recommend a custom leather shop

[stahlmangc]

I live in Nashville. My wife loves shooting sporting clays, and for her birthday I would like to commission a custom leather shell pouch for her to include some artwork that would be meaningful to her. Do any of you have any experience with custom leather artisans that could do that for me in the middle Tennessee area? Ive thought about saddle makers etc, but would love to find someone who has some familiarity with shooting. If nothing locally, do you have any experiences with other artists in the country?

Thanks so much in advance.

Gray

[jhc77]

@gjohnsoniv

this fella can handle any leather work. To be fair there are a few members here that like to work on this type material. Maybe they will chime in. 

[gjohnsoniv]

Thanks @jhc77.

If you want shoot me a pm and we can discuss some things. Otherwise I might be in Nashville this weekend for my birthday so we could talk in person then. 

[BigK]

I wish I had the talent to do leather tooling. I bought the tools and tried to learn, but sadly I don't have the eye for leather carving.

[Ron Padilla]

Look at several options, do your due diligence, just like you would before buying a gun and not the first thing you see or are offered.  You might be surprised what can be had for the same dollar, yet get more for that dollar at the same or quality or better.