones from the store, problem solved. I wouldnt give to much information here, as Im a fairly newbie to so dont want to steer in the wrong direction. but what I would say is, use up the kit, see what you like and dont like, and go from there. My first visit to tandy had me buys some very unnecessary things for a beginner, so I am hestitant to just buy anything when I go there , however, I met a different guy that works there, and he would tell me six ways to do anything, from cheap to expensive, my choice,,,,thats what you look for.

Bob