#warclad

New video is out on the YouTube channel! I go over the various tools that will help when getting into leatherworking as well as my thoughts on quality in relation to first tools.

New early video release up on the Patreon! I talk about hide glue and how to make it for use in your own historically accurate projects. It’s a simple and neat little process that makes you appreciate something we’ve been using since we were little kids. 

The title says it all. Apparently things changed back in December and in order to sell there I’ll have to do all kinds of registrations and fees. Unfortunately that Isn’t really financially viable for me. The shop is still really small and a tiny fraction of my sales are made in the UK. So, for now, it looks like I won’t be able to do any more business there. 

This is really unfortunate as, while sales have been small there. I value the adventurers there who liked my work enough to commission some. I’ve sold both regular items and custom orders there, and made more than a few people happy. 

It’s a stumbling block, one I don’t need. I’ll be honest that, while I’m working very hard to take care of the aftermath of the boom from last year, things have been slowing down since late fall-early winter, and the shop has lost a lot of momentum. Running a business by myself, with no prior knowledge of how to do so has been tough, very tough. I’m honestly surprised I’ve made it here. I very much hope I can keep going, but also worry that I won’t be able too. That’s probably a bit more candid than most shops would be, but I like to think I’m a person first, and an honest one at that. 

No matter how things go warclad isn’t going away, but I’ll be honest. If things stay like they are, I might need to make some changes as to what warclad is going forward. But no matter what, we aren’t going to stop moving forward. We’re adventurers and that means we rise to the challenge, and we do it together! I’ll be taking the weekend to rest, and come back on monday with fire in my belly. 

I wanted to say a big thank you to everyone for helping to boost my promo post and getting me past 100 subscribers on YouTube! That means a lot that people love my content so much! You’ve given me a lot of energy to dive back into it tomorrow! For now though, enjoy your labor day, and remember all the work and struggle that workers have done for us both today and in the past to gain us the workers rights that we have!

Also! I’ve made a linktree! I’m hoping it will make sharing my socials a bit easier. It even has a little donation section so if you want to give your girl a quick little boost don’t be shy ;). For real though, pretty much everything goes back into the shop so every donation or bit of support lets me do that much more!