Subject: Re: demonstrations

From: Dave <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 07:34:15 -0500

At 09:57 PM 8/3/96 -0700, you wrote:

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>	Bigger items that sell well are BBQ sets (Spatulas, forks, tongs,
>and meat turners), triangle belss, and fire place sets.  These items make
>the mostt money at demonstrations.  What is nice about these itmes are how
>easy they are to carry out by the customer too.
> Aaron Britton
>Mike Carson Blacksmith
>Woodland, CA 
>(916)668-5937
>
>
>

Have you been peeking in my shop?

Dave Brown
Heritage 'Smithing
Heritage Hill State Historical Park
Green Bay, WI

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From: "Albin F. Drzewianowski" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 09:21:46 -0400 (EDT)

What suprises me is that those viewing the demonstration want the one you 
just made.  You could have a dozen hooks, exactly the same, but they want 
the one you just made.  So to accomidate them, I have a lump of beeswax 
and that way I can make the hook, and put a hot wax finish on it.  I have 
had people wait while I make 2 or 3 hooks until its is their turn to buy 
the hook just made.

The other thing that surprises me is how many people do buy drive hooks 
(a "J" hook at one end and a nail at the other).  Given todays houses 
with all their drywall, there are not a lot of places they can use a 
drive hook.  I would expect the tab hooks (a "J" hook with a flat bean 
shapped tab with a screw hole at the other end) to be more popular.

To get back to the drive hooks, I always advise the buyer to drill a 
pilot hole before installing the hook. I remind them that it is made from 
mild steel and is not as hard/rigid as today/s nails.

Albin Drzewianowski
BGCM Editor
Westminster, MD