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For someone who came across this thread and thought "Wow, this looks really kind of nifty, I might enjoy this as a hobby and could make a little scratch with some practice!" would it be worth picking up the starter kit from Tandy? I see it's on huge discount right now ($50 shipped compared to over $130 normally).
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Picking this back up after a few years, only have a bag of scrap leather and the six basic craftools that you got in the old Tandy deluxe starter kit. This was pretty disenheartening, and I almost chucked it after roughing it out, but after bevelling I liked it better. I do believe my swivel knife work, needs work:  Edit: My second attempt, this time original instead of a poor tracing, is much improved:  Thankfully it's fast to pick the essentials back up, but I'm about where I was when I left off in terms of understanding the composition:  Should I bevel the sides of the knit as well, to provide definition instead of the unfinished knife edges? Or should I leave it as is? Should I fully stamp in the "hollows" between the knot for extra definition? The leathercraft handbook is slim on techniques 
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WayneCampbell posted:Where do you guys source your hardware from? I'm looking for higher quality than the standard Chinese manufactured stuff. Etsy, look for the brass workers. Downside: $$$$
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