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Tanneries Masure has a open to public day on Monday, April 20th, 2015 from 2pm to 5pm. their address is Rue des Tanneurs 140 - 7730 Estaimbourg - Belgium one of the finest tannery in europe.

I need a recommendation for hot stamping machines, preferably from a european manufacturer. I am also wondering what stamping machine does those luxury fashion house use for their production?

Hi hunio, do you mind if i ask what embossing/stamping machine do you use to your logo embossed?

I have seen some people posting pic of Togo and Epsom Leather, and they are having the same label on the back of the leather. I assume they are from the same Tannery. can anyone here identify the tannery based on the label? I know there's a post about which tanneries are supplying to Hermes. but my question here is more specifically about which tannery is supply leather with this label.

Hi Mart, do you have any Beraud paint left? can i buy some from you?

Hi Mike, i live in Germany, and would like to buy some Beraud print to try, do you have any left?

hi yigi, i live in europe, Germany i have been looking for this Stahl paint for a long time, do you know from where can i order it?

There is another point i want to make in this discussion, the pursuit of perfection is endless, but when it's beyond certain point is it still necessary? I have heard several craftsman complaining about Hermes products, stitching is not perfect, etc. I am sure there are craftsman that can do a better job than Hermes craftsman, and i am also quite sure Hermes are capable of achieving better quality by investing more time on each bag or set higher quality standard. but by focusing more on styling and leather quality will be for sure more effective to make their products more desirable. this is also the reason why some good craftsman can achieve perfection in craftsmanship but never managed to bring their products to a commercial success.

OK, something new for me, a bit disappointing but what can i say. i guess now making a bag fully hand stitched will only push the price to an unreachable level.

I have seen them hand stitching the kelly bag in both exhibitions, if not, what do they need the Blanchard pricking iron for? and i don't know how to assemble a piece without stitching. glue them, you mean? the stitching line above the logo, is done by using the reverse pricking iron, unfortunately. we have enough high end brands promoting their craftsmanship but only using sewing machines, such as LV, GUCCI, MULBERRY. Hermes is the only one (well known commercial brand) on the market that insisting hand stitching most of their bags, this is why it takes a craftsman 3 to 4 days to finish a birkin bag. and the availability of hermes bags are not comparable to other brands. i am sure i cannot convince you by saying more in this post, so maybe you can visit Hermes exhibition when it comes to your country and talk to the craftsman.

I don't know where you got the idea that the Birkin bags are made by sewing machines, i didn't say all their products are made by hand stitching, i have seen some of the watch straps are made by sewing machine, but when it come to their iconic products, such as birkin or kelly bags, it's purely hand stitched. I have seen multiple videos on youtube and i have also personally seen their craftsman hand stitching kelly bag in at least two Hermes exhibitions, the making of Kelly and birkin bags does not involve using sewing machines. I am quite sure about it. i also have the chance to toss round several Birkin bags, i have observed closely every single detail of each bag, i am quite sure they use saddle stitch for the whole bag. I guess you saying Hermes use sewing machines as much as possible is only your assumption.

either done by sewing machine or by this tool is the same for me, because we are sacrificing the saddle stitch. of course thread of one color on one side is a nice feature, but a Birkin without saddle stitch is not a real Birkin anymore. of course majority of the customer will not see any difference, but as a craftsman, the sacrifice is unacceptable.

@ for me, dye after stitching is the only acceptable way of doing it without sacrificing the saddle stitch. then my question will be can you dye the thread after waxing? Usually, we wax the thread first, then stitch. if we need to dye the thread after stitching, is it even possible to dye the waxed thread? or you just have to sacrifice something, and it will be the waxing. but if you ask me to choose between sacrificing the saddle stitch and waxing, i think the answer is obvious.

@Macca, I know Hermes use sewing machine for some of their products, but i am quite sure their iconic Birkin are purely hand stitched. and i don't believe that they will switch to sewing machines just because they want to use threads with two different colors. Think about it, you sacrificed the most valuable part of your product to achieve this effect, it's hard for me to accept it.

I have seen this quite often in Hermes products, belts, wallets and bags and in some other high end products. i have asked this question in some other forum and the answer i got is that it cannot achieved by saddle stitch, it's only possible by sewing machines. i understand the fundamental difference between hand stitching and sewing machines, and this effect can be achieved easily by sewing machines. but now i saw this customised Birkin with lining in a different color, and color of the thread on the lining side is different from the color of the thread on the outside to match the color of the lining. i don't believe this Birkin bag is stitched by using sewing machines, and the question comes back again, how to achieve this effect without using sewing machine? or they didn't use the thread of different colors when stitching, but dye the thread afterwards?