How much is the price for repair sewing leather per Stitch Per Inch (SPI)?

[RusticLeatherShop]

At 17 Cents per Inch I doubt Clients will Show up.

So I settled to Charge instead 400 Pesos per Centimetre, to 300 Pesos per Centimtre. I believe thats fair.

Thats 5.09 Cents per Centimetre or 12.93 Cents per Inch.

Setup time and machine set up nobody is willing to pay here. Thats why much things run here on monthly installments.

Thread costs me 2.6 Pesos per Inch that is 0.044 Cents per Inch (asuming straight line)

So an belt to repair sew of 2 meters (80 inches) costs then 10.34 US$.

New belts cost here, if they are really expensive about 80000 Pesos that is 13.5 US$. These are real full grain leather belts with somewhat Shoddy buckles. More than 10 US$ people are hesitating to Shell out for a new belt.

[Ferg]

RUSTIC,

Are you really trying to get someone to tell you what you wish to hear? You are probably in the wrong place if that is true.

You may or may not be producing anything you make and selling it. We really do not know. You are returning to your previous manner in asking for advice/information. You really have no intention of paying any attention to what anyone on this board has to offer. You simply wish to differ with whatever someone suggests.

We do not know what your circumstances are and most really do not care. If you can make a paltry income compared to what we find fair in the States, then perhaps the quality of your products has little to do with your superior abilities.

I done some research pertaining to Paraguay. A few positives, many negatives. Reading that information makes me feel some of your customers are lucky to have shoes let alone needing a Cell Phone cover. Maybe you should consider making product you can do in a very short time frame that more than likely fits your customer base. Perhaps that is what you are doing already. Frankly, if you are selling much product in the USA ........I won't even guess who is buying it.

Ferg

[RusticLeatherShop]

4 minutes ago, Ferg said:

You may or may not be producing anything you make and selling it. We really do not know. You are returning to your previous manner in asking for advice/information. You really have no intention of paying any attention to what anyone on this board has to offer. You simply wish to differ with whatever someone suggests.

I am willing to Charge: 50 US$ per Inch.

VERSUS

THE MARKET is willing to pay not even (or maybe) 0.1293 US$ per Inch.

You see how ridiculous some advice is that I AM (Kind of I PHONE self indulgence) determing the Price?

Thanks to the australian guy to provide real life info.

[RusticLeatherShop]

Real leather shoes (although I have sometimes the Feeling it's split genuine leather only) cost here about 11 US$. It's about 10 oz cow leather, good year used tire cut soles and nailed to the leather insole. The workers use them for about 2 to 2 months till they are kaputt.

Moisture and grassland Walking makes break the leather.

Those are model Chelsea boots for Cowboys.

Edited September 22, 2018 by RusticLeatherShop

[Ferg]

Pictures/Photos?

Ferg

[RusticLeatherShop]

1 hour ago, Ferg said:

Pictures/Photos?

These are the boots. Model Chelsea. Actually they are not 11 US$ but rather 9 US$.

The shoemaker cuts old car tyres up and uses the heavy duty rubber for the outer sole by cutting it to shape. From inside he nails an 12 oz leather Piece onto the rubber and that acts as an insole (you step on this and hopefully the nails are not comming out soon). The upper leather is about 10 oz genuine leather (I doubt it's full grain) and that is in fact sewn together on These TIER 2 boots. The thread is about #69 polymer (good luck if it's bonded Nylon since that is virtually not abtainable in this Southamerican Country and has to be ordered from Amazon.com only or gotten from Brazil or Argentina by smuggling) thread, and I would be not surprised if it would be some sort of Cotton based thread. Laces are pieces of leather cut to shape. These boots however use some sort of wax #480 thread for sewing the outer sole to the leather part of the shoe's inner sole. Thats a heavy duty sew sole (Kind of fish line thickness but wax thread). The rubber outer sole is then fixed with nails and glue to the inner sole. These are utterly robust shoes. With time you walk on nails though.

TIER 4 boots are often not sewn at all on the upper part but an entire leather is water shaped and then cut open were the laces part are. These buy my workers all the time and they hold up about for 5 months. The rest is like above.

TIER 1 shoes, like the ones I use cost about 34 US$. These have brazilian Military rubber outer soles. Detailed sewn with I would say #138 or #96 (or something) bonded Nylon/Polyester thread. These have an anti fungus insole and Cloth sewn on the upper part of the shoe.

See here an example of the TIER 2 boots for 9 US$.

[RusticLeatherShop]

Correction: TIER 2 boots have an leather as insole and that is sewn heavy duty #480+ wax thread to another thick leather. That other thick leather is then glued to the tire rubber outer sole and the outer sole is on top nailed to the leather Piece (now sewn to the thick inner sole) while the nails do not penetrate the inner sole when new.

That manufacturing process creates actually very robust shoes.

[RusticLeatherShop]

How much you guys would be willing to pay for These model Chelsea boots? Estimate the Price please!

 

[RusticLeatherShop]

[chrisash]

Have a good look at these boots, the stitching is smooth and well sewn regardless of the price, someone has taken time to make them the best that they can for the price

Unfortunately you tend to rush things and turn out very poor quality and blame everyone else