Mine was all about money. Got a friend that tied and sold to me for about 10 years and he decided to quit selling (took up too much of his time). He sold me his jigs for almost what it costs me now to make my own and his were the best I'd ever seen before or since. When he quit and I started, I kept track of costs and it now cost me about .12 to .20 cents to make a jig as compared to almost $2.00 each buying them elsewhere. It's all about economics with me (and they work as good as any body else's.)