I work awfully close with my selling
prices! I figure my cost of
materials + my Shipping & Handling
and about 3%-5% profit so I can afford to buy more materials. Leather is expensive, TOOLS
are VERY costly & this is one ov my hobbies. This way I can do what I enjoy
and provide a quality product that U can enjoy and pass-on. People that do leather work as a profession
usually take cost of material + hours X’s 3= HIGH RETAIL, (not me).
I, as an ex-cowboy AND as a Leather
craftsman, cannot compete with Chinas’ prices. BUT,
what I can do that they don’t, is that I can AND do make ur purchase
personalized. Everything that I create
starts out as a hide of LEATHER. I make
my own patterns and I then trace it, cut it out. I then do whatever I have to
produce a fine quality hand crafted ALL LEATHER creation that you helped
me create. I hand sew whatever needs to be stitched. What I do is commonly
known as "Saddle Stitching" and it too, is done by hand. Some of my customers want me to personalize
their order. Personalized work
could be anything as simple as dying (not paint) their order, or simply stamping
their initials or as expensive as "hand tooling" their order.
CUSTOM
work sometimes requires me making a "working" template along with a
drawing of the tooling (which involves hours of work). I then, either
email this oak tag replica and the customer sends me their approval at which
time I give the customer a quote on the price. with all of this being said, I
then expect the customer to pay me a 50%
NON-REFUNDABLE deposit through my account with "Pay
Pal”. Everything
is Hand Made right here in Dania Beach Florida, U.S.A.…..
My initials are BB and my # is 8 so you will see my signature on
everything that I create: My number is 8 & by extending the Y in
"by", to dissect the 8, I now have back to back
"B's". if U don’t see my signature, then it’s not an original.