FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
In reply to my request for Bethlehem Olive wood it brought back memories of 3 year ago. I was at a craft fair when another stall holder came to talk to me. She had come to her mother’s from Wales and was helping out.
She told me she was a scientist and her job was to test items to see if they were original. I spoke some time with her about my Pens and using COA. She told me they are a waste of time. The only way to be sure is that every
Individual wood would have to be tested and that is costly. It’s what you believe and do you trust your supplier. I try and sell pens with a story. For example SS MAKEBELIEVE. During ww1 this ship was torpedoed and sunk, some 90 years on it was rescued and this pen was made from the salvaged wood. No it wasn’t it was made from some spare wood in my shed. ( by the way I would never do this). Eg 2 I make Irish Bog Wood Pens ( hard to get now ) So I use Norfolk Broad Bog Wood and call it Irish Bog Wood. ( Never) eg 3 I sell Unique Pens no they are pieces of scrap wood from my shed . It goes on and on, can we be sure the wood is what we believe it to be. I trust my supplier and I hope my customers believe me. Just wonder if this lady was telling me the truth or was she like us but no COA
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In reply to my request for Bethlehem Olive wood it brought back memories of 3 year ago. I was at a craft fair when another stall holder came to talk to me. She had come to her mother’s from Wales and was helping out.
She told me she was a scientist and her job was to test items to see if they were original. I spoke some time with her about my Pens and using COA. She told me they are a waste of time. The only way to be sure is that every
Individual wood would have to be tested and that is costly. It’s what you believe and do you trust your supplier. I try and sell pens with a story. For example SS MAKEBELIEVE. During ww1 this ship was torpedoed and sunk, some 90 years on it was rescued and this pen was made from the salvaged wood. No it wasn’t it was made from some spare wood in my shed. ( by the way I would never do this). Eg 2 I make Irish Bog Wood Pens ( hard to get now ) So I use Norfolk Broad Bog Wood and call it Irish Bog Wood. ( Never) eg 3 I sell Unique Pens no they are pieces of scrap wood from my shed . It goes on and on, can we be sure the wood is what we believe it to be. I trust my supplier and I hope my customers believe me. Just wonder if this lady was telling me the truth or was she like us but no COA
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