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    WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY (PICS)

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    • GilesG
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      Possibly, but we understand a lot more about the operation and constraints they run under. Each hide takes a year to turn from a raw skin into the finished product and "painting" the hides is incredibly labour-intensive. Plus they do all sorts of other stuff for local hunters, we saw a pallet load of beavers waiting to be tanned, a guy popped in last night with a fox he had just shot and asked how much it was to skin and tan it, and another hunter turned up with a load of rabbits this morning. The family are easily distracted 🙂

      The good news is that the natural obviously does need to be "painted", so we believe we will be able to get deliveries of that faster. We will test that theory very soon.....

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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        #positivelymedieval
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        That's National Geographic level --- Germany keeping it real

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                    • AlexA
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                      Quick and dirty video will follow

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                      • WhiskeySandwichW
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                        OOH, i can smell it from here....

                        "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                        -Seneca

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                        • flannel slutF
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                          The lust for the big buck has only increased! And wouldn't you know it, a small restock happened to hit yesterday.

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                          • AetasA
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                            Kolesch tannery is something else.
                            Can remember calling them to order some samples for Iron Heart UK.
                            It was such a lovely chat about their process and Mr. Kolesch could even remember the delivery of hides for the first jacket Haraki ordered years earlier.

                            I am in for a natural hide CPO prototype or even an Untucked version.
                            Let me know 😁🙋‍♂️.

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                            • GilesG
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                              @Aetas said in WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY (PICS):

                              the first jacket Haraki ordered

                              Funny, they could not remember that last night 🙂

                              I bought those hides and gave H the prototype as a present.....

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                  @Giles said in WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY (PICS):

                                  Funny, they could not remember that last night 🙂

                                  For real. I was surprised Mr. Kolesch sen. could remember, because it was only hide for one jacket that was send to Scotland. But at this time there have been several attempts to get some more hides for IH. Perhaps he gentle mirrored my narrative 😅🙋‍♂️.

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                                  • GilesG
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                                    "Old" Mr Kolesch had had a beer or two by then.....Well, we all had to be fair......

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                    • KarolK
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                                      @Alex @Giles what an awesome coverage! Thank You Guys!

                                      Favorite:
                                      IH-888S-21 | IH-888-XHSib | IH-805 | IH-729-PUR | IH-555-XHS | IH-555S-25MB
                                      IHSH-339-SAX | IHSH-341-BLK | IHSH-293-OD | IHSH-362-BLK | IHSH-409-IB | IHSH-336-OD | IHSB-BIGBUCK-BLK
                                      IHV-44-BLK | IHV-02-BLK
                                      IHJ-75-BLK | IHJ-79-BLK | IHM-37-ODG

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                                      • goosehdG
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                                        There are not enough adjectives and superlatives to describe how cool this is!! Thank you @Giles and @Alex

                                        "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                        • JunkPantsJ
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                                          Great to see the pictures and video from the tannery!

                                          (I do some leatherwork when I have the time, and generally the more old school (and time consuming) the tanning process the more I tend to like the leather. J&FJ Baker is a personal favourite for instance)

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                                            Loading in the last show on R0ger Waters tour here in South America!

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