You never know...

[like2fiddle]

Just wanted to share this little tidbit...
My employer occasionally hosts little fund raising activities to help the hospital auxillary. Two or three times a year a small leather goods company comes in and sets up in the cafeteria to sell leather handbags and wallets to employees and visitors. I don't usually bother even looking at the products because they are really geared toward women. Today however, I got decided to peruse the bags just in case they might have something good to carry a camera or two in😉. I found a nice waist pack that might do nicely for an M. The gentleman who runs the enterprise came over and asked if he could help. I told him that I was searching for a camera bag, etc. When I told him it was for a Leica M his eyes lit up. He smiled and shook his head indicating these bags were not padded enough for a Leica. He then proceeded to tell me the story of how he acquired his Rollei 35 brand new while stationed in Germany, how he had to make a special trip to the Canadian Px to find one, and how much he has enjoyed using it. I told him about Rangefinder Forum and he seemed genuinely glad to hear there are still film users out there. He's going to check-out the Forum. You just never know...

 

[rover]

But will he be hand crafting a quality padded leather camera bag for our little community? Something that says Vermont Made.

 

[dll927]

Hey, you New Englanders have to realize that the "hills of Vermont" probably just don't have the population to support many leather-crafters. Try somebody out here in CA, and you might have more luck. But understand that even we have some counties that are population-challenged. Out here they are known as "cow counties". (Tongue firmly in cheek)

 

[rover]

Me thinks you need to spend more time in New England.

 

[like2fiddle]

Me thinks you need to spend more time in New England.

Actually, it's getting a little too crowded. I used to have a tee shirt that had a drawing of a cow on it with the words: "Vermont, can 386,000 cows be wrong?" Now the cows are mostly gone, many pastures have been replaced with high-end second homes and the property taxes have gone through the roof. Ok, off the soap box...

There's something about that "made in Vermont" label that sells products though.

 

[ferider]

Hey, you New Englanders have to realize that the "hills of Vermont" probably just don't have the population to support many leather-crafters. Try somebody out here in CA, and you might have more luck. But understand that even we have some counties that are population-challenged. Out here they are known as "cow counties". (Tongue firmly in cheek)

You might be surprised what you find in Vermont. For example
the manufacturer of the M8's digital sensor ...

Roger: a HU, I'll be coming up in April again 🙂

Roland.

 

[like2fiddle]

You might be surprised what you find in Vermont. For example
the manufacturer of the M8's digital sensor ...

Roger: a HU, I'll be coming up in April again 🙂

Roland.

One of the best Vermont products is seasonal and in full swing production right now - Maple syrup!! But you've got to battle muddy roads to get it hot out of the pan😛

Roland, good news, let me know as soon as you have firm dates.

 

[GeoffL0505]

When Vermont and camera gear are mentioned together only one name comes to mind, obviously that is 'Zone VI' later bought out by Calumet, I believe. In fact while on holiday while living in Vancouver we actually found Newfane Vermont and enjoyed one of the best dinners I've ever had. A beautiful part of the world. Zone VI is , arguably, some of the best darkroom equipment available and one of the reasons I'm not going digital in this life!

 

[rbiemer]

Hey, you New Englanders have to realize that the "hills of Vermont" probably just don't have the population to support many leather-crafters. Try somebody out here in CA, and you might have more luck. But understand that even we have some counties that are population-challenged. Out here they are known as "cow counties". (Tongue firmly in cheek)

Praps so... but theres this newfangled postal system so a good leathercrafter needn't rely on just the local population.
I hear tell they even got telephones.
Rob
😀

 

[rover]

Yes we are in cow country, but some times that doesn't seem half bad.

http://defamer.com/hollywood/batman...-vs-the-crapper guarding-picketers-246794.php

 

[like2fiddle]

Careful guys, the more attention Vermont gets, the more people want to be here. The more people come here, the more it becomes like anyplace else. Before you know it...no more Vermont as we know and love it. 😱

Please come and visit, but always remember..... "There's no place like home, there's no place like home..."😀

 

[sepiareverb]

Here here Roger! Sadly it may be too late. Here in my corner of VT the hills have gone from dark to lit in the past 12 years, and the last farm in town with cows sold last summer (thankfully NOT to the developer that bought the ski area).

I'm in the NEK, and we've seen property taxes go absolutely crazy in the last few years- despite school budgets being flat or thereabouts. What are we to do??

OK- back to cameras!

 

[sepiareverb]

Actually, I'm off to class!

 

[like2fiddle]

Class? I hate going outdoors at night and having recently relocated neighbors from more populated areas thinking they have to light up their yards all night. I just don't get it. The roads are so hard to drive on that anybody robbing a place couldn't get away fast enough to not get caught! Not to mention it's a waste of resources, the lights all night, that is.

 

[sepiareverb]

LSC

yeah, the lights are crazy- we moved here (back here for my wife) from New Mexico where as we were finishing our house we had 9 trailers go in all around us- went from nice and dark at night to having our bedroom lit up by others 'night lights' nuts.

We have a 15 watt bulb on the front steps for the nights my wife works at night, so she can see her way in when she gets home at 12:15- then it goes off. Thankfully the lights are all on the distant hills, but still, we saw no lights 12 years ago save our own and the one atop the mountain on the radio tower.