Risney15 Report post Posted September 14, 2016 (edited) Hello all. I am new here and have just started to get into leather working. I am very green and have no experience in this trade. I am from a public education background (teacher/administrator) with an emphasis on computers. My hobby used to be building extremely high end custom water cooled computers. However, I have found a recent fascination with leatherworking. I always liked plain leather products like watch bands, wallets, and belts with perfect small stitching and have decided to try and devote a couple years to learning something new to see if I really like it. I will apologize in advanced if I ask a lot of questions (dumb questions) as I am only trying to learn. I'll post some work as it's being created but I'm still in my reading books/research online/gathering a few tools phase. Hope to talk to you all in the forums! Edited September 14, 2016 by Risney15 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Troy I Report post Posted September 14, 2016 Welcome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AussieMade Report post Posted September 15, 2016 Welcome. I'm also recently new as well. There is never a dumb question in any industry. Everyone has to start somewhere, and there is so many different areas to specialise in Leather Work. As a Teacher/Administrator, you would know that life is about asking questions, So ask any dumb question you want. There will always be someone else that may need to know the same answer (probably me ) Good luck with your new adventure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TonyRV2 Report post Posted September 15, 2016 23 hours ago, Risney15 said: I'll post some work as it's being created but I'm still in my reading books/research online/gathering a few tools phase. A few tools!!!! Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahah. Welcome to tool addiction 101 Risney! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Risney15 Report post Posted September 21, 2016 Yes I'm quickly learning while building my inventory a few tools was a bit misguided :P. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OLDNSLOW Report post Posted September 21, 2016 welcome, and ya tools are like water cooled processors just cant be bignuf or fastnuf need to add more speed better graphics the whole nine yards. Leather is kind of the same way, and when mistakes abound and they will, then ya gotta go back and look at the basics, just like any other profession that involves hand eye coordination. You'll get good they you'll stall for a while, then a lite will go off then all of a sudden yer work is beyond what words can say, bu there aint never gonna be enough tools, then you'll realize you coulda done it with the basic stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
photoguy13 Report post Posted November 4, 2016 I live in Virginia Beach as well. I like creating small leather goods, so let me know if I can help out. I have been doing this about a year. It is a lot of fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
