One thing we have learned in all these years spent working with hobbyists, artisans and manufacturers, is that, the quality obtained by a hobbyist can be higher than the quality we can find on some leather items created by well-known luxury companies.
But how is this possible? Basically,
Actually, by love we mean efforts, passion and time dedicated to that specific leather item. The products industrialization by luxury brands is very focused on standard materials and techniques. The high productivity required to meet the growing market demand, has reduced the time dedicated to the creation of the object (with the exception of some rare cases like Hermès)
From here it follows that, a hobbyist or a small leather crafter, which has as passion the creation of leather items, will give as much love as he can in his project, because in most cased these items are not created with the only purpose of profit, but is the creation process itself that gives the craftsman happiness and joy.
Besides these feelings, creating a leather item emanates reminiscence of the past, to people who hold it in their hand, thanks to the ancient art of leather crafting that connect human to nature for more than 5000 years.
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