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handy dandy iPod ear(bud)phone case

Utility..let me ponder Utility – one of the key guiding principles behind the design of my work. Stuff has to work well first and foremost. You wont find leaherwork that is uncomfortable or unusable coming from my shop, no sir, sacrificing style for utility or comfort aint gonna happen. You might need to break a piece in, but I offer for your consideration – that that be considered an investment

My specialty is making utilitarian stuff look cool.

You can go to other guys for the 10lb wallets with 2inches of “exotic” inlay, giant silver skull-i-tacious key chains, and silver cross dingdongs. I tried carrying that crap on my person years ago, and simply don’t find it realistic. The key chains ding your paint and pull the keys out of your ignition, they pull at your belt loop, suck to carry in a back pocket, act like a rasp on your butt-ox and are a little too “show-boaty” for my East Coast sensibilities and graying hair.

This aint LA and I don’t live in Hollywood – I am in and out of subways, buses, cars, trains, on bikes, walking – I am on the go, and need my stuff to be tight to my person, not stoopit flashy or jangly. In my opinion Leatherwork must be durable and reflect that the person who designed the damn piece actually used it, wore it, tried it on and took the time to make the tweaks to make it better.

This iPhone/iPod earbud case came out of the ongoing hassling/wrestling with the damn phones cord. The blue-tooth headsets just don’t work for me nearly as well as these old-school earbuds, so I’d stuff the cord in my pocket and when i needed them, I’d pull out this tangled mess of shite.

A little thinking muscle applied to the challenge resulted in this bit o’ design. Scrap leather, one snap, one copper rivet – not bad, eh?  Carry’s really easy, is easy as pie to load and access the cord. I’d say problem solved for now, although refinements will be in the future..no doubt!

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