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RE: Making a wrap around American Flag wallet -- An Armadilloman "How I Did That" Photo Blog
I am beginning in leather craft, just a few projects "under my belt so far" (bad joke...) But I love it. Your work is amazing! Any advice to a beginner?
Thanks @aitch. Sure...figure out what you want to make and then get a good set of tools to do it. You can get better deals at Springfield Leather company then Tandy. Kits are great to start, but fabricating from scratch is the real way to learn. Get ready to throw things out. Don't be too precious about things...Some projects only exist to learn something about the medium. If you get serious about it, everyone to your third cousins will have something you have made...just to be rid of all you make. It is a surprisingly difficult medium as there is so little room for error and it really takes some time to begin to master it. I am learning new ways to screw things up every day.
Thanks! I have actually ordered some stuff from Springfield leather and been impressed, good to know my impression was right!
@aitch ....Springfield's medium grade tooling sides (which I make all my billfold backs all my hats from) and the Herman Oak bellies (that I make all my eye patch straps from and tooled card wallets) are great deals and decent leather.