59 pcs leather craft tools for a few bucks.

Generally they are cheap tools and mostly a bunch of poor needles ands a few dollars of thread. If you don't have a single leather tool, then I guess it is a starter kit. The stamps are usually very poor and chrome plated.
 
I bought one similar to that and all I can say is you definitely get what you pay for. The edge skiver was a complete dud and the other tools were marginal. On mine the thread was decent but again not great.
It's worth a shot but most likely some of the tools will be unusable. At least that's my experience.
 
What tools do you have now..? how much work are you going to do with leather..
are you going to get into floral carving..?
 
seanj said:
I bought one similar to that and all I can say is you definitely get what you pay for. The edge skiver was a complete dud and the other tools were marginal. On mine the thread was decent but again not great.
It's worth a shot but most likely some of the tools will be unusable. At least that's my experience.
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esevato said:
What tools do you have now..? how much work are you going to do with leather..
are you going to get into floral carving..?
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I'm new to this game, so I don´t have any tools yet. I don´t think I want to start with flower carving, but maybe stamp some patterns. Do you think all these tools are useless, or can I use some of them in order to save money?
 
PM me your address..... I can send you out a few tools & some leather "free" you can get a feel for what you like
Leather floral carving...Figure carving...Stamping Geometrics...construction of leather into sheaths, dyeing leather- finishes
lot of youtubes on various methods........An old world craft that endures
 
While I have no experience with those tools I certainly would be hesitant. There is a distinct difference in work that a quality tool and a cheap tool does. This is evident even in stamps. Say you were interested in learning too basketstamp or say a carlos border stamp. I would recommend getting quality tools just for that deal. Even with all the variety ofwork that we do I bet ya we use the same 15 to 20 stamps, for everything. We have over 200 but we don't use the vast majority. Most are away in drawers and aren't even on the workbenches.

Basket stamping. Three tools used a seeder, a camo border tool and an hourglass basket stamp.

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Carlos border stamp. Three stamps used, a small flower center, a small hourglass stamp and an arrowhead stamp:

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Even oak carving is minimal tools, a swivel knife, a set of four different sized bevellers, two pear shaders,, a petal lifter and two backgrounders.

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So my recommendation would be to decide what ya want to do first. Buy quality tools for that job. Get good at that job and then buy tools for the next area ya want to explore.
 
Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith said:
he stamps are usually very poor and chrome plated.
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To go into a bit more detail, what Stacy is referring to here is that on cheaper tools, either the stamp doesn't have clear enough details or the chrome plating tends to fill in the cracks and crevasses in the stamp, preventing a distinct mark with the details. If you've ever stripped paint off window trim on old houses, and noticed all the details that were covered up by layers of paint, you'll know what I'm talking about.
 
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