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prairiegal Reg. Dec 2016	Posted 2018-05-22 9:24 PM Subject: Leather Workers
Member Posts: 12	Anyone on here do leather tooling? Either as a business or just a hobby? I'd really like to try but lost as to where to begin. Any tips? I've done a bit of research to see if there is anyone in my area to ask and learn from but so far nothing. Any help would be appreciated!
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OhMax Reg. Feb 2013	Posted 2018-05-23 5:27 AM Subject: RE: Leather Workers
Married to a Louie Lover Posts: 3303	Do you have a Tandy’s nearby? They usually do some classes
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NJJ Reg. Jul 2006	Posted 2018-05-23 8:24 AM Subject: RE: Leather Workers
Fact Checker Posts: 16572 Location: Displaced Iowegian	My husband has tooled leather (saddlemaker) for over 50 years. If you can not find someone in your area, I second the option of finding a Tandy's ....they do have classes for beginners. Also, they sell several good books on tooling. My suggestion is to start little and not buy a whole lot of tools until you find out IF you really like it. I think there are some YouTube videos out too although I have never watched them to see if they are good or easy to learn from watching.
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ruggedchica Reg. Oct 2003	Posted 2018-05-23 1:11 PM Subject: RE: Leather Workers
Life Saver Posts: 10477 Location: MT	I do some leather work, mostly strap goods and not tooling though. Makers Leather Supply has some good information they pass on when they do their Monday night live videos. Find them on Facebook. Weaver also has some good YouTube videos as does Bruce Cheaney
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cloverleaf Reg. May 2004	Posted 2018-05-23 3:43 PM Subject: RE: Leather Workers
Quarter Horse HIstorian Posts: 2878 Location: Aubrey, Texas	Bruce Cheaney is awesome! His dad, Jack Cheaney was a great saddle maker as well-
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07milch Reg. Mar 2012	Posted 2018-05-23 11:57 PM Subject: RE: Leather Workers
Elite Veteran Posts: 682 Location: Northwest	I dabble in leatherwork. I have not found a teacher near me at all. So far I’ve learned everything from books and YouTube. There is so much information from those two sources that you can pretty much teach yourself anything. I’d still love to find a mentor though!
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snoopyjoe Reg. Jan 2008	Posted 2018-05-24 8:15 AM Subject: RE: Leather Workers
Extreme Veteran Posts: 407	You can go on to Tandy's website and it has some tutorial videos on tooling leather.
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prairiegal Reg. Dec 2016	Posted 2018-05-24 3:06 PM Subject: RE: Leather Workers
Member Posts: 12	Thank you everyone :) I looked, there is a Tandy leather not too far from me, I’ll definitely look into their classes. And YouTube. Thanks!
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