steveb leatherworks: the blather

I’ve  been productive as hell  and here’s just one of the latest pieces to leave the shop. I am proud to introduce you to a very utilitarian piece o’ work – the steveb Front Pocket Jounal Cover. Amazing innovation it is – this front pocket. It allows you, the user, to put all kinds of stuff in there, like specifically a pad of square Post-its. The pocket is “built-up” with a welt, so a pad slips in and out easily.

Thats exactly what this pocket is for, as the intended user uses both Composition Books (no Moleskine books for Freddy) requiring I come up with yet another pattern and he is a fiend on post-its….I expect this book will be carried on his person everyday…logging jobs and estimates.

It is a beast and should last a lifetime..and I dont expect it will be well cared for…at all… all my boys are perfect product testers. They beat the crap out of what I make for them, knowing it’s “easily” fixed or replaced….yea… dont get my wrong, I love these guys…they are..as Shank would say…”the best”!

Actually, this special journal was made for a very special person as a gift, I made it for my pal Freddy. Ya see, I know I can mention it here, because none of my boys are computer savvy, and so no one local to me ever reads any of the crap I write about our escapades! Ha! Come to think of it, I should really take advantage of this more often and badmouth them in a flagrantly heinous manner….hmmm….

Anyway, one of the (if not the only) benefit of being my friend these days is that you, at some point are going to get a piece o’ leatherwork from me as a gift.  It used to be my friends would use my shop and tools, but these days, our motorcycles and mechanized stuff is newer and it just doesn’t break as often. Well, Fredddy has gotten all kinds of leathergoods from me over the years, and he has even (begrudgingly) paid for some of it, albeit at a very discounted rate. You can always count on your friends to haggle, right? It’s like sport.

So, here I was , being thoughful – and zingo, I am thinking a special birthday, a real milestone  – deserves a nice gift from one of your very best friends, no?  So here you have it, practical, pretty, thoughtful and free. Slam dunk!  Wanna bet, I get a wiseass remark along the lines of….”what? you cheapskate,  couldn’t BUY me a gift?”

Like I said, I love this guy.