[TheForge] Koenig Eisen Ltd.

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Hey! Is this the damning Anti-Abana argument the seceders have 
been waiting for?.....grin!...
.....pf

Robert J Hill wrote:
> Thank goodness for NAFTA.
> Rob
> 
> On Dec 26, 2007, at 17:39, ries wrote:
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> My guess is that the forged stuff is coming out of a King owned 
> subsidiary in Mexico.
> There are several companies in Mexico doing hand forged components for 
> the american market.
> Some of them even use $50,000 German ornamental iron machines to do the 
> twisting, texturing, and making the baskets.
> I met a guy at the Flagstaff Abana conference who owned 5 factories in 
> Mexico, two of which did metal, and he sold wholesale to companies like 
> Crate and Barrel. He had brought his lead metal man with him from 
> Mexico, and they were studying like crazy at the abana conference, 
> watching demos, taking notes, buying books and tools, and looking to 
> move up from mig welded coat hangers to at least some forging.
> 
> 
> Ries Niemi
> Industrial Artist
> http://www.riesniemi.com/
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