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I occassionally read through Ask ORblogs, which is like a localized version of AskMeFi. This question caught my eye as it sounds like something a reader of this site might know (and I'm just copy/pasting the question here, so don't blame me for the errors)...
I bought this purse in TN and it has a horse logo embossed over jwm derr Bend oregon USA.Does anyooone know anything about jwm derr? It is a really nice hand crafted leather purse.
Can anybody help him? Either comment over there or here.
Tom Del Nero said on 07/27/05 @ 05:55 PM: JWMDerr stands for Jan and Bill Derr.
The had a quality leather goods making business in Bend in the late 1970's early 1980's. Sadly, Bill was killed in a car wreck early-on in venture. Jan continued on for awhile, but I lost track of her.
Buzzweiser said on 08/02/05 @ 03:49 AM: Thank you all for finding this out and letting me know about this purse...I will treasure it all the more. I knew it was special