Members Blackbirdhills Andy Posted March 11, 2015 Author Members Report Posted March 11, 2015 Hello Randy, Thanks for your suggestion! Yeah, there's always something to do while the glue is drying, right? ;-) In fact, even my mentor, who's a master saddle maker, does only work on one saddle at the time... I will order two trees at once, because I live in switzerland and shipping etc is expensive. But when it comes to building the saddles; I'll take my time! So one at a time will be my choice too... Have a nice day/evening, Andy Quote
Members oltoot Posted March 12, 2015 Members Report Posted March 12, 2015 When I was much younger and working in a full scale shop, I worked on as many as 5 at one time but kept each one separate in my young mind. Of the 5 maybe 3 or all would be custom orders. In most cases, no 2 would be alike. As you said,there is always something to do while the glue (or the leather, itself dries) Having said all that, it looks to me like you could still benefit from trying out something before deciding whether or not to duplicate or modify it for future use. One (ha ha) disadvantage to that could be that #2, because of that trial and improvement process turns out way better and then you would have the difference to live with or maybe even decide to make a #3 to incorporate all the experience and subsequent pondering which could then mean #4 ad excitem. By then you might be the old guy teaching somebody and telling them what you went throught to get to where you will be trying to start them out. Quote
Members Blackbirdhills Andy Posted March 13, 2015 Author Members Report Posted March 13, 2015 Hello there! Well, if I look at my finished pieces, there's always one (or two ;-) little things I know I can do better on the next one, even if it's just me seeing it... And I guess that'll never change, right? :-) We are always learning and moving forward, and that's what I like about Leatherwork... There's so much to learn and know about, and I don't think it'll fit all in one lifetime? And if we ever come to a point where we stop learning, we'll probably lose- or allready have lost- the love for our craft... BTW: I'm definitly planning to do a nr. 3 and 4 and 5 etc, but first of all, I need a decent nr 1 and 2! haha :-) Andy Quote
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