Hello from LA

Thanks everyone for the welcome. @Fadi Thanks! That's an interesting take. Agreed, they share the same philosophies and spirit of problem solving! If we take a more microscopic picture of the day to day work, it seems like the opposite in that a lot of what we code is to strive for safety in human error and future proofing our apps. Leatherworking on the other hand seems so much more free and chaotic in the sense that it's so much more prone to errors and granular decisions. I'm a total beginner of course so maybe I just don't have the right solutions to the problem, haha. @Leathercraft Masterclass The posted strap there is from someone else. I just posted my first project - https://www.leathercraftmasterclass.com/forum-1/share-your-projects/my-first-project-watch-strap!

@grantkang5 Hey Grant! A very warm welcome to the forum, thank you for taking the time to introduce yourself.

Really nice work with that strap! What watch will it go on?

Sweeet.

check my development of strap making skill

Hi， don't mind to make mistake, practice more, you will improve a lot and fast. i started my first leather project last May. now I can make that i can not say the best watch strap but at least the straps i want. and watch strap is very good start point to excel your skill and practice the delicacy,detail of your leather work and application of different kind enforcement at little cost.

Hello and Welcome to the family :)

I too am a software enginner (or used to be, i haven't really worked in the field in ages) and, believe it or not, leathercrafting is similar in spirit to what we do. Both are basically problem solving, just instead of using algorythms you now use stitches, reinforcements and skiving to solve :)

If you have any questions, do not follow to post in the Help section and please do post your projects and show us your progress :)

Welcome. I'm originally from LA living in Miami now. Nothing like practice. Practice, mess up then practice some more.