[TheForge] Suggestions, please

[Jerry Frost]

There's been some really good suggestions so rather than suggesting a
product how about the parameters that seemed to work best for me.

Make products that will fit in a pocket or clip on, etc. for under $10. Make
products that will fit in a purse, fanny pack, etc. for under $20.

Warm from the fire sells best.

Being able to keep a patter going while your making items is good. Having
someone handy to close sles while you work is also a good idea.

Another thing I learned about demos is; people like seeing big hot iron. I
spent several days making a set of "teapot handle" door pulls from 3/4" sq.
When I wanted to get some attention I'd bring one up to a nice yellow heat
and draw it from the fire. People could feel the radiated heat 40-50' away
and it drew them like a magnet. I'd do a heat's worth of work on the door
pull, then start on one of the demo items.

Frosty
------------------------
If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Phlip" <phlip at 99main.com>
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Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 7:05 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Suggestions, please


>
> I have just been (tentatively) hired for a Renn Faire in June. The deal
is,
> they'll pay my expenses, but in order for me to actually make money, I'll
be
> selling stuff I make. I'd like some ideas, guys, of things that would be
> sellers, basicly as souvenirs, at such an event- I know several of you
have
> done that sort of thing.
>
> Saint Phlip,
> CoD
>
> "When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
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>
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