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i know my daughter is one lol and I'm very proud!! https://twisteddelusionsink.com/ it took a few years.

i agree 100 % with your statement but I wasn't exactly comparing brake work and art work i was asking why a slower tooler given the same artistic ability would charge more because he cant tool as fast as the next guy.

to answer your question how long did it take, where you selling, how good is your work? You wont get top dollar at the local flea market period. us bureau of labor stats says the mean wage for leather workers is $14.70 an hour. Is your work above average to OTHER people? A person can slap any number on something and say its worth it but the reality is will someone buy it at that price. I've worked flat rate before as a mechanic, if a brake job for example job takes two hours you get two hours pay no matter how long it takes. in leather terms a wallet may take a fast tooler two hours but me it takes three how ethical is it to charge more for my time because I'm slower? Being slower and less trained my time is worth less not more i cant charge people wont pay 20 an hour if I'm not worth it.

A1 leather work there plus those blades are very nice.

that is an awesome looking rig. i like that braided pattern you did, what did you use?

you lucky dog all i get are the first trys. That is some nice work!!

they would be cool framed and hung on the wall.

great looking work my friend!! cant wait to buy his first cd.

thats pretty cool indeed!

lol if i had an extra 12 k to spend I would be setting in an ice hut drinking hot toddies and jigging for walleyes and buyin my leather goods already made.

you print them out and make sure the 1/2" squares the pattern is drawn on are 1/2" . that will take some resizing I'm sure.

I'll bet you can, cant wait to see it !!

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funny thing yesterday i went over to a customers house to pick up some work. His wife showed me her quilting sewing machine over $12, 000 bucks she has into it and its just her hobby. doesn't sell just makes and gives away but man its awesome. just program the thing and it sews, it even counts the stitches, all she does is adjust her quilt. Any pic any design. She uses her regular machine for the front piece but this bugger for the quilting of the complete piece. i admire quilters for the amount of sewing they accomplish, my granny made them by hand back in the 70,s and 80s still using only a treadle singer her dad bought her as a young woman. You know when I can afford a machine, if i ever can, better than my Chinese patcher, i will surely get it and use it and love it just like everyone else, heck i love my patcher and my old singer slantomatic. But on one hand it seems kind of anti climatic sometimes i mean a guy spend hours hand making, hand tooling a project then in the end drop the hand sewing and pull out the old machine. In the end there is no right or wrong way only the way each of us wants to do it or in my case can afford to do it lol. On the other hand and honestly I would use one if i had one unless i had a customer who wanted different. I'm not a top shelf guy my tooling work isn't good enough and will never be at my age I'm past having the time to gain the experience.

your work is definitely top notch stuff. I don't mind hand sewing its kind of relaxing. plus i can do it out in the back yard in the summer or just about anywhere.

Bingo. Someone has to make the stuff on the top shelf.

Dang man that is some work there, you got your basket weave down pat. What leather?

If you sold it and got what you wanted for it then yes it was worth your time. If you want to make more faster and charge less then buy a machine.

Nice !! and it only cost 14 cents. Man i love your logic Bro!!

you mean it costs me 160 bucks just to get a good nights sleep? lol. Lets say 1500 for a machine how many belts to pay it off plus the time sewing. Lets say you charge 20 bucks for your shorter amount of time sewing with a machine, what do you charge for the machine itself, lectricity? His 20 bucks an hour is all profit. Plus in some folks opinion yes it is worth more, the question is can you sell your belts for what you want if so then there is no issue.

very cool effect! I like that .

that's some good steel my friend, I would have done the same.

that and some fresh butter mmmm bet its about gone by now lol.

oh yea that looks great man!! Lets see er done up. wow that was quick lol. that is cool as heck.