Tandy Leather Factory Announces Opening of New Store in Calgary, Alberta

Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (NASDAQ:TLF) today announced that it is opening a new store in Calgary, Alberta this week, bringing its total number of stores to 121 globally.

Store Address:	32nd Avenue, NE – Unit B, 2015
	Calgary, AB  T2E623
	Telephone [phone]
Store hours:	Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat	10:00 am to 6:00 pm
	Tues, Thur	10:00 am to 8:00 pm
	Sun	12:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Shannon Greene, Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We are pleased to be opening our second store in Calgary, which is located on the north side of the city.  Not only is Alberta one of our strongest markets, but our customers in Calgary are fantastic.  Adding a second store on the north side will not only allow us to be more convenient to our well-established customer base, but it will also help us connect with potential new customers and further strengthen our position in Canada.” 

Tandy Leather Factory, Inc., (http://www.tandyleather.com), headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is a specialty retailer of a broad product line including leather, leatherworking tools, buckles and adornments for belts, leather dyes and finishes, saddle and tack hardware, and do-it-yourself kits. The Company distributes its products through its 117 North American stores located in 42 US states and 7 Canadian provinces, and four International stores located in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Spain.  Its common stock trades on the Nasdaq with the symbol "TLF".  To be included on Tandy Leather Factory’s email distribution list, go to http://www.b2i.us/irpass.asp?BzID=1625&to=ea&s=0.

Contact:	Shannon L. Greene, Tandy Leather Factory, Inc.	[phone] or [e-mail]
	Mark Gilbert, Magellan Fin, LLC	[phone] or [e-mail]

This news release may contain statements regarding future events, occurrences, circumstances, activities, performance, outcomes and results that are considered “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results and events may differ from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to: changes in general economic conditions, negative trends in general consumer-spending levels, failure to realize the anticipated benefits of opening retail stores; availability of hides and leathers and resultant price fluctuations; change in customer preferences for our product, and other factors disclosed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and except as required by law, we do not intend to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.