Hello From Austria

[somsak]

Hi to all the leathercrafter and artists on leatherworker.net!!

My name is Harry and I´m from Vienna/Austria.

About 8 month ago I´ve watched a youtube-video abuot leathercrafting (want to make my own dog-collars).

Step by step I ordered material, tools and equipment and started my first projekt.

I don´t know why, but since this time I got hooked on leathertooling .

So it was only a matter of time to find this excellent website. Since yesterday I´m reading forum-comments nonstop and I found allready

so many useful tips and tutorials - impossible to remember all of them.

I´m very happy to be a member of this incredible community but please excuse my mistakes in writing (my German is a much better).

Have a nice day and

"Keep On Carving"

[raysouth]

Hello Harry, and welcome aboard. Happy that you found this wonderful site and certain that you will be able to find an answer to any question about leatherwork.

Austria is a beautiful country and visited there often. Always had to hurry through and was not able to remain as long as I had wished. My wife's mother was from a small town outside of Vienna and wife attended school there for a few of her early years.

Hope you have a great time working with leather.

God Bless.

Ray

[somsak]

Hello Ray,

Thank you for your warm welcome!

Nice to hear that you know Austria so well. I hope you will have more time to explore this country during your next visit - so many nice spots over here.

Please give your wife my best regards - does she still speak german?

I wish you all the best and

Kind greetings to Alabama

Harry

[King's X]

Hello Harry and welcome to the forum!

[somsak]

Hello King´s X,

THX a lot - nice to meet you!

[raysouth]

Hello Harry,

I would love to be able to visit again but that is no longer possible due to physical limitations.

Wife understands German but rarely speaks and I am still able to read and speak, to some extent, but do not have the opportunity to enter into many conversations in my area of Alabama.

Regardless, I can still dream about the times I had there. All wonderful and when I begin day-dreaming about my experiences, it seems as though it was yesterday, bringing a big smile to my face.

I can only imagine that many things have changed since my time there and friends from Germany have told me that it is no longer the same. Change waits for nobody.

Again, very nice to have met you on the site and hope I hear more from you and your adventures in life.

Best regards to all and God Bless.

Ray

[somsak]

Hello Ray,

thank you very much for your answer. I´m truly sorry to hear about your physical limitations.

Your friends from Germany are so right! Many things have changed.....unfortunately it took a turn to the worse in Europe (I don´t want to talk about politics in this forum

but I´m pretty sure you know what I mean).

Anyway - do NOT stop daydreaming and keep that big smile in your face!!!

My best wishes to you and your family and

May The Lord be with the Western World

Harry