Today is the day I submit my resignation. I’ve been with this company for 10 years but the time has for me to move on. It was never intended to be a 10-year-job and I don’t regret it, but taking my leather business full-time is what I need to do next 🙂
@aa Congratulations and all the best with your business! Is the camera strap available in other tans?
@aa So excited for you! You have so much skill and passion for your art, and people really love what you do, so this sounds like the right move.
@aa Congratulations! 🎉🎊🍾
I owe you an e-mail to follow up on the project we discussed. Things got complicated and I dropped the ball on following up. I will write soon.
@aa congratulations! It’s been a joy seeing the pieces you’ve created and it’s very exciting you’re going full time with it. Best wishes with the new venture!
@aa It’s great that you have found the opportunity to do this full time. Wishing you all the best in your new full time business!
@fgtech hey, all good, I probably should have scheduled a video call to talk through some of the details, may have been more helpful. Reach out when you get a chance and we can pick up where we left off or start from scratch if needed!
@Ddanielson being able to disconnect from technology and use my hands to make things is an absolute thrill!
@ReaderJohn thank you! And yes, been building it up on the side for three or so years now…the time is now right for it to become my primary focus :-)
@cdevroe the dye colors shown in the product listing are what I can currently dye by hand. If none of those hit the mark we could look into using leather paint, which has an obnoxious amount of options to choose from :-) here’s where I get my paint from if you want to take a look at the colors they offer. Let me know!
Just want to say a massive THANK YOU to this community for the support and well wishes as I move into this next season of taking my leather business full time…the support here is absolutely incredible! Best place to be on the Internet 🙂
@aa I would love to commission and old-style leather saddlebag for my bicycle but I know that shipping and customs would more than I can stand.
@jeremycherfas This has been something I've thought of trying...can you send me what you would have in mind?
@aa Perhaps I'm using the wrong word... I figured "tan" was what was done to a leather. I wouldn't want one to be dyed. I'd like a strap that was the color "tan" that you have for the cigar pouches, not blue.
@cdevroe Ah, got it. The cigar cases are drum-dyed at the tannery. For the "tan" that I have available for hand-dyed goods, the color "Walnut" is the closest match. Let me know if you have any other questions!
@cdevroe quick followup, the drum-dyed leather is a pull-up leather which is good for cigar cases and similar items but not so much for straps...thus hand-dying those is required so that a stronger leather can be used.
@aa I don't know whether you will be able to see this www.ebay.it/itm/25619... but that is the kind of thing. Lots of pictures there, some even with dimensions.
