Best All-Around Book

[Glendon]

The only thing with leathercrafttools is that as far as I know, no one has posted here on how reliable they are. I was tempted to check them out awhile back, but no one here at the time knew anything about them.

Personally I don't think the patterns in The Leatherworking Handbook are too bad. A bit minimal, but good for beginning projects. That would be my pick if you had to chose one book. I would definitely agree that the Stohlman books are very out of date for full patterns.

[LTC]

i've ordered the books from them (leathercrafttools.com) and they are very responsive and good at communication. i wouldn't have any hesitation ordering from them again.

the stohlman books are good to learn various techniques needed to build different types of cases. no one needs a fitted case for their old polaroid camera anymore, but there are lots of tips in the books to allow people to build cases of their own design using info in the books.

Edited May 15, 2014 by LTC

[Glendon]

Thanks LTC. I may have to check out those books one more time then.

I would agree with you about the Stohlman cases series. They are great for learning techniques. I'm a fan of them. You just wouldn't want to do a straight build along with too many of the projects.

[St8LineGunsmith]

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[LoneWolf1973]

I just got back into leather a few years ago. When I did I bought a starter set from tandy. Last night was the first time I opened the book or watched the dvd that came with it. There is alot of useful information for beginners there.

[chrstn53]

I found youtube almost as helpful as my collection of books, plus it is a free source of information.