Reasonable Price Source for Clicker Dies?

[Lostranger]

I need to have several dies made, but the prices I've found so far scare me. Of course I do not want to buy junk, but neither do I want to have to mortgage the farm to buy some dies. Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced source with which you have experience?

TIA

Jim in NC

[JLSleather]

I have dies from both Int'l Die and Tx Custom Dies.  I suppose "reasonable" to one is not reasonable to another  

There are more places to have them done and I haven't tried them all, but I have talked with a few I didn't order from for various reasons.  Both these places sent me the right shape at the right time for a price that was acceptable. 

[Matt S]

3 hours ago, Lostranger said:

I need to have several dies made, but the prices I've found so far scare me. Of course I do not want to buy junk, but neither do I want to have to mortgage the farm to buy some dies. Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced source with which you have experience?

Out of interest Jim, what prices were you quoted, and for what? Sometimes dies just are expensive -- there can be a lot of skilled labour and surprisingly expensive punch tubes. One contributor to this forum paid about $1000 for a single die a while ago, but it paid off quickly for him.

Prices seem to vary a lot for the same dies from different companies. For one basic set of dies (two small, simple dies with no punches) I got quotes from a half-dozen British companies ranging from about £50-500 last year. Part of the price difference is the speed and quality of service. Feasibly there could be a quality difference here too -- the most expensive were I think were forged dies, most were strip knives (and potentially some no-name stock, others decent brands). I ended up with the second-cheapest quote as they actually offered the fastest turnaround and those dies have been used hundreds of times since, with no noticeable wear.

[Lostranger]

Thanks for each comment. Specific sources is what I’m after. I have bookmarked both the sites mentioned by JLSLeather, and I will contact them to discuss my needs. 
 

I’d love for more of you to chime in. We’ve done harness and strap goods for a long time and never felt that we needed a clicker. That changed when we broadened our line three years ago. Cutting parts by hand has gotten to be oppressive for the two of us. Most of you know that story.

[chrisash]

There is a video from Harry rogers who is making his own simple dies, not sure how practical it is, I guess just another skill to learn,

 

[Dwight]

I wanted a small clicker die for a key ring tab, . . . Weaver Leathercraft made it for me for less than $80 if I recall correctly.

I would never have cut out that many by hand, . . . you can be assured of that, . . . the clicker "does the job", . . . 

May God bless,

Dwight

[JLSleather]

Not to sound course, but a quick and simple Google search turns up 9 MORE in addition to the two I mentioned.