Members Tommykay98 Posted April 21, 2015 Members Report Posted April 21, 2015 Hello crafters, I am a total newb and on a tight budget. I bought a $50 starter set from a craft store and used it for a couple weeks. Now I cruise eBay and bid on tools and I have won several. I just paid the credit card bill for this recent period and I am shocked its up to $300! and I want more. I hardly have any leather just some scrap pieces. I'm in deep trouble, financially as well as romantically at home. What you think? I got the leather work bug in me! Quote
Members Tugadude Posted April 21, 2015 Members Report Posted April 21, 2015 Welcome to the club! Tools end up being like a mathmatical equation, N+1. Quote
Members leatherwytch Posted April 21, 2015 Members Report Posted April 21, 2015 (edited) Leather working is forever and will never turn it's back on you or be jealous. Anyone who is not a leather worker or artist will never understand. Edited April 21, 2015 by leatherwytch Quote Creative people need maids. Http://www.LeatherWytch.com
Members Tugadude Posted April 21, 2015 Members Report Posted April 21, 2015 I don't know. Sometimes my tools, I'd swear, look at me disapprovingly as I saunter by. Perhaps they are cold, deprived of the warmth from my hands. Quote
Members terrypen Posted April 21, 2015 Members Report Posted April 21, 2015 What you think? Send me some homemade gumbo and maybe some crawfish and I'll give you my answer!!! I was stationed at Ft Polk for 5 years... I do miss some good Cajun food!!! BTW.. you've only scraped the top off of this money pit you are opening!!! Although you can do some stuff cheap, you do need to spend some cash on tools and leather to keep improving... Quote TerryPendergrass Leatherworks Pendergrass Leatherworks Facebook W5NRA - Amateur Radio Callsign
Members Tommykay98 Posted April 22, 2015 Author Members Report Posted April 22, 2015 Thanks for the great replies all! Sorry I'm not much of a Cajun chef, lol. My tools do need some fondling and attention for sure. They get lonely, haha. Quote
Members byggyns Posted April 22, 2015 Members Report Posted April 22, 2015 I was in the same boat. I had to draw a line & stop buying tools until I had completed more projects. Then, when I was in the middle of a project & needed that one more tool, I let myself buy more. Quote
Members Grey Drakkon Posted April 22, 2015 Members Report Posted April 22, 2015 Yeahhhhhhh....I'm just lucky my guy is understanding. So much so he bought me a Bear Maul for christmas. Space is as big an issue as money, I need to do a serious clear-out of my back room, but that cuts into time I could be doing leatherworking, or archery, or gardening, or any million other things. Quote "Everyone with telekinesis, raise my hand!" -Repairman Jack
Members LoneWolf1973 Posted April 23, 2015 Members Report Posted April 23, 2015 I am lucky...I had the bug when I was a teen and just a few years ago got the bug again...my wife is fully supportive and helping me get a business going. I had a few shops try to get me to buy them out but they are 80% chinese made products and only 20% leather craft...I want to be mainly in the craft. Quote https://www.facebook.com/lonewolfsleather/
Contributing Member Bob Blea Posted April 23, 2015 Contributing Member Report Posted April 23, 2015 Tommykay, you have probably opened a Pandora's box to a very odd and rewarding addiction. My recommendation to you would be to make your wife a nice wallet, purse or belt, something she will be proud of and use. She will feel much better about your hobby then. Welcome to the club! Bob Quote There are always possibilities.... Bob Blea C and B Leathercrafts Fort Collins, CO Visit my shop at http://www.etsy.com/shop/CandBLeather?ref=si_shop Instagram @bobbleacandbleather
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