I have a lot of leather working equipment for sale and i dont know where to advertise to the type of people who would use it. I hate for someone to buy it to part it out or destroy it.It belonged to an old shoe cobbler in our town who died about 15 years ago and has been in storage i bought so it wouldn't be trashed. there is a american leather sewing machine, a auto soler[some type of wire sewing machine] and a buffing machine that is about ten feet long with horse hair brushes on it and all types of attachments. PLEASE HELP

-- greg conner (spd127@hotmail.com), December 10, 2000

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As a matter of fact I do know someone looking to buy leather working and sewing tools and equipment. My friend, who is a farrier, is making horse tack by hand and is seriously looking for this stuff.

Can you send me a list, a price, and a contact number? I will print it out and give it to him.

-- Laura (gsend@hotmail.com), December 10, 2000.

My son is an apprentice to a leatherworker. He may be interested in the equipment. Could you please send us a complete list, and what you'd want for it? thanks Mary

-- Mary Fraley (kmfraley@orwell.net), December 10, 2000.

Check with shoe repair shops. Thats where we sold the equipment that a freinds father left when he died. He didn't want to see it just rust away.

-- Jay Blair in N. AL (jayblair678@yahoo.com), December 10, 2000.

List it on eBay using the keys words of leather working, cobbler and shoe repair in the title or description.

My father was a shoe repair man for about 15 years so I am familiar with most of the equipment. Don't remember a wire sewing machine. His used waxed cord to secure the sole to the shoe.

-- Ken S. in WC TN (scharabo@aol.com), December 10, 2000.

How fortiutous, I have been looking to turn my leahterworking hobby into a business, and I would be very interested in any tools you have.

Thank you.

-- Rod Perrino (redjoutser@aol.com), December 10, 2000.

Im always looking for leather working hand tools,,, since I make all kinds of different things

-- stan (sopal@net-port.com), December 10, 2000.

Ten years ago i bought out an old shoe repair shop, one of the machines was a "Landis" stitcher which i was able to sell to Bochstich, which is now owned by Satnley tools. a guy came from PA. (to western NY) and picked it up, paid me $1200. I had 2 Auto Solers which were useless, they nolonger use them in the trade, an 8' drive line buffer, grinder and a couple of free-arm Singer stitchers, the latter I sold to an Ahmish harness maker. I paid $350 for the whole works and sold it all for $2,200. Most of the old equipment is not worth anything to shoe repair shops but the real good stuff like the Landis is refurbished and sold in South Amreica where things are a little more primitive.

-- Hendo (OR) (redgate@echoweg.netm), December 11, 2000.

You seem to have several very interested people. Seems the best way would be to auction it off. I suggest eBay. I can help you there.

-- Ken S. in WC TN (scharabo@aol.com), December 11, 2000.

The American Straight Needle as it is called is used to sew on soles. An awl comes through and punches the hole before the needle passes through the punture. It is worth about $1500 bucks. The auto soler is a machine that is used to put on heels. The wire feeds through and gets chopped off at the desired length setting creating a wire nail. Worth about $500 bucks. The buffing machine 10 ft long is outdated and a real extinct dynasaur. You still see them in shoe shops and that's because if they are already there and in place why not use them . But to move one and set it up is not really worth it. The thing sticks out from the wall about 3 ft. and is 10 ft long....30 sq. ft of floor space . the new ones are 2 x2 on the floor with only 4 sq ft of space taken up. The different wheels slip on an open shaft on each end for versatility that used to be only afforded with a machine that had all the wheels running all the time. That machine is only worth 50 to 100 bucks. The motor is worth more than that though, go and figure. Have fun kids.

-- Catfish (openroad@pcpros.com), December 13, 2000.

Just realized I put .com instead of .net in my e-mail addy.

-- Catfish (openroad@pcpros.net), December 13, 2000.

Put the wrong e-mail address down.... should be .net instead of .com

-- Catfish (openroad@pcpros.net), December 13, 2000.

I have a shoe repair shop. I stumbled across this site by searching, shoe repair tools for sale, I noticed most of your responses here were Dec. 2000. Do you still have any of the tools, equipment, machinery, or supplies? If so please send me some information. Thanks, Jimmy Jimmy's Boot & Shoe Repair

-- James Boren (gjtrophy@orbitworld.net), September 18, 2001.

I also have a complete shoe repair shop for sale due to a death in the family. If anyone can tell me the best way to approach the liquidation of this equipment it would be greatly appreciated.

-- Joe Kalie (jkalie@yahoo.com), October 28, 2001.

Have a friend interested in a cobbler if you have one.

-- Stanley Young (sgyoung@flex.com), December 20, 2001.

I MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THE EQUIPMENT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE. PLEASE E- MAIL ME A LIST A.S.A.P. THANKS; DARYL

-- daryl campbell (moolskinner@budweiser.com), January 31, 2002.

My father is a retired shoe repairman and he has a whole line of repair equipment available: Landis model K no. 12 curved needle lock stitcher (outsole) Landis model ??? Outsole stitcher Landis complete grinder/buffer/finising machine If you are interested please let me know. Mario

-- Mario Iacoboni (yackaboney@adelphia.net), February 27, 2002.

Hey fellas i am a shoe repair in texas and i have a in-sole stiching machine that i am selling, we bought another shoe repair shop so they decided to give us their machine so we have't used ours yet. Its 3 years old and has been used for only one week so yea its NEW, We have got an estimate on it and its $7,000 dollars but my mother is askin for $6,250 dollars and it is negotiable, thank you

paul yi

-- Paul Yi (chub_chub_17@hotmail.com), March 07, 2002.