stitch45

I haven't ordered a single thing from weaver in over 10 years, They lost me a long time ago. I've been doing leather work full time for 25 years and have found a lot of wholesalers out there who know how to treat their customers. As far as I'm concerned weaver could fall of the face of the earth the day they bought out Mast.

It really aggravates me that My self and others who have worked our butts off for 20 or more years building up full time professional Makers companies find ourselves faced with this, How are we supposed to provide a quality product at a fair price AND make a living like this ... Maybe my customers won't see the difference but I sure will. And that Difference bothers Me.

I tried Weaver once back in the 90's .. Once was enough. I'm going to give Hide House and Panhandle leather a shot because they are closer to me, I usually order 10 hides or less at a time so going directly through H.O is not an option. I would sure like to see the hide market return to some thing resembling normal.

Yep, I totally agree, I've been using strictly W&C for over 20 years and the last two batches I've gotten have been total crap ! And when you add in shipping to Arizona it's costing me a fortune. Not sure what to do, I'm going to try some H.O. ... We'll see

I've been a very satisfied customer for over 20 years ... Keep up the good work OTB

Me, I do several hundred a year ... Yes this is my full time buiseness and has been for well over 20 years.

Greetings and Semper Fi ... I'm in Springerville Arizona ... 7,000 feet in the white Mountains. I've been a full time leather worker for almost 20 years now. I don't get on here much but I'll be glad to help in any way I can. Good luck! Jeff (Stitch)

I for one do add shipping costs into my leather, I take my total footage plus 15% waste add shipping to give me my true cost per sq.ft. I add a profit margin to that to get what I charge for leather. I add labor, over head, mark up on matiral and profit margin to get a selling price ... If people want quality the will pay for it, Even here in little tiny Eagar, AZ ... If they want dime store prices let em' go get dime store quality. One must market ones quality.

Well I guess I'm Anal ... over the past 23 years I've timed "Hands on" time for just about everything I could make, My business is a full time LLC so I have to be Anal, it pays to be that way, Materials, Labor, Overhead, Profit Margin ... Over the years I've found that Labor usually works out to about 35% of Gross sales, so to make things simple I pay myself that 35% and the rest goes into the business. It works well for me, I make a living wage and the business turns a profit.

How bout' that ... A thread with my name on it. It's been a long day in the shop, ... So I'm drinking my favorite Evan Williams Black Bourbon and smoking a Big strong Equadorian Puro cigar ..

Thanks everyone, Haven't had a chance to get around here much, This past week has been pretty busy for me, Not only finishing up a bunch of orders but I'm putting on a Gun show here in the area this weekend so it's been kinda NUTS! I will get more time to become familiar with ya'all next week Again, Thanks for the welcome Stitch.

Thanks for the welcome From what I've seen so far this is a great place. FYI My Gun leather web site www.mountainhomeleather.com I'm looking forward to a lot good reading around here.

Howdy everyone, Just found this place, I've been in the business for 23 years I'm located in Arizona's White Mountains, Near New Mexico. I do mainly saddles, Tack and custom gun leather. This seems to be a very good place! They call me "Stitch" ( Long story ) I own "Mountain Home Leather" in Eagar, Arizona. Nice to meet you all.