I do some leather work with a Consew 225, which is a copy of the Singer, 111, which Juki copied as the 562. Really an upholstery machine with walking foot. I made a speed reducer that helped a lot. It would be fine on bags, purses etc. but is a bit light for leather. It will do 8-9 oz holsters if the stars line up right. All these have a separate v belt drive motor, either clutch or servo. The real leather machines are Cowboy Outlaw, Cobra Class 4, Tipmann Bos, in the $2500 range. There are some hand crank jobs like the Weaver Cub but they are in the $1200 range. I have a White/Westinghouse I tried on leather, too light. It is the same model Lucille Ball made a dress on the show. Sailrights are a bit light, made for canvas, but some use them on leather. Stay away from the Chinese hand crank patchers for $150 unless you want to take it apart and grind castings for a month. If you want all the pros and cons on leather machines, look at leatherworker.net.
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