Leatherworker 375 - 450 on the cheap - updated

I now have all the tradeskills at 450, thanks to reaching level 65 on my shammy Foostorm.  Having been 375 for too long it was nice to get there.  I expect that getting from 375 on these two professions will end up costing me 1000g, and I may possibly break even. This post is about my leatherworking levelling.  There will be a post on Blacksmith soon.

Buffs
Fur linings giving me +76 spellpower.

Cost
I spent roughly 5000g for LW ( I leveled Blacksmith on my toon and spent 11,500 between them).
The mats were relativly cheap, but the high end recipees are expensive (in arctic furs).


Return
According to auctioneer, the value of LW items is 5,700g.  I expect to sell this for about 5,000g, as I dont expect that all of the items will sell at market price.


What I have:

What	Quantity	Skill Level	Market Each	Total Market
Arctic Boots	2	370	16	32
Nerubian Legguards	4	370	12	48
Frostcale Chestguard	1	375	33	33
Nerubian Belt	5	375	21	105
Cloak of Harsh Winds	7	380	85	595
Nerubian Shoulders	2	380	14	28
Dark Iceborne leggings	9	395	23	207
Heavy Borean Armor kit	2	395	50	100
Nerubian Leg Armour	2	400	37	74
Jormungar leg armour	8	405	108	864
Virulent Spaulders	3	420	131	393
Nightshock Girdle	2	420	59	118
Durable Nerubhide Cape	2	440	317	634
Ice strikers cloak	2	440	370	740
Windripper Boots	2	440	270	540
Trollwoven Girdle	2	440	346	692
Revenants breastplate	2	440	270	540
Total	57			5743

The columns above include what I made and still have while levelling, the number of items left, the skill level required, the expected sale price per item and the total expected sale price.  The numbers change from server to server, and week to week.  Use lil-sparky to get the best numbers for your server as opposed to my list.

I will sell items for roughly this amount, but will probably need to disenchant the odd item.  


Addons
The addons I used for this levelling were:

• Auctioneer - This addon lets you see the average prices of items on the AH.  It also assists in my buying and selling of items on the auction house.
• Lil Sparky's workshop - This addon uses Auctioneer prices, and lets you know the expected cost and sale price of anything you can make.
• Ackis Recipee List - This addon lets you know what recipees you are missing, and where to get them.

Method
Use Auctioneer to get prices from the auction house.  It is best to do this several times at least. There are two ways to do a scan.  In the image below the >> button does a quick scan, but may disconnect you on a slow connection.  The Scan button works page by page, is much slower, and may occaisionally miss an item, but will consistently work

Use Lil Sparky's workshop to suggest what to craft, i.e. at a profit.  If the recipee name is Orange, it is guaranteed to grant a level, Yellow is likely to grant a level, and Green might grant a level.  Grey recipees don't grant levels.  It also tells you how much something should cost to make (left hand column), and an expected sell price (right hand column).  If you want more detail, hover your mouse over the gold amounts.

That said, some things are likely to have over-inflated prices from auctioneer  (like frost gear), and others are likely to sell better (armor kits).

I managed mostly to keep to orange recipees with a good chance of profit


I also made Heavy Borean Leather, and the fur linings when ever I could.

There are times that I wanted to find new recipees - that is where Ackis Recipee list came in, showing me what other recipees are available, and where to get it.

 The futher out of the way a recipee is, the less likely it is to be made and put on the AH.  Rare recipee genearlly eqauls better profits.

edit: this post was originally posted without the images to rush some information to a guildy.