Deciding which purse to sell

[JazzBass]

13 hours ago, mikesc said:

I've watched a lot of musicians over the years, live and recorded on video, especially guitarists and sax players..I don't think it would be very hard to play like that..Meet the next Hendrix and Coltrane..I'm gonna be rich and famous..a legend in my own bathrobe..Should I become a professional Guitar player first ? or  a professional Saxophone player ? I want to be the one that makes the most money. Btw..Yeah I know they were both black.

@mikesc - A belly laugh for your brilliance, and a tip my hat to a man who understands the difference between true sarcasm and infantile "snark".

I have occasionally had folks who came up to me and said, "You make it look so easy!".
to which I respond, " It IS easy - you just didn't get to see the 40 years of blisters that made it easy".

To be "hip" enough to choose the dichotomy of Hendrix and Coltrane, then your "btw...", reminds me of the old Dean Martin Roasts, where revering the genius of of men could be done while taking all the power out of stereotypes by laughter. Ah...the good ol' days! Meanwhile, you of course made a great analogy to the leather business.

You sir, are a steely-eyed missile man.

 

[Michael222]

On 9/3/2019 at 1:34 PM, robs456 said:

Great. Get the cheap leather, make a prototype, post it here. Then you can get better advice on how to proceed I would think.

Also, I've seen lots of UFC. Conor, I'll F 'im right up...

Okay, I'll do it.

[Michael222]

On 9/3/2019 at 4:32 PM, Sheilajeanne said:

To put my 2 cent's worth in here, what a person looks for in a wallet is very individual. However, to generalize, I've noticed men often don't bother with a change purse, they keep their change loose in their pockets. Women are more likely to want a change purse. 

Men generally want smaller, slimmer wallets, as they carry them in there pants pockets. Women carry their wallets in their purses, so their wallets can be larger. They sometimes go for a clutch style wallet that has a large change purse, and space for cards and cheque book.

Some people want a wallet that can hold a lot of plastic cards. I have a friend (female) whose wallet is bursting at the seams. I couldn't even BEGIN to tell  you how many cards she has stuffed into that wallet!! There's a middle section to the wallet that is JUST for cards - never seen a wallet quite like it in my life!

Women like colourful wallets. One of my friends has a wallet with a beach scene painted on it. Another has a wallet that's pink. Men prefer basic black or brown.

So, there's my thoughts. And as for what others have said above, please pay attention. They speak the truth. This is NOT an easy hobby to master, and you will never stop learning!

Oh, and unfortunately the way we learn is from our mistakes... 

  

Thanks. I got your advice,I decided at the end to go for the black wallet because it has a lot of room for plastic cards and also because I saw many wallets like this without a pocket for change ... Agree with you that it is not an easy hobby and that is why I start from a wallet that will be easy to sew.

Edited September 5, 2019 by Michael222

[chrisash]

Hi Brian

That trimming cut is a eye opener I myself would never have though of doing it on a clicker, the attention to detail on all your designs and work is what really stands out from the crowd

Edited September 5, 2019 by chrisash

[Michael222]

On 9/4/2019 at 1:55 AM, Tinkerton said:

 Sewing machines are their own beast, and whether you're sewing fabric or leather, there can be a pretty steep learning curve there as well; the difference with with fabric is you can always pick apart a bad seam and re-do it, with leather, you get one shot.

 

Even though you only have one chance, you sew it slowly and carefully and succeed.

[RockyAussie]

2 hours ago, chrisash said:

Hi Brian

That trimming cut is a eye opener I myself would never have though of doing it on a clicker, the attention to detail on all your designs and work is what really stands out from the crowd

All of the card pockets that get put together in our wallets get a second cut before the edge strip goes on them and that gets them exactly straight and is done on average less than 30 seconds per section. Same with edged business card holders as shown below, most things get cut out 2.5mm oversize then attached together after skiving and gluing then second cut which then requires very little sanding before edging is applied. This process is done on about 90% of the products we make including belts except there the second cut is through a combining/cutting machine. This is the reason I believe that a clicker press is one of the most essential pieces of equipment that someone looking at getting into competitive manufacturing can have. I could not imagine how much time and wasted effort would be spent trying to make that key tag all perfectly line up and be made ready to edge. We get orders for them in the hundreds with whatever logo they want and the timing is not much more than you see in that video. This is the sort of thing that made me think there would have been a little more interest in seeing how these products get made but unfortunately the costs to produce them would cost way more than I could hope to get back.. Gotta find some other way of doing it I guess.

[chrisash]

I notice from your card holders shown above that it appears you overlap the wallet sections rather than most peoples edge to edge t card style, must say i think your method does look a bit sharper