Priorities are getting some new goods in the ETSY store and then begin taking custom orders again.

Take care folks and friend me on FB @ SteveB Leatherworks to keep up with the latest!!

respect

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back in the shop

got around of new wallets hitting the street, this bunch is available on Etsy…

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Birdseye Fin available

brown border wallet -inside

brown border wallet -back

brown border wallet w/grommet

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brown border wallet available

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Sheath & Blade combo available

manta ray sheath with Halecky blade - detail

manta ray sheath with Halecky blade - back view

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Manta Ray Sheath & Halecky Blade Combo available

2Tone wallet - inside

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2Tone Wallet

oops, it’s GONE!

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Wallet for sale: the round super squire

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Wallet for sale: the pointy super squire

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Wallet for sale: the pointy fin

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this is Shelton

The skins came to me in this weird pale yellow, natural color, so i went to town and came up with this as a first experiment. The sheath is fully lined with cow and the binding along the edge is deerskin.

The blade was made by none other than “Halecky”, bladesmith of note, as payment for a barter deal. I make the sheaths for him when he gets a “fancy” order.

Something different for me, for sure.
Hope you all like.

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new sheath, thanks Ray

Dear Steve,  My name is Margaret and I work for Tempur-Pedic.  Part of my job entails working through social media; Facebook, online submissions, etc.  This morning, I was made aware of your Customer No Service rant.

First, allow me to apologize for the service you received.  Please know that it is not the service we strive to provide to each and every customer. Our pillows have a 3 year warranty, and as such we should have investigated every avenue to replace your pillow because of the faulty bag.

It would be my pleasure to send you a new travel pillow, free of charge, if you would be so kind as to email me your mailing address.  Once I enter it into the system, you should receive the replacement in 5-7 days.

Again, I apologize for the lack of service you experienced previously and hope that I can, in some small way, restore your faith in Tempur-Pedic.

Thank you,  Margaret

to which I responded:

Hi Margaret: Thanks for following up.

Really, I don’t need a new pillow, simply sending me a case (or 2..lol) will suffice. I am not looking for freebies or glad handing, but I appreciate the gesture and will certainly get good use of it if sent.

In closing, I am a fan of the product, it has always delivered.

regards:

to which Margaret responded:

Good morning Stephen,

Thank you so much for responding to my email.  I appreciate the fact that you weren’t really looking for anything, but the truth is, you were entitled to a replacement.  However, for some crazy reason that I cannot fathom, we do not make or sell the bags separately.  I am very happy to send you a replacement and in the future, if the zipper breaks again, please do not hesitate to contact me.

I have entered an order for your replacement pillow under the number <snip>.  In addition, I am sending you our Travel Comfort pillow, a travel sized version of my personal favorite.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

Again, I apologize for the lack of service you received earlier, and hope you have a terrific day. Thank you, Margaret

So there ya go, Customer-no-service turned around into Customer-Good Service!  Well, it is a shame that we’ve got to go through all kind of machinations to get a Company’s attention – but it is also real nice to see that there are people, thinking people no less,  behind the office park glass. Thanks Margaret, Thanks Tempur-Pedic, in the end you acted stand-up!

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follow-up on “customer-no-service”

Steve,  This is an outstanding piece of wearable art.  First of all, let me apologize for the blade being so sharp that you cut yourself. (I do with nearly every sheath..lol..steveb) In every piece of art you create, you impart a little piece of yourself, and in this case you literally did so.  If you are considering commissioning Steve B to create art, you cannot comprehend the exemplary quality of his detailed art unless you are holding any of his other works in your hands.  His art is functional, practical, yet overall, there is a simplicity to the design that is elegant and purposeful yet executed flawlessly.  While this may be an overstatement, Steve’s work is a refinement beyond what others make, and this refinement makes his work stand out immediately from anything you have ever seen before, or frankly will see again, unless you decide like I have to commission further functional art from him.

