Handmade vs Mass-Produced: Why Your Gear Should Match Your Standards
Handmade vs Mass-Produced: Why Your Gear Should Match Your Standards Every day, mass production churns out endless racks of belts, holsters, and so-called "tactical" gear. Fast, cheap, and easy to replace — that's the goal. Factories focus on quantity, not quality. Materials get downgraded. Workmanship gets sloppy. Designs are built to look good on a shelf, not to perform in the real world. If you’re serious about what you carry — if you stake your safety, your comfort, or even your livelihood on your gear — then you already know: cheap gear will fail you when you need it most. Handmade gear is different. At Black Swamp Leather Company LLC, every piece is crafted with purpose. The leather is hand-selected...