Ryan Wright, Mount Albert (just north of Newmarket), Ontario. Leather worker, blacksmith, archery, metal work and primitive arts and crafts, larper (live action role play) with Epoch Toronto.
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Ryan Wright, Mount Albert (just north of Newmarket), Ontario. Leather worker, blacksmith, archery, metal work and primitive arts and crafts, larper (live action role play) with Epoch Toronto.
“eirikthered” from PaleoPlanet.
eirikthered@hotmail.com
Wow, I hear that! I’m very disappointed in the change. I’m sure the girls who run it now are nice and all, but it is NOT the same place. It used to be that I would go in there and you could ask Ryan anything, and he was very helpful. He’d chat about leatherwork and you could tell he really loved his craft.
That’s not how it is anymore. The new people offer the minimum amount of help.
That Tandy used to be a leather “home”. Now it’s just a store. :(
Hi Kelley,
I agree that the Scarborough Tandy Leather store has markedly changed for the worse. Ryan had loads of leather experience. The girls at the store today, while pleasant, seem to lack the deep knowledge of Ryan. The store has a much more corporate feel now, lacking soul and helpfulness. Others that used to work with Ryan, while sometimes quirky and idiosyncratic, were really into leather and knowledgeable.
Still, life goes on. Wherever Ryan is, I wish him well. I still wait to find his whereabouts.