It took a while, but it was worth it! There is a really capable successor for SM-factory.
I have known him for many years and also his commitment and the quality of his work.
All I can do now, is to thank all my customers for many years of trusting cooperation and to say goodbye.
I'm off then, finally enjoy my retirement and leave the work to my successor ;-) Hans-F. Weiß
„There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper."
We always found it annoying that the items we were looking for were either unavailable in terms of quality or even not available altogether...
So the decision became obvious to combine well made craftsmanship with our urge for elaborate and functional design.
Although we named ourselves "SM-factory" every one of our pieces is thoroughly designed and handcrafted.
Within our manufacturing processes there are no such things as "standard" collar sizes or "standard" parts and pieces coming from a machine.
OK now - we don′t make our own stainless steel, but:
we do grind, bend and polish it in order to make every piece fit individually and perfectly.
Yes, they´re lockable
To put things in perspective
here is the complete quote from Ruskin mentioned earlier:?There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man′s lawful prey.
It′s unwise to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money -- that is all. When you pay too little, you may lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do.
The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot -- it can′t be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run. And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better."
John Ruskin,
English Philosopher
1819-1908
