Allegory

Holiday sale is live folks! Plus we've added some new products to the site.

Holiday Sale 2023 Allegory Handcrafted Goods is conscious luxury. Handmade writing instruments, leather journals, leather portfolios, padfolios, messenger bags, custom wallets and more.

Snag an early bird reward while they're still available! We just launched our newest Kickstarter this morning!

1937: Writing tools crafted from WWII Battleship Decking. The USS North Carolina is a decorated WWII Battleship. Some of its original teak deck has a new mission as part of your daily carry.

We're hiring!! Apply yourself or please share!

https://www.indeed.com/job/industrial-sewing-machine-operator-024d46f7c0bc6837

Primary Duties:
Sewing pieces in our leather accessories line (portfolios, bags, wallets, journals, etc.)

Additional Duties:

Leather Production Work
Leather cutting, lasering and washing
Notions preparation
Setting of rivets, snaps & other fasteners
Custom engraving
Stock for inventory or pack for orders
Assess supply levels for all products and communicate purchasing needs with Production Manager

Pen Production Work
Breaking down wood stock
Drill, glue and tube pen blanks
Barrel trim pen blanks
Turn, sand and polish pen blanks
Engrave and assemble finished pens
Custom engraving
Stock for inventory or pack for orders
Assess supply levels for all products and communicate purchasing needs with Production Manager

Shop & Equipment Maintenance
Weekly sweeping and organization of the shop
Monthly (or as needed) cleaning and maintenance of the tools:
Laser engraver
Sewing machines
Table saw
Band saw
Drill press
Lathes

Pack & Ship
Assist the Shipping Manager with pack & ship.

Other Duties As Assigned
Document processes to develop training and reference manuals for future staff.
Support other business needs to free up owners’ time time as necessary to focus on immediate revenue production.
Qualifications
At least one year experience in manufacturing/production environment.
At least five years experience sewing, preferably on industrial sewing machines.

Position Details
Pay Scale
$15/hour during training period..
$17/hour when team member is able to do most of all of the above with little direct supervision.
Hours & Scheduling
20-30 hours per week depending on the time of year (higher sales volume in May-June and November-December) and the other large-scale projects.
During training period (generally about 4-6 months) the Production Assistant needs to be working in the shop when Production Manager is available to do training (roughly 9-2 M-F).
After the Production Assistant is trained they can have quite a bit more flexibility in their hours. The Allegory shop is “open for business” 8:00 am - 6:30 pm. If non-traditional hours work better and quality & timely work is still getting done, team members can set their own hours.
Scheduling flexibility will vary depending on the projects in the shop at a given time and the availability of other Production Assistants and Production Manager.

We just had our best launch of any of our Kickstarter projects yesterday! $29,000 pledged in the first 23 hours! 😁😁

We're gonna be making some pens!

https://bit.ly/theancientspens

The Ancients: Writing tools carved in ancient reclaimed wood Leave your mark for the ages with these millennia-old wood writing tools. Handcrafted by Allegory in Chicago and guaranteed for life.

🎉🎉And we're LIVE!!🎉🎉

Crowdfunding is where we got our start, and we've learned that it's an incredible way to foster conversation and build a community with our backers. We love the freedom it's given us to work so collaboratively with that community, honing our work over time to make it even better. We are so excited to be one of the first projects on Backerkit's new platform.

You asked, we listened: our fan-favorite Flight Satchel is growing into it's own line of minimalist bags! Choose from our standard collection, or add custom options to make perfectly personalized! 😉

Check out that link below! Early bird is truly getting the worm; all backers pledging within the first 48 hours get a free automatic add on, so hop to it!

https://www.backerkit.com/c/allegory-goods/allegory-goods?ref=social

The cat's out of the bag! 😉

Backerkit, which has long supported crowdfunding creators with tools to make fulfillment possible, is launching its own crowdfunding platform. It has been built to foster a closer, more collaborative community with creators and their backers, and you know that's right up our alley. We are so excited to announce our next project, the Flight Satchel 2.0, will be debuting exclusively on Backerkit! 

You asked, we listened, and we are introducing a line of four minimalist bags. With two sizes, three leather colors, all available in messenger or mailbag styles, we've got you covered! Artisan customization will also be available to dial this heirloom quality leather bag down to your specific needs. 

Check out our prelaunch page and sign up for those exclusive earlybird perks. Allegory is here because of our backers and supporters, and we can't wait to get you your new favorite bag!

https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/0497241a-9034-4f0d-9714-31971714ecc4/landing

Spent the morning custom engraving a ton of Aspens! Check out this morning's personal favorite of Julie's, our resident engraver, shipper, and borzoi wrangler.

Calling all procrastinators!!

Last chance to back The Grove Collection on Kickstarter. Whether your a seasoned journal-er or new to the planner world, we have got you covered (get it?😉).

If you're looking to snag yourself a Grove Collection Slim or Multi, they are available as add ons! To select only pens, choose the no reward pledge and they will pop up. Can't decide? Once the campaign ends, you will be able to fine tune your choices through our Backerkit survey.

We are so excited to be bringing you this new collection, and can't wait to see how you folks put them to use!

We are down to the final stretch of our Kickstarter for The Grove Collection, and have been cranking them out in the shop this week with some help from our matching shop dogs, Oatie and Stanley. Dogs are a very important part of the handmade process 😉

Be sure to check out The Grove Collection and become a backer before it ends!

Wow, folks. We are blown away by your support of The Grove Collection. Yesterday we hit 100k-- this is a huge milestone, and we couldn't have done it without you. What a way to kick off the year!

If you haven't taken a gander at the Kickstarter, go check it out before it ends in 6 days! We are already hard at work prepping those rewards and we can't wait to get them into your hands 😉