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Old 10-07-2008, 03:49 PM
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Congrats Doug. Demoing is fun, especially for the kids.

Pass out cards to the spectators so they can get in touch with you later to make purchases. If you stop in at living history museums, etc. around the country you'll find very few with a working smithy let alone a working smith. This means you have a pretty strong position when negotiating what will and will not be allowed. If you must point out to the powers that be that selling product is typically how a smith stayed in business. Even company smiths sold some stuff on the side. Well, some did anyway.

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