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Cheers! I'm glad you were able to find some value in my content; I appreciate you letting me know. Also, there is Part 2 to Calculating the Cost of Leather where I go into detail analyzing the various pricing methods mentioned in the comments. Thank you for watching!

Thank you for your comment.

Man, quite a few logical fallacies in this comment... ad hominem, appeal to authority, straw man... I've read and re-read this several times and still can't figure out what jamesw is actually upset about, once the absurd logical fallacies are accounted for.

Somebody needs a Snickers.

I don't recognize your comment since you're not an expert comment maker. You're just another random guy on the internet with no credentials acting like your opinion matters.

Thanks! I've got a follow-up video to this one dropping either tonight or tomorrow.

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Sure! That video is on The Leatherverse channel. Thanks for watching and commenting!

@justanazareneleatherco that is it, thank you sir! Be blessed

You too!

Thank you so much! That was just a dark brown leather dye. The grooves on the metal barrel pick up the dye below like a water wheel and transfer it to my edges. It saves me a lot of time as opposed to using a wool dauber or even a refillable dye pen. I appreciate you watching and commenting!

Hides often do have sqft on the back of them, but there have been several times that I've received a side that either had no stamp or small parts were cut out of the side (and used for samples, I suppose) and one of those parts happened to contain the stamped square footage. I'm glad there was some value you were able to glean from the video. Thank you so much!

@@justanazareneleatherco Thanks, that makes sense.

@@justanazareneleatherco There is a very old method for measuring the area of an irregular shape by using comparative weights. It can be very accurate and very easy to do, as long as you have a balance/scale of appropropriate size and a large piece of scrap material that is at least as large as the hide. You also need a piece of material that you don't mind scrapping that is large enough to make a template of the hide. Newspaper, wrapping paper, butcher's paper, craft paper, old bed sheet or a tarp -- whatever it is needs to be a single piece... you can't tape several pieces together. The weight of the tape will throw off the measurement. You trace the perimeter of the hide onto the paper/fabric and cut it out. Then you weigh the cut-out material. Then cut out as precisely as possible 1 sq ft of the same material and weigh it. The proportion of their weights is equal to the proportion of their respective areas. Example: The paper template of the hide weighs 64.5 g. One square foot of the same paper weighs 3.1 grams. The hide is 64.5/3.1 = 20.8 sq ft. Make sense? You need a scale that is appropriate for the weights you'll be measuring. Like a bathroom scale wouldn't be good here. This was a very common practice in science and math for determining the area of an irregular shape before we had computers and other devices to measure or estimate the shapes directly.

That is awesome! I have never heard of that method before. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for your support! Please send me an email at info@nazareneleather.com, and we can discuss it.

I think I understand your question, and if so, yes, the interior liner leather was the exact same thickness as the exterior front and back pieces (pre-dyed brown). In the video, I said they were 4/5 oz, but they are actually 3/4 oz. I thickened up my front and back pieces with natural 2/3 oz veg tan. I hope that makes sense. Thank you for your question!

Thank you for your comment! This is my first review video, a few things slipped my mind. I appreciate your feedback, and I will mention price, rating, and overall recommendation in my next one.

That's a good idea...the only problem that I potentially see with 2 of them is the longer insert pieces. Since they are roughly 10" longer than the bottom pieces, there would have to be a gap between the two jigs to accommodate the longer insert pieces. On the other hand, I could cut down one of the insert pieces...hmm...now you've got me thinking! Thanks for your comment!

@@justanazareneleatherco turn the one around, so the tail piece where you put the knob is at the other end

Great idea! Thanks for sharing!

Great question! More narrow belts could be put on the beveled side for sure, and it should work for most applications like applying dye, paint, and wax, but the wooden bevel may interfere with a burnishing tool. Thanks for commenting!

It's worth every penny! You're welcome, and thanks for watching and commenting!

