I found this rather interesting video showing new recruits being trained as Hermes artisans. I really can't imagine any other brand doing anything quite like this.
Considering how much I ached last night, after an hour of thinning leather with a knife and spokeshave, I have to agree that movement and fitness is an essential part of leathercraft. I've been ill for a couple of years (improving a lot), so I'm not very fit - and I definitely felt it last night!
Awesome video, changes the way I will approach each project.
Learning a Craft and not a Task... This is what I always say you try to teach us Phil!
Beautiful documentary, in the so serene Hermes way.
The dancing and gymnastics is something essential that I would not have understood a few years ago.
It's a great way to train. I love their "whole person" approach and the idea that they are learning "a craft, not just a series of tasks".