Orders to ship

[Double Daddy]

I've seen mechanics and electricians carry them...as a quick mini-tote for just the essential tools for very small fix-it projects...grab it and stuff it either in their front shirt pocket or back pants pocket while squatting or bending...they can lay them nearby and still have those few tools kept together in a handy package without the bulk of the normal toolbelt.

Excellent work, Matt...as always. You make what works well and sells...and from the numbers, your customer base would appear to be satisfied with your handiwork. Others would do well to silently take notice from your example.

[plinkercases]

My pen ans glasses go in thay pocket 7 days a week...wither in my shirt or vest and i have been meaning to make something like this for a while and am.now inspired... lets see what the weekend brings.

[chrisash]

I have seen many electricians and electronic repair people with a pair of pliers  or screwdrivers / spanners in their pocket rather than wear a tool belt so i guess there are plenty of uses for either shirt pocket or back trouser pocket protectors

[bdpeters]

looks nice. apparently there is a market for them.

[Matt S]

15 hours ago, RusticLeatherShop said:

I second that. It's a niche product.

Niche maybe, but he's found one and filled it, which his sales indicate. How you doing with that?

16 hours ago, RusticLeatherShop said:

I wonder how those shiny laquered leather items look like after a month of exposed "flatulances and farts" mingled with some "bodily effluences" from daily use when worn in the back pocket near the ass.

If you arse is leaking enough to damage leather, you should visit a doctor. While you're there, make sure to mention that there's a fair bit of it coming out your keyboard too. What makes you think these are lacquered? There's a whole bunch of treatments that can produce shine or sheen, only one of which is lacquer.

 

And now we return to our regular programming.

@Mattsbagger, these look great. Do you know if your customers mostly use them for pens or for handtools? I'm frequently ripping the pockets of my work trousers with pliers and such, could save me a lot of darning.

[Mattsbagger]

1 minute ago, Matt S said:

Niche maybe, but he's found one and filled it, which his sales indicate. How you doing with that?

If you arse is leaking enough to damage leather, you should visit a doctor. While you're there, make sure to mention that there's a fair bit of it coming out your keyboard too. What makes you think these are lacquered? There's a whole bunch of treatments that can produce shine or sheen, only one of which is lacquer.

 

And now we return to our regular programming.

@Mattsbagger, these look great. Do you know if your customers mostly use them for pens or for handtools? I'm frequently ripping the pockets of my work trousers with pliers and such, could save me a lot of darning.

I don’t know what they use them for.lol I generally use 5oz on the trouser ones as I figure the are for wrenches or the like. One customer said he uses them for his wood carving chisels.

[Rockoboy]

17 hours ago, RusticLeatherShop said:

most of us have written something the past 10 years only on electronic Keyboards and not with a pen.

You really excel at being obnoxious AND wrong in the same paragraph! Maybe handwriting is not your thing, but some of us still have that ability.

17 hours ago, RusticLeatherShop said:

It's a niche product.

So what if it is a niche product or even a scarp of leather with a practice piece on it. The finished piece is still far better than anything I have seen presented by @RusticLeatherShop.

"O beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the 'green-eyed-monster' which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare.

[plinkercases]

With the following I will take my own advise and cease the feeding.....

 

Trolls are slow in the uptake, and mighty suspicious about anything new to them.

J. R. R. Tolkien

 

Don't feed the trolls; nothing fuels them so much.

Oscar Wilde

[battlemunky]

I ignored Rustic for the last week. It was great. I'm really thinking of doing it permanently. He really makes the forum less welcoming and crappy. I recommend you others to give it a try. I loathe that we have a single person come on and spread disdain and propagate his ignorance and clear lack of understanding for what good looks like.

Your work is great @Mattsbagger and I envy your skill. That guy is is a know nothing ignoramus capable of only producing things half as well made as he is developed as a leatherworker.

[RusticLeatherShop]

This is how they will look like after one year of use. Considered they are worn on the back pocket and "sat and farted" on a lot. Sheen gone, nice edges gone and warped, even more Edge warping since These ones in this thread are fairly square. But yeah to each his own.

BTW, an binder like this nylon webbing is Maybe not the greatest idea on These but certainly would look nice at the beginning (obviously if finished well). Over here we have just not the materials to finish leather like that in this thread. But the ones I would make would last a lot longer. But I see already that for the modern consumer it's all About appearance and luckily the natural strength of the leather gives for a Long life as well.

Those pen holders of the OP would lend themselves very nice for an disguised pen pistol (pistol disguised as a pen). To wear in the front Shirt pocket.

Edited October 2, 2018 by RusticLeatherShop