After reading what James wrote I realized that there really wasn't much left unsaid about the scarf. It really isn't all that important to me even though I think it is very nice. After reading the interview account I feel like James understood that because of what he wrote about how I acquired the scarf.

As an interviewer I feel that one of my strengths is listening. I think that I tried very hard to listen and understand all the things that James told me about his bag. One issue that I had about the interview is that I already know James, and knew that he was a biker, so I don't know how much of our discussion was based on informant/interviewer trust and how much wasn't. Many of my assumptions about the bag turned out to be true, but I feel like that is because I already know so much about James.