My new business model should eliminate backlog issues that have become very stressful to me. Orders will rarely be taken now, and my leather cutting tools will be sold through this online store. Demand will still cause outages, but I can make my leather cutting tools when I want to and in the quantities I am able to make. I turned 70 this year, and though I will continue to make my products for as long as I can, I can now make time for other personal interests. I will continue to do the best that I can to keep inventory up, even if in small quantities. This will be a labor of love, and not one only fueled by the desire to ‘make more money’!
Terry Knipschield
I just discovered your tools. More power to you regarding not taking orders. I am in the exact same position and have a backlog of two years worth of orders. With a wait time that long it often results in upset customers. How can your realistically provide a clear due date two years out. Anyway, I am planning to do what you are doing, which is to just make what I want and put them on the web site for sale. My best to you. Steve
The best business model is where the fulfillment of labor of work and hobby intersect over the span of life. No matter if you are seventy or ninety (as I am). The ultimate goal of a well spent life is to love and be loved by family.