Where's The Quality In "custom" Gone

[TexasLady]

6/29/11

I'm sorry. I'm a little bit 'lost'. What does OP stand for , please? Thanks. - Texaslady

[dirtclod]

Texas Lady OP means other person or other people.

Their is poor custom work (where the maker should be shot for running the hide that animal gave up ) good custom work and then their is great custom work. That you wonder how in the world did they do that. I've seen things made were it looked like they held a rat by his tail and let the rat naw it out and the people were tickled to death with the quality. I try to make a good product one that i am proud of and one that the customer is proud of. Am i the best? Heck no !! Am i pretty good, maybe, i get by. But no where nearly as good as somethings i see on here. Those folks are the real custom makers in their field.

To me quality in a lot of peoples eyes is hearing other people say he or she is the best i ever seen or they do wonderful work. If people hear that enough they belive it wheither it's true or not. Then theirs the good BS er that can sell anything and make people think they have the best one ever made. And the one i used to hear quite a bit ( well he or she worked for a real custom builder ) and my question always was so ! Just because they worked someplace don't mean they learned how to do it or know anything about it. For all you or i know they swept the floor and that's it. For me it comes down to pride in what you make, if you do your best then that's your best work. But all ways try to improve. You don't become a Master at any craft in a year or two. It takes a life time to if ever to become Master of your craft man or woman. Making one or two things doesn't mean you / they are a custom maker.

Edited June 29, 2011 by dirtclod

[Rayban]

I believe OP in this case means Original Post.....the first one that started all this hub bub.....

[dirtclod]

Other person and other people were the first things that popped in my head.

[Art]

Original Poster

Art

6/29/11

I'm sorry. I'm a little bit 'lost'. What does OP stand for , please? Thanks. - Texaslady

[TexasLady]

6/29/11

Thanks, fellas. Any of those options is better than the total blank I was drawing. - TexasLady

[Hennessy]

Rayban: You're right - there is a forum for asking for critique of one's own work.

That doesn't apply in this instance, does it?

And, yes, rdb took the action he felt appropriate.

I'm still curious how one determines levels of quality and what the parameters are in establishing those levels.

easy answer! would i sell this to me mother?