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Neil, i have experimented with all kinds of pen styles over the years but i can't seem to sell anything other than a done up slimline .. At my last works the director asked me if i would make a couple of pens for some customers who was going to be visiting the factory .. He asked me to show him some examples of high end pens, to which i did .. He then asked me what the price would be, the pens were Statesman fountain pens and i stated that he would be looking at £50, and that i was giving them away at this price. I ended up making a couple of Barons that he paid me £20 each for ... The company had made £170+ million that year ...

So on my patch it is Slimlines mainly and Barons for my high end pens ..

<blockquote data-quote="Jim" data-source="post: 8281" data-attributes="member: 1">Neil, i have experimented with all kinds of pen styles over the years but i can&#039;t seem to sell anything other than a done up slimline .. At my last works the director asked me if i would make a couple of pens for some customers who was going to be visiting the factory .. He asked me to show him some examples of high end pens, to which i did .. He then asked me what the price would be, the pens were Statesman fountain pens and i stated that he would be looking at £50, and that i was giving them away at this price. I ended up making a couple of Barons that he paid me £20 each for ... The company had made £170+ million that year ... <img src="http://www.penturners.co.uk/images/smilies/18/whistling.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":whistling:" title="Whistling&nbsp; &nbsp; :whistling:" data-shortname=":whistling:" />So on my patch it is Slimlines mainly and Barons for my high end pens .. <img src="http://www.penturners.co.uk/images/smilies/18/ciggrin.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":ciggrin:" title="Ciggrin&nbsp; &nbsp; :ciggrin:" data-shortname=":ciggrin:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jim, post: 8281, member: 1"] Neil, i have experimented with all kinds of pen styles over the years but i can't seem to sell anything other than a done up slimline .. At my last works the director asked me if i would make a couple of pens for some customers who was going to be visiting the factory .. He asked me to show him some examples of high end pens, to which i did .. He then asked me what the price would be, the pens were Statesman fountain pens and i stated that he would be looking at £50, and that i was giving them away at this price. I ended up making a couple of Barons that he paid me £20 each for ... The company had made £170+ million that year ... :whistling: So on my patch it is Slimlines mainly and Barons for my high end pens .. :ciggrin: [/QUOTE]

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