[TheForge] Reproductions, was PLEASE! Stop the Stupid comments

[Andrew Vida]

Dan Scheid wrote:
> 
> ok lets take this one step further.  lets say you make a 18th cen.  courting
> candle 1 you use mild steel , propane forge, arc weld the pan. On the second
> for some reason you dig out the coal forge and wrought Iron and make it
> using only the tools of the 18th cen.  when done they look  exactly the
> same. Now you put them on the table  and in walks a customer.
> 1) do you sell them for the same price?

	The answer to that may depend on several factors, one of
	which might be who you are selling to.  If you are selling
	to the relatively ignorant average Joe/Jane who are neither
	knowledgable nor appreciative of the blacksmithing process,
	then I would say you might have a hard time selling the
	wrought for a significantly higher price, though a slightly
	higer tag might not be too difficult if you explain it.
	People, no matter how ignorant they may be, often respond
	very positively to a lesson in the arts.  One thing I noticed
	in the years when I interpreted at Allaire Village was that
	many people are fascinated by blacksmithing and will stay
	for extended periods of time to listen to you explain
	and show the actual work to them.  The parents can's tear 
	the kids away.

> 2) if not how do you explain the difference? (they are both repos)

	See above.  

> 3) do you think that the customer could give a rats ass?

	Sometimes yes, sometimes no.  I don't think the answers
	are so simple.  A lot of it is approach, which boils down
	to defacto marketing technique.  Properly done, you can
	rob a man of his underwear and sell it back to him and
	he will go away smiling. :)