Hello from England

[Azarl]

Hi

I'm a retired engineer from the North of England and I'm trying to adapt to disability - so I'm keen to learn new skills.

 

[battlemunky]

Welcome! 

[DJole]

Welcome to the forum! 
You'll find that there are quite a few of your own countrymen who post here, so you'll find information that is relevant to UK members, in addition to the vast range of helpful, experienced folks who can help you with leatherwork. 

[zuludog]

Hello Azarl and welcome to the forum; lots of help & advice here. I live in Lancashire

Tell us a bit more about yourself, like what sort of things do you fancy making

Edited November 11, 2019 by zuludog

[chrisash]

Welcome from Norfolk, there are a few suppliers in the north where you can buy leather and tools, www.leprevo.co.uk asre up that way, very poor old fashioned website but good service just give them a call

You can find some free ebooks, patterns and designs on a Tandy site https://www.leathercraftlibrary.com/. they used to charge for these but as its Tandy's 100 year they have made them all free

Tandy supply all leather tools and leather but left the UK about 6 months ago so you need to order from the states, but there is also a sort of agent in the UK https://www.identityleathercraft.com/ who offer a good service along with https://www.artisanleather.co.uk/

Hope this helps, there are quite a few brits on here

[HaloJones]

Greetings from the soft South of England

just to warn you leatherwork is addictive, but oh so much fun!

[Scoutmom103]

Welcome from the USA.  

 

[Azarl]

Thanks all I’m hoping to make smallish items to start with - bags wallets etc. But I’d really like to make leather jackets if I can master the skills necessary 

[zuludog]

There are a lot of leather videos on YouTube, for both techniques and specific items; Search accordingly. Leodis Leather/Ian Atkinson's and Nigel Armitage's channels are pretty good

Nigel does a video entitled ' How to make a simple Handmade Leather Wallet', and is as good a place to start as any