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So... I'm not normally one for shopping at all after thanksgiving if i can avoid it... but I found myself frustrated and struggling with making my first sheath these last few weeks (for my xmas exchange knife) when I stumbled across a card in my mail from Tandy Leather. 7am to 8am Friday 40% off my whole purchase. Well, I figured, maybe having the right tools will make a difference...
I set my alarm Thursday night for 5am (did I mention that i'm more than an hour and a half from the closest tandy store?) and drove up in the dark to sit outside the store... Well... it was worth it (at least IMO) I spent about 2x what I was planning on spending, but I also got a heck of a lot more than I was ever expecting to get.
Here's my haul, all the tools I need for hand stitching (unfortunately they didn't have any copies of that book on hand stitching leather that everyone recommends) all sorts of leather, both tooling and non tooling, etc for every project I can think of.
That's a double shoulder thingy of real good quality 6/7 oz tooling leather, a whole saddle side of 10/12 oz tooling leather, a whole cow of an odd grey garmet/upholstry leather (going to fix up some bellows with this) and two umm, somethings in the clearance bin. It's some split that's just beneath the top-grain, kinda stiff, but soft, i'm sure i'll figure out something for it, even though i dont even know what animal it came from.
Here's a closeup of the tools, A set of 6 basic tooling tools, a stitching palm, sewing awl, swivel knife, adjustable groover, horn creaser, edge beveler, a stitch spacer set, waxed linen in two colors, waxed artificial sinew, some harness stitching needles, free hand groover, and a big bottle of dye... Oh yeah and i forgot to mention the three nice stingray skins I picked up as well.
Total cost... 300 bucks before tax. Retail would have been ~1000$ Sure, it's no large screen TV... but I think I'll have a lot better luck with my next sheath. Oh I also signed up for the wholesale club while i was there, and the guy who runs the store said I can go to any/all of the classes he's teaching in the next year on tooling / carving / etc for leatherworking for free now.
I guess black Friday sometimes DOES have a sale worth getting up early for =)
I set my alarm Thursday night for 5am (did I mention that i'm more than an hour and a half from the closest tandy store?) and drove up in the dark to sit outside the store... Well... it was worth it (at least IMO) I spent about 2x what I was planning on spending, but I also got a heck of a lot more than I was ever expecting to get.
Here's my haul, all the tools I need for hand stitching (unfortunately they didn't have any copies of that book on hand stitching leather that everyone recommends) all sorts of leather, both tooling and non tooling, etc for every project I can think of.
That's a double shoulder thingy of real good quality 6/7 oz tooling leather, a whole saddle side of 10/12 oz tooling leather, a whole cow of an odd grey garmet/upholstry leather (going to fix up some bellows with this) and two umm, somethings in the clearance bin. It's some split that's just beneath the top-grain, kinda stiff, but soft, i'm sure i'll figure out something for it, even though i dont even know what animal it came from.
Here's a closeup of the tools, A set of 6 basic tooling tools, a stitching palm, sewing awl, swivel knife, adjustable groover, horn creaser, edge beveler, a stitch spacer set, waxed linen in two colors, waxed artificial sinew, some harness stitching needles, free hand groover, and a big bottle of dye... Oh yeah and i forgot to mention the three nice stingray skins I picked up as well.
Total cost... 300 bucks before tax. Retail would have been ~1000$ Sure, it's no large screen TV... but I think I'll have a lot better luck with my next sheath. Oh I also signed up for the wholesale club while i was there, and the guy who runs the store said I can go to any/all of the classes he's teaching in the next year on tooling / carving / etc for leatherworking for free now.
I guess black Friday sometimes DOES have a sale worth getting up early for =)
What is nice is that their specials always run on Friday and Saturday. Looks like you got a bunch of goodies. Have fun.
