squeezy Report post Posted December 11, 2015 (edited) Hello everyone My name is Steve and I'm based in North Yorkshire, England. I'm a musician, my main instrument is English concertina, and I also restore concertinas. I'm starting to work on the leather parts of the instrument: eg making and repairing bellows, valves, gaskets, leather boxes. I may even start gold block embossing. I'm making an effort to get leather-working tools together for this enterprise. Steve Edited December 11, 2015 by squeezy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zuludog Report post Posted December 11, 2015 Whereabouts in Yorkshire? If you can restore musical instruments you should be practical enough to make some of your own tools - a strop; an edge slicker/burnisher/creaser; a sewing pony. Copy the designs from pictures in craft books, catalogues, or websites. Or even make some of your pwn knives from odds & ends or adapting other tools This company is Tandy's agent in UK and they are quite helpful & pleasant if you phone them for advice. They also have some of their own, non-Tandy goods http://www.theidentitystore.co.uk Surf for bookbinding suppliers; I think some of their products & techniques could well apply to musical instruments Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King's X Report post Posted December 12, 2015 Hello Steve and welcome to the forum! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
