Are Basket-Weave Stampers Negligent!?!

[JLSleather]

back to the original point, I dont do a LOT of basket stamp, but when I do, I leave the back side of the holster (wearer side) SMOOTH, UNSTAMPED.  Nothing to do with lazy - I want a smooth surface to glue down the belt loop to.

 

[Laska]

That's the sort of detail that shows the item was truly customized and built with passion. If I were decorating a holster for myself or as a gift, I would put every ounce of love into it that I could squeeze out of my withered little heart. It would be an art piece, secondary only to being functional. But, if I was aiming to hawk holsters at a Friday night expo or some Web shop that literally no one ever checks, nah, I'm not pouring my time into prettying up a piece of it that will never be seen.

[Yellowhousejake]

They do not hand polish lacquer on the bottom of a dinning room table. Nor do they paint the back side of a portrait. Some makers will, if you want to pay them for it. I am sure if someone wanted a maker to stamp a holster inside, outside, and backside some would happily oblige and bill the their time accordingly.

Not doing what customers will not pay for is not lazy.

DAve

[jrdunn]

It seems to me people are getting too wound up about someone else's work.  If I don't (or do) basket stamp the back of a holster, why does it matter to you unless you are the buyer( or the maker).  If I don't like how you did your work, who cares unless I am your target demographic?  I really am having trouble understanding why this is such a big deal and quite a long running thread.  As usual, JM2C.  Jim

[Brokenolmarine]

I personally finish the underside of all floorboards before I put them down in the rooms I install them in.  I know, I know, you can't see the underside, but "I" know what's there.  I also tend to sand the inside of boxes to a glass like finish before I cover them with velvet... But it's just me. 

Nah, jk.  I make knives, and you do roughen the tang under the scales to insure a better adhesion of the epoxy, you also rough up the underside of the scales.