Anyone Here From Georgia?

[Chief31794]

Sylvester GA here. Been making my own holsters and belts for the last 25 years. Sell a few at the firehouse. Great hobby.

I'm in Tifton, sell at craft fairs and markets in the area and on ETSY. Didn't know anyone was this close that does leather work. I've been carving and working in leather for about 45 years.

Chief

[Tzalabak]

i guess for the type of cases you are making you are using 5 to 6 OZ tooling leather?

have you been to the store on bonny oaks?

I can make do with any thickness that I get. I can't keep different thicknesses stocked, due to income issues, so, when I buy leather, any thing I make is out of whatever thickness I have enough of at the time, hehe.

Yeah, I've been out to the Bonny Oaks Tandy. It's where I go if I'm in need of something quick, otherwise I order through SLC. Jim is pretty nice down there at Tandy though, hehe.

The leather they have usually isn't fantastic, but you can usually find a few good bits among their stuff.

I honestly don't know who owned it when it was on Broad, I haven't been doing the leather stuff for that long.

Edited October 5, 2012 by Tzalabak

[St8LineGunsmith]

I can make do with any thickness that I get. I can't keep different thicknesses stocked, due to income issues, so, when I buy leather, any thing I make is out of whatever thickness I have enough of at the time, hehe.

Yeah, I've been out to the Bonny Oaks Tandy. It's where I go if I'm in need of something quick, otherwise I order through SLC. Jim is pretty nice down there at Tandy though, hehe.

The leather they have usually isn't fantastic, but you can usually find a few good bits among their stuff.

I honestly don't know who owned it when it was on Broad, I haven't been doing the leather stuff for that long.

Well I understand about financial situations

is Jim a big heavy fella? If so it is the same guy who used to run the Broad street Location because that guys name was Jim too and a really nice guy,

The Broad street location was a pretty good sized wearhouse and had a large selection of leathers in any grade or type you wanted

I always had to get the economy tooling shoulders because they were priced good and weren't too bad looking once they were tooled.

even untooled the stuff i made looked pretty good once they were dyed

i like working with the thinner leathers because it is a lot easier to stitch

I bought some plans for building the Stitching Champ Leather Clamp Stitching Pony

I am thinking about making a few extra and sell them to finance some supplies,

I just need to figure out what a fair price would be, they are pretty nice stitching ponys

They sit on the floor and the clamp has a foot lever for easy clamping and unclamping

and the right height for sitting down to do the stitching.

Edited October 5, 2012 by St8LineGunsmith

[Leatherman5900]

Howdy,

Born and bred in Warner Robins, GA......served in USAF for 7 years. Have been doing leather since I was 13.....now 48. Check out some of my items at:

https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/All-Star-Leatherworks-by-Jeff-Chandler/169540536455857

Thanks,

Jeff Chandler

[Jon in GA]

I'm down in the Columbus area. Fairly new to the craft, but having fun with it.

[Chief31794]

I'm down in the Columbus area. Fairly new to the craft, but having fun with it.

Welcome aboard Jon. I'm in Tifton not too far away.

Chief