Sjm1027 Report post Posted September 9, 2007 I have looked every ware for leather worker magazines but living in Massachusetts I can't find anything at my local book stores. I would like to use this thread to create a list of magazines for myself and others. Does anyone know anything about The Leather Crafters & Saddlers Journal? Thanks Steve Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roger Report post Posted September 9, 2007 I get it. i think it's a good mag. it has quite a few "how too's" and a pull out pattern in each issue. there are also plenty of adds from suppliers and tool makers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johanna Report post Posted September 9, 2007 It's not going to be a terribly long list. The Journal is pretty much it, unless you count Shop Talk, which is geared for people on the business end of leatherwork, rather than construction techniques. The lack of materials to read is another reason this site, leatherworker.net was born. What kind of information are you specifically looking for? Johanna Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClayB Report post Posted September 9, 2007 Some history on the leather magazine. What is today known as the Leather Crafters and Saddlers Journal originally started out in Nov 1956 as The Leather Craftsman. In July 1962 the name was changed to The Craftsman. I think at that time they thought about adding some other crafts. In Oct 1972 the name changed again to Make it With Leather. Then in Nov 1985 the name changed again, back to the original, The Leather Craftsman. Some time in the early 90's they went broke, and were taken over by Bill and Dot Reis and became the Leather Crafters Journal. The name was changed one last time a few years later to The Leather Crafters and Saddlers Journal. The magazine has been around for a long time. It has gone through a lot of changes, just as styles of leather craft have changed. The early issues are mostly western. In the 70's there was a lot of the "hippie" style stuff. I think in the 80's, things changed from mainly Stohlman style stuff with the arrival of new artists like Robb Barr, Robert Beard, Kat Kuszak, Paul Burnett, etc. Through Ebay or leather shows swap meets, you can still purchase a lot of the older magazines. I have most of the issues from the first one in 1956 up until the beginning of the Leather Crafters Journal. When MIWL was going broke, they were begging people to pay up additional years subscriptions and I was paid up for a bunch of years when they went under. I didn't know when they started back up again so I am missing several years of the Journal. Maybe someday I will fill in the missing issues. I read most of every issue. Even if the articles aren't something you are interested in right now, someday you might want to try something, and think "didn't I read about that once?". Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sjm1027 Report post Posted September 9, 2007 I am a beginner so I am looking for things like: (Actually I have more questions that you could ever imagine) : Monthly showcase of some project, explaining how it was made. Explain leather, what type and sizes to use when. How To articles Patterns Ads Looks like Leather The Crafters & Saddlers Journal is what I may be looking for. It's not going to be a terribly long list. The Journal is pretty much it, unless you count Shop Talk, which is geared for people on the business end of leatherwork, rather than construction techniques. The lack of materials to read is another reason this site, leatherworker.net was born. What kind of information are you specifically looking for? Johanna Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bdetteg Report post Posted February 26, 2014 ClayB-- I know this is a really old topic, but thanks for the history lesson on The Leather Crafters and Saddlers Journal. I just purchased 'the estate' of an old leatherworker, which included 8 or 9 carved leather magazine binders with a bunch of older 'Make it With Leather' magazines. I haven't had a chance to go through them yet, but this topic let me know that they could have some pretty interesting stuff in them. --Bernadette Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WyomingSlick Report post Posted February 26, 2014 Looks like Leather The Crafters & Saddlers Journal is what I may be looking for. The LC&SJ should be helpful to you, but more as an inspiration, than as a teaching tool for a beginner. They are not going to have many articles on very basic stuff that would be "old hat" and boring to the majority of their readers. That being said.....The LC&SJ magazine is a very good magazine, and worth more than it's subscription price. It is a far better magazine than any of it's predecessors ! I know, because like Clay, I have a great many of them in my collection. There are a great many instructional books and manuals out there that cover the basics pretty well. Many of them can be purchased online at Tandy Leather Factory, Amazon, etc. Even some of the rarer books turn up on eBay from time to time, and the more common ones....quite often. Keep an eye out for any of the Doodle Pages that Tandy/Craftool used to give away for free. And now the corporate pigs charge 3 bucks for a simple digital copy ! I have over a hundred doodle pages, and I think there are probably less than a quarter of them that are worth that much. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
St8LineGunsmith Report post Posted February 26, 2014 (edited) Proleptic shop talk is another publication you might want to look at http://issuu.com/kateink/docs/feb_issuu www.proleptic.net Edited February 26, 2014 by St8LineGunsmith Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
