With responsibility

Once the cușmă is cut, pieces are left over. They are not thrown away. They are cleaned, joined to one another, and become the lining of a căciulă.

It is not a policy written down anywhere, it is how the work has always been done. The offcut comes from the same hide, so it has the same hair and the same colour.

The qualification is not one trade but three: cojocar, blănar and maintenance mechanic. The third one is for the machines.

The workshop machines are old and they are kept running rather than replaced. When one breaks, it is repaired in house, by the hand of the man who sews on it.