[TheForge] need help on a project

[Jerry Frost]

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From: "peter fels" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 2:05 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] need help on a project


>>
>> Uh. . . WHERE are you keeping those bottle openers and corkscrews?!?
>
> Oddly, most all of them have been sold to other metalworkers at the 
> conferences and i'm out of them.
> This Pg and the next few show some older ones.
>> http://www.peterfels.com/corkscrw.htm
>
>> I agree though, there is virtually no market for blades here unless you 
>> can
>> sell at quantity factory discount rates. Unless you're willing to work 
>> for a
>> few bucks an hour (if you're fast) you might as well flip burgers.
>
> We both know some folks who do quite well as bladesmiths..but it's a 
> crowded and competitive arena.

I've liked your beverage openers since first view. Heck, most of your 
hardware strikes me in the fantasy zone.

Yeah we do know some very successful bladesmiths, just none living this far 
north west, not that I know anyway. I talked to a friend a couple days ago 
who's been having trouble keeping a roof and food for himself but he still 
insists on making blades with a hammer, scrapers and sandpaper in a market 
where most folk don't know hand forged from Ginsu. There are a lot of knife 
makers here abouts, just not many bladesmiths.

Jer