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<p class="storytitle">Van Techdirt, <br>
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<p class="storytitle">een bedrijf dat gewoon het productieproces
online zet omdat ze het toch beter kunnen dan jij en ik:<br>
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<p class="storytitle"><a
href="http://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20121206/19350921298/wallet-maker-shows-everyone-how-to-make-their-own-awesome-wallet.shtml">Wallet
Maker Shows Everyone How To Make Their Own Awesome Wallet</a> (<i>Business
Models</i>)</p>
<p class="byline"> by <b>Timothy Geigner</b> from the <i>to-get-us-to-open-our-wallets</i>
dept on Wednesday, January 16th, 2013 @ 11:58PM</p>
<p>You know how content and product producers hate when the public
recreates what they do on their own? Like when somebody with the
copyright on a David Bowie <a
href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110906/03590315810/dont-try-to-create-illustrated-version-david-bowie-song-copyright-police-will-come-after-you.shtml">song</a>
went all nutso over a fan film? Or when the music industry took a
position <a
href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100223/0032548261.shtml">so
ridiculous</a> that it could be compared to the slogan "Home
Cooking Is Killing The Restaurant Industry"?<br>
<br>
Well, shockingly, it turns out not everyone that produces a
product has that mentality. Take, for instance, <a
href="http://artofmanliness.com/2012/11/30/how-to-make-a-wallet/"
target="_blank">Matthew Pisarcik & Sebastian Sandersius, the
founders of Bison Made, makers of some seriously well-made
wallets</a> (story sent in by Markiyan).
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<i>However, nothing is more frustrating than purchasing something
expensive with your hard-earned dollars and having it fail on
you. In this article, we want to address a common problem for
men: their wallets don't hold up. It's a source of pride to
build something that you can call your own. </i></blockquote>
Too true, but one wouldn't expect that to result in a blog post by
makers of quality wallets to teach everyone how to make <i>their
own</i> quality wallets. The rest of the post is a rather
detailed, informative set of instructions on how to make a wallet in
the same manner that Bison Made makes them. It's essentially an
informative version of a patent, minus all the supposedly
progress-promoting restrictions. Perhaps you're asking why they
would do such a thing. They do not answer that question explicitly,
but I would suggest it's a simple matter of confidence. Take the way
the post ends.
<blockquote>
<i>Bison Made uses these same basic principles when producing
quality leather carry goods. Instead of paper patterns and hand
cutting, we use high precision cutting dies to create consistent
leather components that are hand finished and stitched. We have
taken a position that by starting with high-quality raw
materials and detailed precision, beautiful and functional works
that are designed for life will follow.</i></blockquote>
In other words: here's how to make what we make, and it's real, but
we are really, <i>really</i> good at it. Also we have the
materials, machinery, and know-how. So here's our designs. Here's
what we do. Feel free to make it if you like. But if this
explanation of what we do helps you appreciate all the work that has
gone into our business, you could always spend a little money with
us to get the real thing.
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