Hi From County Durham, Uk.

[Bishop Zed]

Hi to all here from Co Durham. My name's Jim & I'm returning to Leatherwork after a 15 year break having been into it throughout the 90s and stopped around 2000. I mainly concentrated on motorcycle luggage & accessories as biking & the associated lifestyle is a passion of mine, but I really hoping to broaden my range of abilities.
I hope to pick up my skills again quickly. I'm in a couple of Facebook groups & the standard of workmanship seen there is literally mind-bending.
So... right now I'm off to have a look at some of the no doubt fantastic works of art here.

[splitrail]

Hi Jim, welcome.

Hope you kept all of your tools! UK leather workers are top notch!

[Bishop Zed]

Aye, cheers Splitrail. Unfortunately all my tools were 'lost' around 2001. I'm in the process of re-stocking.and really enjoying the retail therapy of it. lol
I'm more pretty damn good (on a good day) than 'top notch', but I aim for that. Good to meet another biker and leatherworker.

[OdinUK]

Welcome to the forum Jim. Im into bikes too but have not made a bike seat yet is is ony list of things to do. When I need new tools I now order from Gomph Hackbarth or Bary King in the US, and knives from Leather Wranglers, all of which I highly recommend.

[Bishop Zed]

Cheers Odin. I'm fancying doing a seat again so we'll see what happens! Thanks for the heads up on the tools.

[King's X]

Hello Jim and welcome back!

[Bishop Zed]

Cheers Kings X. Good to be back!