braith waite Wallets
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- airey0
is there perhaps a blog we could read?
- airey0
hahahaha...ahhh.
- MrOneHundred0
They are nice. Do they make them for men?
- Salarrue0
hahahaha
- Salarrue0
this is what i found interesting about them:
Back in late January, I did a guest blogging stint on Boing Boing. One of the things I wrote about was my new Braithwaite wallet, a beautiful laser-etched, Deco-inspired coat wallet (that I carry in my front pants pocket). In the comments to my post, one person remarked: "I can't wait for someone to rip off these designs and sell them for cheaper." Connor Ferster, the man behind the Braithwaite, didn't take offense, he took it to heart. He decided to make all of their wallet designs (interiors and exteriors) available as free PDF downloads (measurements and all), licensed under Creative Commons. Anyone can download the designs and either make their own wallet, based on the Braithwaite pattern, or remix the designs and make their own (and yes even as a commercial product). I think this is a really smart thing to do. It's going to get them far more publicity and good will than whatever they might lose in sales.
Connor also tells me about a new program they have to replace any wallet you buy from them, should your wallet ever get lost or stolen. But this offer is only good through April 22nd which is when they actually start shipping wallets (they're still in a pre-order phase).
- airey0
by 'interesting' do you in fact mean 'gay'?
- MrOneHundred0
* downloads templates, gets out wallet-making equipment
- leather shears and leather sewing machine should be easy to come by ;//version3
- I keep some on hand just for occasions like this. Now leave me alone, I’ve got wallets to make. OHBOY!MrOneHundred
- you can cut up your old vests mr100...airey
- hahahaSalarrue
- Never! The pants, maybe, but not the vests.MrOneHundred
- version30
seems like something epill may like
- e-pill0
i can digi t... but the demographic and consumer base for an item like this is speciality and not really where i want to sink my creativity...
i like doing more for the masses but not mass market... the template on the design is rather basic as its stripped out. its not showing you much... also it is very basic... there is no points onto the construction even though you get to use leathers which by the pricing shown is too expensive ffor the sourcing of that materials..not to chop it down, i know you like this wallet but you are paying a lot of money for that low quality leather...
$100+ for a $3 wallet... um hahaha... and $3 is pushing it greatly...
the extreme mark up on acccessories is sooo high its insane!!!
- e-pill0
also after looking at the specs there is no mention to what is behind the lining such as foam, board, or anything else. giving out the spec without that is worthless and a gimmick, open source on product design is not the same as ...well that term just doesnt work out...
so what is Connor telling me/ you/ us he has a product that is leather and here is the spec, is it so hard t o measure out a rectangle?? give me a break!?!? i guarantee anyone here with zero product design experience can bang out 100 specs in that same concept in less than 10 minutes... that in mind, it is a gimmick to try to sell more... he has no copyrights or trademarks on the construction or design of that wallet, its sooo basic, so to claim he is offering out the spec is total and pure bullshit and means nothing this to me is a scam for them to make better with your designs coming in over them helping you the potiential designer making wallets... also where is the distribution? who is his sales team?? what stores do they currently sell to who is their goals for next market and how can they grow... these things matter to me and i checked the site and didnt find my answers... it might be a new company but there seems to be a lot of secrets they arent sharing... like the fact they are robbing you of your cash for those wallets. im sure he gets a nice deal to make a certain minimum collection but claims its as its ordered... im sure his orders are too small at this moment to afford him to purchase the yardage of that leather and silk lining to which why his prices are that high... the wallet itself doesnt deserve the price tag just by claiming leather on it... i can show you leather that super cheap and ones that is super costly... quality and luxury are two different ideals... you cant offer out the specs and still claim luxury, the price would need to drop significantly...wack ass garbages!!!
thats my follow up 2¢
- airey0
that's a lot of words for what can be summed up with "horseshit".
- monNom0
needs more canadian money.
- monNom0
"when they resonate, they truly resonate"
- e-pill0
these wallets will get you laid!!!