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Slow Going

My apologies in advance for this.

I’m working on a story right now and pretty much everything else (meals, personal hygiene, regard for the world beyond my desk) has gone by the wayside. I’m trying to start and finish a couple leather projects this week because I have a new toy – the below splitter [...]

Vintage Cruiser Kit

Done and done.

In the bike shop tomorrow.

Guh

One of those days. I had a list a mile long and a million little errands kept me from doing any real work until now. Anything I did try turned into a complete mess including a purse I screwed up something serious. Ehhhh…

Let’s focus on the positive, ok?

What I did do was pick [...]

Storage Show-Off

When I started doing leatherwork, my tools were so few I could store all seven of them on my desktop without much mess or worry about losing track of them.

However, my collection has grown since last January and the busted-up old wine box I was using – while full of its own kind of [...]

Pressed for Presses

Tonight I’m buying a serious piece of toolery.

About a month ago, I went into Tundra to drop off some pieces for the CSCL competition that’s happening in Woodstock this weekend. One of the belts I had with me featured some ill-set brass grommets – courtesy of the sub-par setting device I use. It’s akin [...]

Buy the Cow, Get the Leather for Free

It’s been a while since I visited Tundra and spent some serious money, so I rewarded myself by visiting Tundra and spending some serious money.

My new toys include, but are not limited to:

- An entire cow’s worth of hide – half my favourite chocolate brown leather and half a good heavy tooling leather.

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