LFFL!

Leather Forever,  Forever Leather! A new name and new life for the blog. I originally started the blog in 2012, sorta... I wrote the one post to try and share info about Caring For Vegetable Tanned Leather Goods. And then I saw a squirrel, chased it for a few years and forgot about the blog. Until yesterday.

I was laying in bed at the fire station on a Sunday evening and mindlessly flipping through Facebook when I came across a blog link about blogging. To read the writers passion about the blog she had created and the process she went through was inspiring and reminded me of the blog I started and my passion for leather work. So I looked my blog up,  which admittedly took me a few minutes because after 4 years I couldn't remember what I called it or the Web address, I know I'm terrible. After a few clicks I found myself in the stats section of the blog data and realized that OVER 11,000 PEOPLE had visited and read my blog on "How to care for vegetable tanned leather". I was blown away to say the least.  I had no clue that my words had reached that many people!

 It served to reaffirm what was going through my head, " build the blog and they will come". So I went back and retitled the blog "Leather Forever, Forever Leather" (LFFL). A sort of paraphrasing of a motto of some motorcycle clubs that embodies the members die hard allegiance to their club and what they stand for.  I wanted to convey that same sort of allegiance for the craft that I love and have spent the better part of 11 years learning. I hope you enjoy reading, learning and sharing as much as I enjoy writing and building it. 

And since it shouldn't be all words and no pictures, here's a piece that I recently finished and am incredibly proud of...

There are definitely some things I would do different next time,  but this was a solid best effort in the moment. More on this piece, it's process and the things I learned are coming in a future blog post.

Please, please, please feel free to comment on all of my posts.  Add you thoughts and critiques as well as your experiences. By no means am I under the delusion that what I know or think is the end all be all of leathersmithing.

LFFL,
Craig