things change - let’s actually get back to human [e-] commerce again
Writing this is intended to get things off of my chest, to help me process things, to help me think “out loud”, to educate others,...
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2024
1 Year Anniversary
My, how time flies. I've been doing this leather thing full-time for a year now. Up to this point last year it was just a...
back of the napkin scribbles vol. 4
Some Thoughts on Perfection I made a rather custom cigar case this week and the process highlights my thoughts on perfection. I think perfection is...
if you have an idea
just do it. That's Nike's thing, right? Just Do It. Yesterday I started to fight something off. Started with a sore throat, then runny nose....
back of the napkin scribbles vol 3
Friday nightPhiladelphiaI was in Philadelphia this week, a quick family trip for a few days. While there I got a few photos of the next...
second look: the Galileo passport case
I have made a bunch of these now, perfected everything that needs to be perfected, and have just one more (the hand-dyed calfskin version) to...
first look: The Galileo passport case
The Galileo, a passport case (actual tagline TBD). Like Galileo’s pioneering spirit, the passport case is built for practicality and durability while maintaining a sense...
Introducing: The Jefferson Notebook Case
I made the first Jefferson Notebook Case prototype on August 6, not very long ago, really. My, how time flies! Since then it has gone...
back of the napkin scribbles vol. 2
Writing this at the end of a very long and busy 2 or so work weeks. Maybe a month. Maybe a year. I don’t remember...
the feeling of making
One of my customers stopped by this afternoon to pickup their Strathmere Leather Weekend Bag...and when he carried the bag away, down my sidewalk, and...
back of the napkin scribbles vol. 1
When I started working with leather it was intended only as a way for me to make what was needed for a few woodworking tools...
email me to purchase
I recently finished building out the website for my latest bag in the Strathmere Leather lineup, Ocean Front, and got down to the end, the...
A few Strathmere thoughts and updates
The post below originally appeared on my personal blog, putting it here because this is where thoughts like this belong as all of this is...
ideas
I’ve had the passing idea over the course of the past 4 or so years that it would be cool to have a camera setup...
duffle bag
I have had on my list to make a duffle bag for weekend type trips for a few years now, probably since I first started...
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new business cards
Up to this point in my life and “career” and such I have done all of my own design work. But I am not a...
