Work shop leather and stainless (34)

Thankyou Vicky

Hi, I've just spoken to a friend who works leather for items he makes for Kendo, he does the occasional fetish item and has looked at similar things such as you are doing now.....

"Hi, I currently work 5mm thick armour bend material for items I make for Kendo, everything I do is hand stitched as I would always put quality over mass production.

Whilst I have made paddles / tawse / floggers for people they were made with quality in mind and not price. In reality if I had to make them with profit in mind I'd never be a rich man. My paddles were all made with 3mm veg tan(2 ply), tooled and stitched but even then the time involved wouldn't have made money unless I relented and machine stitched them. I have made a 2 ply paddle from 5mm also which by all accounts from the person I made it for works well

I looked into making more and more fetish related items but after visiting the BBB found there to be an abundance of leather out there both good and nasty (Nasty in terms of what quality leather workers would produce), If you are able to bring a new slant on things with your stainless steel being incorporated then you would set yourself apart from the others. cheaply made paddles will sell, but if your anything like me, quality of my work always outshines what price I sell anything for.

Good look in your quest "

Hope that helps?

Sjs

Thanks for the advice .. have you got any pictures of your work that i could look at. I can hand stitch or machine as i do a lot of hand stitched leather gloves .. Im just toying with a few ideas now but would like to run them ast some one who is in the game to see if its a worth while adventure

thankyou

ATB

Calvin

What attracts me is well-made quality leather products that stand up well. That means grommets instead of just holes in the leather and well-finished symmetrical pieces. Don't ignore the F/f and M/m specialty needs.

If you go to the markets or the clubs, do look at what people are wearing and buying.

I expect you might even find a market for a human-adapted raptor hood, jesses, and bells. I'm sure that there are some folk into role-play that might lie the idea of being a raptor-for-a-day.

SinPar

-- The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them. They are bottomless. They are insatiable. They are always parched and always bitter. They are everyone's concern, and like vampires they suck our life's blood. (Bette Davis)

If you come up with something new and desireable then your market is global and not restricted to central birmingham.

yes there are venues all over the country one in particular has over 3 thousand larpers,, but there are many places that will also let you trade free,, or some help a bit and trade free,,

i,d be happy to send info over

Please excuse crap spelling cause i,m rubbish

Edited 14 Aug 11, 7:16 PM by saker01

Thanks reptile i will . just need some ideas im going to look at some antique furnature that need repairing and see if i can encorporate some kind of sit in me chair and do as you please . Im going to try and speak to those that have asked me to stop by, wich im greatfull for there time already . I just need to broaden my field of manufacturing goods as the falconry industry has fallen into the hand of cheap overseas competitors . but after recent events of people losing valable falcons to cheap swivels .. there coming back to buying well made british products .. looking forward too meeting any one thats going