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Finding the Right Tool for the Job

“Business has been increasing … at about 20 percent a year, for the past three years. The reason for the greatest part of the growth, we hope, is the customer service and quality of the tools we give to our customers.”
— Leroy Hershberger, owner, Sunset Design & Tool LLC

When you’re bent over the workbench, attempting to create a worthwhile product out of leather or BioThane, you know how frustrating and downright thwarting it can be to not have the right tool for the job.

Maybe you’d like to hot stamp a logo with contact info on your products to better advertise your stuff. Then again, you might realize that making a straighter cut on leather would create a neater look. Or, perhaps you’d like to make that tough rope clamping or cutting job quicker and easier. And, wouldn’t it be great to consistently finish your leather belts down to their finished edges and punched holes,

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