$125.00
16 in stock
Waco Convention Center – Texas North 115
Saturday 08/09 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
All skill levels welcome!
Class Size Limit: 25 Students
See complete workshop description below
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16 in stock
Waco Convention Center – Texas North 115
Saturday 08/09 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
All skill levels welcome!
Workshop Description: If you are one whose hand tenses up when touching a swivel knife and a bit of fear brushes the pit of your stomach when your swivel knife touches the leather, this is the workshop you need to take. This workshop begins with the basics and then takes participants beyond what they ever dreamed they could do with a swivel knife. Once the fear of the swivel knife is conquered, cutting a pattern, decorative cuts, and even complete designs will be handled with confidence. By the end of the workshop, students will complete a piece of leather art using only their swivel knife. Jim promises to get the novice started down the right path and the experience to be challenged. This is one of those workshops that always sells out, so don’t wait until the last minute.
Materials to bring: Favorite swivel knife, stylus, strop, pressurized water sprayer, note taking supplies, and all the questions you’ve ever had about mastering the swivel knife.
Workshop Instructor: The Miles City Saddlery is what did it for Jim Linnell, who has now been “retired” for 8 years after a 40-year career with Tandy. Growing up on a Montana ranch in the 1950s, he made the 100-mile round trip to Miles City once a month with his family. “It was the sounds of the shop and the smell of the leather,” he says, that really stuck with him.
Recipient of the 2002 Al Stohlman Award and long recognized as one of leathercraft’s most talented and innovative artists, the “retired” Tandyite today is more active than ever, creating incredible new art and teaching workshops around the country, the world, online and at his Elktracks Studio in Venus, Texas, just south of the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.
Starting in Billings, Montana, becoming a manager, and moving to progressively more advanced positions in regional management, Jim was entrusted with nothing less than the rehabilitation and resurrection of the Tandy Leathercraft brand when he was brought on board as the Leather Factory’s Director of Operations in 2000. A handwritten note from a coworker at the top of an investment research group’s announcement joked of the move, “Jim – No pressure! Hah!” Working in the world of leathercraft has never been a job for Jim, it has been his passion. That, indeed, brings no pressure.
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CANCELLATION POLICY
• There is a $25 administration fee for canceling a workshop.
• The cost of each workshop will be refunded minus the $25 fee.
• No refunds for workshops after Monday, August 4, 2025.
