Personally yes, I like to cut leather by hand. Mostly because of the char makes it difficult to properly burnish the edges, and good edgework can be the difference between a $30 item and a $50 item. Making templates on the glowforge allows me to have templates that last, and I can sell them to other leather workers. I find most leather hobbyists would rather use another designers templates than go through their own trial and error.
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