Thread: A Tour of the Melbourne Pen Show Nov 2010

OK, some of my own stall, Amos

wow
wish i was closer would have gone
regards michael

That's a superb display of pens you have there Amos, well done.

I hope it paid off for you.

As far as fellowship with visiting pen turners, it was wonderful, as far as sales, I will have to look in the dictionary to see what that word means!!!???
The majority of people visiting are pen collectors, as such they are looking for vintage pens etc. not many are in the market for handcrafted pens.
It is like they have come looking for oranges, and when they see a stall with apples, they look and pass on for more oranges!
There was only one other stall that was selling handcrafted pens, all the rest are vintage pens or Brand name pens. Amos

I agree with the earlier comment. That is a great selection of pens you have there Amos. It amazes me the quantity and the quality of pens you have there and I bet you still have plenty more at home.

Well done

Cheers Ian

Originally Posted by Ironwood

That's a superb display of pens you have there Amos, well done.

I hope it paid off for you.

I agree with Ironwood

Its a shame that your sales were not as good as you had hoped for.

Amos, I was pleased to meet you today, the pen show was an interesting place to look around.

As for purchasing one of your wonderful creations.. sorry mate, I am keeping my funds to buy play things for myself

great display Amos... fabulous

did the organizers let you know what the door count was

in the second picture on the top row of your display, can you tell me what is in the boxes with the pens, looks like an unusual key chain

pity the sales weren't there

MIK

Amos do you think it may have been better to have less pens on display and make a better display of what you had. Less is sometimes better than more. If the person asks about a particular pen and says I dont like that color then you bring out a pad with some more of that range.

As you say they were generally looking for vintage pens but if your stand highlighted a more select range of hand crafted pens maybe this would have been better.

Was there any promotion of hand crafted pens in the advertising, this may have helped bring in other people looking for that exclusive gift.

Mik, they are Heart Pendants, and Jim, yes, your idea sounds good and probably give it a try, thanks. Amos

great pens Amos, sorry to hear that sales were down.

Thank you for sharing Amos
You do have an impressive collection of pens I only wish I could get that much shed time
Sorry to hear that the sales did not make it worth while.
I hope you had a great day anyway