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Note 1 - Description of Business	12 Months Ended
Note 1 - Description of Business	Dec. 31, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements
Business Description and Accounting Policies [Text Block]	1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS We are a specialty retailer of leather and leathercraft related items, offering a broad range of leather, quality tools, hardware, small machines, accessories, liquids, lace, kits and teaching materials. We sell our products primarily through company-owned stores and through orders generated from our website, www.tandyleather.com. We also manufacture the leather lace and some of our do-it-yourself kits that are sold in our stores and website. We operate in two segments, based on management responsibility and store location: North America and International.