Ozarksleathersmith Report post Posted February 3, 2022 (edited) Here at the Ozarks Leathersmith I use old world craftsmanship combined with skills and knowledge I have developed for over 56 years. My two main interests and skills are Leatherwork and sewing. At an early age I realized I had been given a gift to develop, and that there was a tree of knowledge. Focusing on these two skills I climbed that tree until I came to a branch that was relevant. I went to that branch and learned everything I could. Then went back to the main trunk of the tree and practiced. Onward to the next branch always focusing on my two main interests, leatherwork and sewing. I am still climbing the tree……… Every waking day I am grateful to be able to walk in the shop and design, invent, or create something. I believe each and every leatherworker has that feeling. Last year I was fortunate enough to buy out a helmold die factory. I purchased Helmold Standard bender, bendall bender, steel rule miter, steel real cutter, tons of steel rule die material and several complete bending die sets. The die sets are more than complete. They contained a 50 year collection that the old company had. I have had great fun teaching myself how to use the Helmold benders. So far I haven't made about 50 cutter dies of various shapes. Oddly enough the most fun has been making my own punch tubes from a 16th of an inch in diameter to quarter-inch in diameter and welding them inside my belt billet tips. I originally wanted to purchase a foot press die table, but I soon learned in no way could the foot press table Match the intricate shapes that I would be creating....... Die table.HEIC Knife dies.HEIC Boat patches.heic Edited February 3, 2022 by Ozarksleathersmith Add more pictures Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
