[TheForge] chinese blacksmiths and Asian market

[Ron Childers]

I won't apologize for being American- in fact, my ancestors were here first-
but we didn't have a very good immigration policy.

A full time blade smith friend of mine recently exported an order of 100
tomahawks to Japan. He told me he has sold knives and tomahawks in sixteen
countries. (He also advises against quitting your day job).

I also heard of an almost cult following of affluent Asian people who
collect reproductions of American Frontier memorabilia- anything associated
with the wild west, etc. Do they have a collectors association? How do we
find these folks? Maybe Barney Goggle could tell us if we ask the right
questions.

Ron 

-----Original Message-----
From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Steve Carter
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 11:58 AM
To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [TheForge] chinese blacksmiths

Sounds to me like China is beating the US at its own
game.  You can't hardly fault them for that.  It's not
like the rest of the world hasn't experienced us in
much the same way.  Regardless of what you think about
their government and concerns for human rights they
deserve a little more respect.  They are just trying
to compete in this global market like everyone else. 
It just so happens that they have a huge advantage in
numbers so of course the momentum is swinging their
way.
 
Blacksmiths are a unique, creative breed.  Each one of
us has to deal with the challenge of how we will 
continue to make a decent living in this trade. 
Rather than blaming someone else for our woes we need
to rise to the challenge to create and some time
reinvent our own future in the face of inevitable
change. It may not be easy, but we can and must do it.
 If nothing else, at least it keeps things
interesting.

Steve


--- "Thomas A. Troszak" <tom at tomtroszak.com> wrote:

> Dear Dave,
> 
> This review is the first thing that I have seen on
> the forge in a long 
> time that IS in fact interesting, informative, or in
> any way related to 
> blacksmithing, and you flag (or chastise) the post,
> while completely 
> ignoring all of the complete and utter O.T. bullshit
> ranting that is 
> posted daily... weird.
> 
> We fight the economic battle with the little red
> bastards every day 
> here at Phoenix machinery, and have been raising the
> cry of alarm since 
> 1988, when I first noticed that they were taking
> over our country 
> without firing a shot. They (the chinese) in fact
> determine what steel 
> and machinery I can or can't buy or sell.
> 
> Tom Troszak
> 
> 


		
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