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My daughter has the gift of the gab (UGH)... I'd still be turning pens without rest if she dad continued.
We (she) had a good setup... had a swag of different styles per kit (gold, chrome, gun metal, copper etc in many lines and each interspersed with roller ball, fountain and pencil... or sets) and a diversified collection of blanks made up... great variety of timber, acrylic, antler, buffalo horn, truestone, Mokume metal). One of the most popular gimmicks we had was people would bring in their BOOMBY (Branch Out Of My [their] Back Yard) and I'd turn the blank into their selection of kits and have it delivered the following week.
She had a pen press at the stand and would make up pens from customers' selection. There was enough variety to please the most discerning... many times she had little unsold stock to bring home...though this was at our Docklands market which was renowned for items of quality and not cost... she never went to any bargain markets.
She also did the rounds of what we refer to as Collins Street (in the CBD of Melbourne) where all the solicitors, doctors and people reeking in cash had luxurious offices/penthouses... she had no pride and just barged in... she was good bad. Couldn't keep up the supply of Emperor, Imperial, Majestic (and such) fountains... none of the buggers knew how to use them (fountain pens), but it was a status symbol. Some of the pens were sold for what I considered embarrassing amounts instigated by her summation of the "victim".
If you look at any presidential/formal signings, it's always done with a fountain pen... at least it was until Joe chose crayon... and The Donald can't write and used a rubber stamp. I was informed that one of our prime ministers practiced with a fountain pen just for those occasions.
We (she) had a good setup... had a swag of different styles per kit (gold, chrome, gun metal, copper etc in many lines and each interspersed with roller ball, fountain and pencil... or sets) and a diversified collection of blanks made up... great variety of timber, acrylic, antler, buffalo horn, truestone, Mokume metal). One of the most popular gimmicks we had was people would bring in their BOOMBY (Branch Out Of My [their] Back Yard) and I'd turn the blank into their selection of kits and have it delivered the following week.
She had a pen press at the stand and would make up pens from customers' selection. There was enough variety to please the most discerning... many times she had little unsold stock to bring home...though this was at our Docklands market which was renowned for items of quality and not cost... she never went to any bargain markets.
She also did the rounds of what we refer to as Collins Street (in the CBD of Melbourne) where all the solicitors, doctors and people reeking in cash had luxurious offices/penthouses... she had no pride and just barged in... she was good bad. Couldn't keep up the supply of Emperor, Imperial, Majestic (and such) fountains... none of the buggers knew how to use them (fountain pens), but it was a status symbol. Some of the pens were sold for what I considered embarrassing amounts instigated by her summation of the "victim".
If you look at any presidential/formal signings, it's always done with a fountain pen... at least it was until Joe chose crayon... and The Donald can't write and used a rubber stamp. I was informed that one of our prime ministers practiced with a fountain pen just for those occasions.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
