Part of selling all those Sixth Finger scissors is the quality control each set recieves prior to shipment. I’ve got a fairly consistent failure rate of nearly 10% on every shipment of scissors I receive.
Which makes for a lot of functional scissors that are destined for my closet.
After checking with the tax man it appears I can give them away to casting clubs for their fly tying classes without incurring harm or obligation to either party. If you know that your club could use some freebie scissors, drop me a note.
It will be our understanding that you’ll not market them as the real product, rather what they are, “free defective samples so you can learn to tie flies for less cash.”
The defects that make these unworthy of sale include; uneven tips, too blunt of tip, uneven blades (width), rough closure, visible defect, or won’t cut at all. Only the last issue renders the scissors unusable, so I’ll remove those from the mix.
The scissors may be a mixture of sizes and metals (some tungsten and some stainless) and all will be usable.
I’ll need your request for quantity on club stationary or what passes for same, and a link to your club website for verification.
My email address is in the “about” page at the top of the screen, just drop me a note to reserve your space in the queue.
Oh you dear Boy:
Our hair professionals would SO love your scissors now that we are using the Metz necks your dieing for. Could you suggest a silly person we could get that cute, sparkley dubbing from? It’s so “The Thing”.
Hey… I am the fly tying chair for our club – Ozark Fly Fishers in St. Louis, MO. How can I get my hands on a few pairs of these for our fly tying tool kits? We offer several classes throughout the year as well as working with the St. Louis County Parks and Recreation Dept and the Missouri Dept of Conservation, so our equipment and tools get a lot of use. Please let me know the details and where to mail info.
At this juncture I may no longer have enough on hand, but drop me a note anyway as by the next shipment of scissors I’ll have plenty more.
I’ve shipped about 20 classes worth of scissors to a similar number of organizations, so far …