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“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them.”

— Thomas Merton

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— Thomas Merton

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Raw hides take about 1 to 2 month to be transform into leather using the vegetable tanning method (the best). With that said I'm sure I would never have any difficulty to obtain simple blank hides with natural color and no finish. The problem arise when you start looking for finished hides.

Each tannery have their own technique to obtain their finish. Badalassi Carlo has this beautiful pueblo I use a lot. A very distinct look. But they have only one tannery to supply the entire world. There's many suppliers around the world that has stocks so if you really want a hide you can find one but your favorite supplier who can satisfy your thickness desire might often run out and the supply chain is not as fast as Amazon. I'm currently stuck waiting a month to get my hands on tabacco pueblo. But the REAL scarcity is found in shell cordovan.

Shell cordovan is a rare, high-end leather made from a small, dense layer of fibrous tissue found in the rump of a horse. My favorite one is the Japanese shinki-hikaku. The process take from 6 to 10 months. There is only a couple handful of hides available in any given color. They are very difficult to obtain reliably and are all sold individually. You buy a specific hide. There is an orange one at my main supplier. Only 1 left out of 3. I haven't found anywhere else I can get it. Maybe it's possible to get it elsewhere, but I haven't found it.

Note that this is my experience as a small retail. Big businesses might have an easier time than me getting their hands on some of these.

Have you ever heard of anyone working with Wagyu hide?

One man, five months and 5,000 trees later our Oak Forest is planted! Crazy to think it will reach maturity when the last Bitcoin block is mined in 2140. 🧡🙏

What’s your time preference?

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“Nature does not make mistakes. Right and wrong are human categories.”

— Frank Herbert (Dune)

“Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?”

— Marcus Aurelius (Meditations)

For you to exist today…

The universe had to be born.

Stars had to live, die, and explode.

The Earth had to form just right—distance, gravity, atmosphere, magnetic field.

Life had to spark from nothing.

Evolution had to grind on for billions of years.

Dinosaurs had to get wiped out by a space rock.

Apes had to get weird so Homo sapiens could show up.

And then over 12,000 generations of humans had to survive:

Predators. Extinctions.

Enemies. War.

Famine. Disease.

Childbirth. Infant mortality.

Economic collapse. Depressions.

Oppression. Tyranny. Technological disruption and so on…

Puts a few things into perspective!

Hey Nostriches…worst head cold I’ve ever had! Not sure if it’s a combo of allergies (which I’ve never had) and lingering sinus infection but my nose and ears are blocked and stopping me from sleeping.

Any useful tips for sats?

#asknostr #v4v #help 🙏🫠

You only get what you give.

I know many people, well into their 30’s, that have a credit card paid for by their parents. Interestingly none of them have kids.

Thanks for the sats! They proclaim to offer;

“PRIVACY FIRST

-Optional customer account by default

-No Marketing Analytics (Google etc.)

-Automatic deletion of customer data after 30 days.”

I’ve used it for products and services, still a bit slow but ultimately they’ve always delivered.