Members Wrumble Posted January 20, 2014 Author Members Report Posted January 20, 2014 I can't believe I hadn't noticed there was a Tandy store so close, I'll have to check that out. I'm still somewhat ignorant on some types of leather, etc, so I've been buying leather in scrap boxes from other workers on eBay for cheap while honing my skills. I was thinking of sucking it up and ordering from a supplier myself soon, so I"ll have to check out SLC. Thanks for the info! Quote “You're short on ears and long on mouth.” - John Wayne Wes Rumble 4713 Leathers https://www.etsy.com...eatherNLovelies
Members SteelcityK9Cop Posted January 20, 2014 Members Report Posted January 20, 2014 So far I have found the best deals on scrap leather at SLC. They sell 5 pound bags of tooling and 20 pound boxes of horse tooling... I called to see if they had 20 pound boxes of cow tooling scraps and they made one up for me. A bunch were almost 9" square if not larger and range from 3-4 to 8-9 in thickness... great stuff to practice cutting, sewing, furnishing, and whatever else you want. The scraps Tandy sells at the store are crap.. expensive and you can't do much with them. Quote
Members Wrumble Posted January 20, 2014 Author Members Report Posted January 20, 2014 Thanks for the heads up, I'm looking at it now. It looks like their shipping prices are a bit higher than I expected...do you just order in bulk or find a way to get free shipping? Quote “You're short on ears and long on mouth.” - John Wayne Wes Rumble 4713 Leathers https://www.etsy.com...eatherNLovelies
Members Wrumble Posted January 21, 2014 Author Members Report Posted January 21, 2014 I ended up talking to them on the phone and apparently their shopping cart / shipping calculator is screwy, they ended up shipping me 9.5 lbs or cow tooling scrap for $39.50 shipped. Is that about what you've paid? Also, my wife and I lucked into 2 antique sewing machines last night (she's a hobby seamstress and makes lots of baby stuff on a newer machine), one of which is a Singer 66 which I see some folks on here have used. Hoping to clean them up and maybe use them on some of my lighter work (starting to dabble in canvas/leather combo stuff). We'll see! Quote “You're short on ears and long on mouth.” - John Wayne Wes Rumble 4713 Leathers https://www.etsy.com...eatherNLovelies
Members Ulfberht Leather Works Posted January 21, 2014 Members Report Posted January 21, 2014 I'm digging the notebook cover! Nice work. Quote
Members SteelcityK9Cop Posted January 22, 2014 Members Report Posted January 22, 2014 That's about right give or take a few bucks. They were nice "scraps"... could easy make a few cheepie practice holsters out of them or other larger tooling projects. Hope you do as well! Quote
Members Wrumble Posted January 24, 2014 Author Members Report Posted January 24, 2014 I'm digging the notebook cover! Nice work. Thanks! That's about right give or take a few bucks. They were nice "scraps"... could easy make a few cheepie practice holsters out of them or other larger tooling projects. Hope you do as well! You weren't kidding man, I talked to Springfield 3 days ago and it came last night, talk about quick! And I ordered 9.5 lbs and they sent ~14! (according to the shipping sticker). And the stuff is way better than what I'd been getting online. I think I'm set for a while! Thanks again for the tip. Quote “You're short on ears and long on mouth.” - John Wayne Wes Rumble 4713 Leathers https://www.etsy.com...eatherNLovelies
Members EmbossingDieCompany Posted January 25, 2014 Members Report Posted January 25, 2014 Welcome from NY Wes! Quote Please visit my shop at: www.etsy.com/shop/EmbossingDieCompanyor contact me at: EmbossingDieCompany@gmail.com
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