The closest explanation is that a artist begins his career emulating the designs and techniques of others whose work he respects in hope to discover their own “Style.”  He pays his props to those that have gone before him, and in time the artist begins to get a sense of “Self” that he imparts to his work.  Later, this style often gets progressively more complicated as he increases his skill and wants to justifiably show it off.  Finally, in time, when he masters his art with over 10,000 hours of work in his area of endeavour, he distils his work into art that is devoid of useless ornamentation and excess fringe.  He creates a object that, at its core, is a truly beautiful work that is simple, yet is expertly crafted with the highest of technical expertise.  Steve, You have truly outdone yourself.     Vr, Mike

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What a great way to end the week.

This is what I got…… from Scott-ski:

Stephen,
Greetings from the Russian front.

Our driver here in Ivanovo (Edgar) owns an almost rebuilt BMW 350 but he has little problem. From what i can understand it Looks like this gear which must drive the rear wheel is stripped.

Wondering if it would be possible for you to ask your friends if they could help locate these two parts or someone who might know someone who could.

Thanks Buddy,
Scott

Nice iPhone on left, pulse drive framastan, on the right, right!!

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BMW PARTS NEEDED, send to Russia with love – ok!

Hello all: well, where to begin?

Spring is zinging by – unreal. I feel like as fast as i move, and i move pretty fast,  that I still, only get half of the stuff done that is in my head. Like a CNC, i wish i could program a machine to run overnight to get it done while i get my solid 6. Working 2-shifts is tough, 3 is not in the cards.

Leatherwork has been busy and steady. I feel fortunate to have great customers who come back to me to time and time again and new customers who have been referred or saw my ad. Flattering and cool, it feels good to know that you can satisfy folks in this day and age AND get your price. I have always prided myself on being fair and it’s paid off. I will not give my work away (unless it is a special occasion) and I am really happy that folks feel they are getting something special and something that in the end, really is a value not only from the pleasure they will get from wearing it, but also from the durability and utility it offers.

But, I have been so damn busy, i have been breaking my cardinal rule of shooting everything before it leaves the shop, so I have a record and can share – but i have been slack – and that effort has been suffering a bit. Something has to give, know what I mean?

Even thought the 2-wheel season is young, I have been on the bikes a good bit, annoying the ever living shit out of the 4-wheel texters, determined to make my wife a widow before her time. F*cking Assholes is all I have to say about that. DONT TEXT WHEN DRIVING< GOT IT? What the fuck is with people that think they are so goddamn talented they can drive and mess with their shit?    ok…Damn….ok, breathe…..

Anyway, I can think of no better way to “blow the stink off” than a good ride. Cheaper and healthier than booze or drugs, it is sure to please… and it does. Pupkin and i have been busting further East in our chosen state, new territory – and that has been good. I like getting lost. All is good when it comes to riding, and I have quite a schedule for the summer: Americade, Laconia, the Smokeout, Sturgis and the Gypsy Run. I’d say that is a whole lot of two wheel time I got lined up. Tough stuff, but i feel qualified..ha!

Oil. Oh man, i look at what we’ve done to our environment and it makes me sick. Where I come from, you dont make a mess that you cant clean up. The balls our government has in not protecting our country! Assholes! It makes me fucking mad that they dont take care of our precious environment, i mean if we fuck it up- what are we going to do?

Well let me tell you what we are going to do…. we are going to live in our own shit… and as much as we deserve it, I dont want to see my family grow up in a world like that.

I am pissed. I feel sold out by a media that would rather talk about some crap on TV or some useless bag of shit like Jesse James – than focus on this crisis, or even the truth about our involvement in these “war/police actions/takeovers” that has our military spread all over the world for no real good reason from what i can see.

How about this… we start doing what is right… acting with a goddamn conscience for a change, stop being scammers, freeloaders, bully tough guys and slippy-sliders. Lets take care of our own business right here…and from I can see we got a ton of stuff on the docket….

Damn, I didn’t plan on going there at all…lol.. lookee that steveb went off…lol

So..that’s the short story – overall life is good, the boxcars of time move ahead and I just try to keep a firm grip on the handle as I jump on everyday, hoping my arms dont get torn from their sockets….

have a great day, you want leather work?  let me know>     steveb@steveb.biz

peace

steveb

stay safe everyone!

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so what is going on?