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[KingsCountyLeather]

5 hours ago, nstarleather said:

Mostly finished  goods, by a large margin.  I just sell a little here and there when it’s stuff I’ll not use immediately or have an excess.   Thing about buying “deals” is that you sometimes have to keep saying “yes” if you ever want to get the same deal again.

Sorry for going on... but if find your set up very impressive and interesting.

On the other hand, when do you say no? You must have a small fortune tied up in stock? 

Does your line of goods change often or why would you be interested in deals where you pick up such a variety of leather?

last question... the stands that you drape your leather hides over, are there specific dimensions for those? I would like to make one cause I have about 20 hides taking up a table I could use.

 

[plinkercases]

17 hours ago, nstarleather said:

Is t showing off if I let everybody know that that’s warehouse #1 of 2 and the picture is taken from the upstairs?

I think the FORK LIFT says it all really......  a few hours ago had to move 85 percept of my shop (work bench or castors) 4 feet so the furnace guy could get at the furnace.... leather I can move with one arm... and it isn't that big an arm.

I also would love to visit some day... with some cash and a pick up truck.

[AdamPCain]

Thanks for being so open about your business, I work in a small family owned fabrication shop.  We only use stainless steel and we buy it when ever the prices seem low.  We have over $1.5mill in flat stock just because the price was right.

[KingsCountyLeather]

3 hours ago, nstarleather said:

So yes it's always a balance of when to say "yes" to "assorted deals"....so very frequently I get offered a full pallet or pallets either at incredibly good prices per foot or sometimes by the lb.   Most black or brown I can put into standard stock.    With "odd lots" that are just slightly under the "regular price" I buy specific leathers that I have an immediate use for.  

The hardest ones to know aboutare sight-unseen scrap deals:  I once bought 12000lbs of scrap from Alden by the pound and it was great (Barenia, Horween, HAAS, CF Stead, etc) but then the other day I  bought 10000lbs from Levy's Guitar straps in Canada and it was much much less useful (smaller and less valuable stuff.)  The problem is that if I say "No" the next time Alden has scrap to sell, they'll sell to somebody else, and it will be the last time I get it.  The same goes for other deals I get offered.

I also have a guy who shows up every couple weeks with a couple hundred lbs of mixed upholstery scrap at .75 per pound.  This goes into mixed embossed pouches.   I just finished a run of 750 for a specific customer so that's where the mixed upholstery goes.

 

On the other hand, sometimes I have to drop serious cash on a specific leather.  My biggest upcoming expense is a bunch of black corrected grain smooth that gets used in name badges that I'll have to buy thousands of feet of at $3.60, no choice but to pay what I have to.  Of if a customer wants white pouches...white scrap is rare so it's buying full hides a full price (and charging accordingly, of course). 

I can measure a stand when I get in, I have a guy who builds them for me, but they're not cheap.  We call them "horses" and each has 4 heavy duty wheels.

 

The wheels are a good idea. I’d appreciate the measurements if you get a chance. Thanks.

Its very interesting to hear the pros and cons of a large leather workers business, its something that I’m sure most of us on this forum don’t often get to hear about. It’s obvious that you still enjoy working with leather or you wouldn’t go to the trouble of explaining the background of your business.  It’s also great to see you offer great deals to other leather workers here and by all accounts the quality of leather you sell is exceptional. I only wish I could avail of the deals myself only the cost of shipping is too prohibitive. Thank you for taking the time to chat and the very best luck to you and your business in the future.  Ger.

[JD62]

Here ya go @RockyAussie   don't know how to make it bigger and keep the animation 

Edited March 10, 2018 by JD62

[RockyAussie]

2 minutes ago, JD62 said:

Here ya go @RockyAussie   don't know how to make it bigger and keep the animation 

Hep that's the one I reckon. Now ...not that I would need to use it often I guess....how do I get that into my computer to use again???? Thanks @JD62

[JD62]

  I just rt click and save as.....

[JerseyFirefighter]

On 3/8/2018 at 0:01 PM, nstarleather said:

A little messy...I know.

 

Hey that looks like my space! Just shrunken down to the size of the forklift including pallet. 

[KingsCountyLeather]

4 hours ago, JerseyFirefighter said:

Hey that looks like my space! Just shrunken down to the size of the forklift including pallet. 

Ahh well,  you know what they say.... It’s not the size that matters, it’s what you do with it! 

[RockyAussie]

6 hours ago, JD62 said:

  I just rt click and save as.....

I got it ...I think