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watch where you stick it

A picture tells a story – and this one has a happy ending. He’s humbled and wiser, but ok. As you most probably know, tough guys hate it when they get it in the nose. Lesson learned – watch where you stick it.

Brandi Fin

Reaching back in the archive here for a little discourse on a special *surprise birthday* wallet with a meaningful, personal piece of art showcased front and center. My customer Brandi was a girlfriend of the gent who had this art as a tattoo. Mind you this was a small tattoo, and a very old tattoo..and […]

anvils

Anvils are one of those tools – you don’t know how much you need one, until you’ve got one at your disposal. I punch a lot of slots, tips, holes, etc – and find my anvils essential to a clean, neat and safe punching job. Nothing provides a more stable surface and you want a […]

Alligator PocketWallet

Some years back i was given a scrap of alligator to play with. I don’t work with hides or skins much, so put it aside, knowing that one day when i had some idle time, I’d get to some experimenting and see what I could do with it. Time passed, and lo and behold, I […]

troubles in the retail environment

Yea – we got issues in the retail environment, let me tell you (nothing you don’t already know). These pics were taken in a normally busy mall. This holds true especially on a Saturday afternoon at 1pm… around the Holidays!! Unreal, see the tumbleweeds? Ya feelin it? I sure am.

New leather….

blue suede paisley.. Found some really different and exceedingly expensive leather suitable for lining wallets. Both pieces are a matte finish suede and sport cool paisley/ bandanna. type prints. Both colors are outstanding, both prints are really something different. I was only able to find a small piece of each, so this is sure to be […]

unsafe at any speed

My grandfather Max, had a thing for cars. Being a traveling vaudevillian entertainer traveling the USA from the mid 1920’s (see the caravan pic with my Mom holding the dog and my grandmother in the back car) through serving in WWII in the USO, he knew that transportation was pretty important to his ability to […]