Thank you for watching and commenting! No, because we do our stamping with an 8-ton press if we were to wet the leather, the brass stamp most likely cut through the leather in a few places. If we were tooling and/or carving the leather with hand tools, then, yes, it would need to dampened first.

@@justanazareneleatherco Thank you for your reply, greatly appreciate it.

Thanks! Yes, that is Weaver's Master Tool Self-Centering Guide. It's a game-changer!

@@justanazareneleathercothanks for the quick reply!!!

Thanks! I do not recall...it was a free-to-use song that I had access to thru my editing software.

Thank you!

That is a better term for sure!

Thanks for being patient!

You're welcome! I'm glad the video was helpful. Thanks for watching!

Thank you for your question. I discuss factoring in labor costs in the videos "How to Price Your Leatherwork" and " How to Determine Your Labor Costs as a Beginner" I recommend watching those videos next.

I bet it was without a stitching pony! Thank you for watching and commenting on my videos!

Thank you! For sure...lots of different uses.

I appreciate that! Just trying to share what I've learned to help others save time and money.

These are great questions, and I will do my best to answer them clearly. First, the 0.71 sqft was the EXACT area taking into account the two cutouts (total area - area of cutouts). My method is just the total area then round up to the nearest quarter. The total area calculation was just barely over 0.754 sqft. See time stamp 39:10 - 39:25. Since the total area was just above three quarters, I rounded up to one. Second, all leather hides have unusable square footage. There is nothing anybody can do about the actual leather, but the way that we as leathercrafters account for that unusable area is to add an additional 20% - 30% to our leather calculations when we price something. This is the main point of the video, but it sounds like you are asking how this concept applies to when you are purchasing leather. So this is how I would approach the problem, and I will use the example numbers you mentioned in your question. If you have a project (or group of projects) that based on your pattern will require you to use 9 SqFt of leather, then you would need to buy 2 of the 10 SqFt hides to account for the 2 SqFt of unusable leather on each hide. If you only bought one, you would only have 8 SqFt of usable leather and therefore be unable to complete your project (or group of projects). In that case, I would buy 2 hides, complete my project(s) and then find another project to use the remaining usable leather from the second hide (7 SqFt remaining). I hope my answers make sense. These are great questions, and I appreciate you watching and commenting on so many of my videos!

You're welcome...I tried to be as fair as possible. I hope you found value in what I preseneted.

Thank you, and I'm glad it was helpful!

Perhaps...?

Thank you!

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Exactly! Thanks for watching and commenting!

Check out my How to Price Your Leather Work video to see how I factor time savings into my product pricing. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Thank you for watching!

Exactly! I'm glad my friend taught me to fish. Thanks for watching!

@justanazareneleatherco Man I'm an over the hill 63 year old builder, now watching over my mom who has alzheimers. My leather journey has been unexpected. Really an exercise in creativity. I am in the middle of purchasing a cobra 26 from a young man 6 hours away. I have a coyboy outlaw currently and look forward to refining my work. Haven't made a dollar yet but hope too soon. I enjoy you're videos much. Thanks for putting them out sir

Ha! Thanks for watching, and I hope you found value in the video.

Nothing says "I care about you" like a spreadsheet!!!

Ha! Thanks...I've done it a time or two ;)

It never gets easier ;)

Your journey sounds exciting! Thank you for taking time to comment, and I'm glad you are reaping the benefits of giving (products or of yourself) first. Thanks awesome!

It is indeed! God is good!

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At some point, yes, but I don't have an exact date yet. We plan to have the Jr. Belt Pouches and Youth sized belts as standard items in our Outdoor Line of products.

Me too! It is still in the works, brother. I refuse to go into debt to build this business, so I am working to get more sales to cover the up-front cost of the new leather I need for the shofar carrying straps.

@@justanazareneleatherco looking forward to your design. I designed one and it works, but I don’t love it.

They've turned out well. Yah willing, I will have some available for purchase in a month or two.

Thank you! Wait until you hear Parts 2 and 3!

Glad you like them! I've got more planned!