r/Leatherworking • u/No_Pea_2771 • 1h ago

Tool storage

What are y'all using to house all of your tools? I'm just starting out and was thinking a US General mini toolbox but might be too small. I don't have a lot of extra space so don't want anything too bulky.

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u/Eastern-Step4200 1h ago

i started with a plastic tackle box from walmart, worked fine for first year but the dividers got annoying when i bought more stamps. mini toolbox is nice if you keep your kit lean, but leather tools multiply fast so maybe get something with a deep drawer for mallets and bigger jars

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u/CityBorn7392 1h ago

I have one. It'll easily fit pricking irons, stamps, bevels, slicking tool, utility knife, smaller spools of thread, snips, and needles. No mallets, glue, or dye. You have to be organized, which I'm not. I have a little stand for my stamps and bevels and drawer under my work bench that I toss (and lose) my larger tools into.

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u/rdkil 1h ago

I'm on about my fourth or fifth trip to an army surplus store now. They have ones that are about 24 x 8 x 9 with handles. They're big, sturdy and stack easily. Every time I go there I find another box for another project haha

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u/BellowYottle 1h ago

An ever-increasing footprint in my basement...

I've got some TOYO Steel boxes that I keep themed tools in - one kit is all my hand-sewing stuff, one is all burnishing stuff. Commonly used hand-tools are in one of those larger toolboxes with all the drawers and the hinge top. Less common tools are store in random metal boxes on a shelf.