[TheForge] Ebay swage blocks

Fri Jul 12 16:02:01 2002

Found these on EBAY today.

Looks like this one is  newly cast.
"swage block"

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2121202238

One below is an old 200 pound "swedge block"

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2038053949

What is the proper name for these ?  <g>

Dann Johnson

At 12:15 PM 7/12/2002 -0400, you wrote:

>On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 20:53:28 -0500 "Bob Ehrenberger"
><[email protected]> writes:
> > Dan,
> >
> > But what about us struggling professionals.
> >  I had a lot more disposable income when I had a salary/day-job and I
> > just  was a hobby Blacksmith.
> > Now that I'm blacksmithing full time things are pretty tight.
> >
> > Bob Ehrenberger
>
>The first thing that comes to mind? is ....
>
>1.You are not charging enough for your work.
>2.You haven't elevated your customer base.
>3.Maybe you don't live in an affluent market.( I have a B/S friend
>in Troy ,Al.  that has only one upper middle class resident)
>4.or...heaven forbid.... your Quality is not up to Pier one Imports.
>5.Or in my case , you can't turn it out fast enough.
>
>discussion:
>  1. Who else are they going to get to do it? How much would
>Nol Putnum charge? Kinda like "what the market will bear".
>2. Doctors, lawyers, dentist , pilots.  Corporate CEO's, Sports
>celebrities. We want customers that "brag" about how much
>they spent on a Bob E. original.
>3. old money vs. new money. How do you think it got to be old?
>They didn't spend it.  Ivan Bailey moved out of Savannah, Ga.
>to Atlanta for this reason.
>4. See #3. they will pay for quality. Take classes.
>5. One man shop, not healthy, utilizing apprentice help
>when he can get it. Hire someone who wants to work, instead
>  of a B/S, like Steve Kayne does.
>
>Scope of projects comes to mind:
>For a long time I only made items you could hold in one hand.
>You don't know what you can do 'til you try.
>
>
>
>
>
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