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I wanted to share this video my wife just shot of me in my shop. Hope you enjoy and are inspired to hand craft the finest leather products you can!

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"Intentionally box yourself into a corner on every project. Then find the courage within yourself to overcome it via the imagination and questions. Stay hungry. Stay curious. With time and heart, you WILL succeed." -Jess Jones

 

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Great video. Can I ask you what brand of sewing machine that is. I love the walking foot on it.

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Nice video Jess Jones!

I'm a big believer in glycerine soap for edging too, works really nicely.

Your video reminds me of some of the videos I see on the ThoseWhoMake vimeo channel.

It's not all leather vids, but they're all pretty inspiring nonetheless!

Here's a link https://vimeo.com/channels/thosewhomake

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Cool video!!!! Thanks for the share.

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Pretty sweet video. I think that most, if not all craft people do a poor job of educating their customers about the added value they put into their products. It's like almost people don't understand what to appreciate or what they are paying for.

Industrial sewing and cutting, parts sales and service, family owned since 1977, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA, 215/922.6900 info@keysew.com www.keysew.com

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Great video. Can I ask you what brand of sewing machine that is. I love the walking foot on it.

Hi there! It is a Cowboy CB3200. Talk to Ryan Neel at Neel's Saddlery and Harness only IMO. He is the best for timing teh machine and he knows it inside and out.

Cool video!!!! Thanks for the share.

Thank you!!

Pretty sweet video. I think that most, if not all craft people do a poor job of educating their customers about the added value they put into their products. It's like almost people don't understand what to appreciate or what they are paying for.

I totally agree 100%. Mass produced products are cheaper because they require no work. They are done by all machines.

"Intentionally box yourself into a corner on every project. Then find the courage within yourself to overcome it via the imagination and questions. Stay hungry. Stay curious. With time and heart, you WILL succeed." -Jess Jones

 

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they require no work. They are done by all machines.

:crazy: Wait .. what? Didn't you just say that sewing OTHER than by machines isn't scaled?

And, I would disagree that people should be "educated" as to why one is better than the others. As the saying goes.. if you can't TELL the difference, then why PAY the difference?!

JLS  "Observation is 9/10 of the law."

IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.

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And, I would disagree that people should be "educated" as to why one is better than the others. As the saying goes.. if you can't TELL the difference, then why PAY the difference?!

Perhaps were people to learn the value of quality, there might be much higher quality products at more reasonable prices. Just an observation, but I lived in Japan for about 10 years and traveled frequently to Western Europe, and the typical quality of most consumer products seemed higher than in the US. I'm annoyed not infrequently to be unable to even find a quality product of a type at any price in the US that were readily available in Japan, where not only were the products higher quality, the customer service was higher.

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the typical quality of most consumer products seemed higher than in the US.... unable to even find a quality product of a type at any price in the US ... not only were the products higher quality, the customer service was higher.

Agreed. People love to say 'buy here', but truth is the US is largely lazy. They've done nothing for so long, that many think if they actually DO something they should be paid a mint. The labor charge is higher -- not because it's better - because people think they deserve it. I see it all the time -- people have no intention of working. If they get fired , which is rare, they'll just apply for welfare and / or unemployment.

Handmade means NOTHING if the product made isn't BETTER than it would be some other way. And I don't mean somebody TELL me or try to CONVINCE me it's better. I mean I can SEE it's BETTER.

JLS  "Observation is 9/10 of the law."

IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.

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