Feather blanks?

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I haven't personally worked with Marla's blanks but they look great from the pens I've seen others post. I did make a pen from a feather blank by John Underhill and I thought it was top notch also. It's not easy to figure out how to order his blank. I got it from Exotics and he's not even listed as a guest artist. I had to click on the photo of the feather pen on the home page which takes you to a page where you can enter you're email address to get on a notification list. That's how I got mine....got an email and ordered that day...they don't last long. If you don't get on the list you'll think they just never stock them.

Anyways this was mine:
 
John Underhill is found under "friends and partners".

But we have talked about reorganizing that section because it seems to be a "distinction without a difference". In the next few days we will consolidate our artists into our friends and make it one section.

Yes, John's feathers sell out in under 8 hours. If you are on the "notify me" list, you will receive an email when Dawn starts "putting up" the blanks. Usually by the time she "puts up" the last one, there are fewer than a dozen left.

John's work is truly extraordinary and his pricing is obviously too low (the demand far outpaces the supply).
 
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Marla makes absolutely amazing blanks! I've made 3 of hers so far, 1 long click and 2 Jr. Statesman pens. She has a nice variety of colours and sizes, too. Depending on what size blanks you want, her work can be found at indy-pen-dance (an IAP vendor, great folks) or on the Canadian web store William Wood-Write.

I'm a delighted fan of her work- and it sure catches peoples' attention. I've got a couple more I'm itching to turn
 
I have used both Johns and Marlas, I cannot really say which is better, Johns are mostly bird related and some of Marlas are also but then she make just color cordinated feather blanks also.
You can't go wrong with either of them. IPD (Indy Pen Dance) is where you'll find Marla's blanks.
 
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They are both talented artists (Marla, JohnU) and I have used both of their blanks. In a nutshell, John"s are more "masculine" looking (darker colours), whereas Marla's offer more "distinct" colours and have more appeal to both a feminine and masculine audience. As Roy stated, you won't go wrong with either of these two. JMO
 
This is not meant as negativity...merely sighting my experience on trying to order two feather blanks....just understand that just after you get notified that the blanks are being put on the site, and understand that just because you find a feather blank for sale and put it into your cart..just because it is in 'your' cart..it is 'not' yours until you checkout and pay for it...ie, if you put two blanks in your cart, and take to long to get them paid for, then if someone else pays for them first...then you do NOT get those blanks...thats just the way the free shopping cart software works...right Ed..



ed4copies said:
John Underhill is found under "friends and partners".

But we have talked about reorganizing that section because it seems to be a "distinction without a difference". In the next few days we will consolidate our artists into our friends and make it one section.

Yes, John's feathers sell out in under 8 hours. If you are on the "notify me" list, you will receive an email when Dawn starts "putting up" the blanks. Usually by the time she "puts up" the last one, there are fewer than a dozen left.

John's work is truly extraordinary and his pricing is obviously too low (the demand far outpaces the supply).
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John is absolutely correct.

If you find "one of a kind" products that you want, CHECK OUT. We combine orders and do not charge for shipping on the second and subsequent orders, we put them in one box and mail them. But, until you have checked out, the inventory is not reduced--in the eyes of the software programmer, it is not sold until it's checked out.
 
Yes, understand that is what the programmer thinks best...but just a question in my mind...what if someone puts 'one' blank in their cart...scurries to checkout to pay for, and someone else has gotten there first and paid for it....then that same user could go back, because he didn't get that 'one' blank he wanted, and puts another blank in his cart and scurries to checkout, only to be beaten to checkout again....guess it is all a gamble instead of a checkout line...but what I also don't understand is 'how', if the item has already been put in one cart, does that item get marked as unavailable...probably not until it has been paid for..??..so essentially then...two, three, four people could all put the same item in their cart, and whoever gets to checkout line first wins..!!..yea, winner takes all..


ed4copies said:
John is absolutely correct.

If you find "one of a kind" products that you want, CHECK OUT. We combine orders and do not charge for shipping on the second and subsequent orders, we put them in one box and mail them. But, until you have checked out, the inventory is not reduced--in the eyes of the software programmer, it is not sold until it's checked out.
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You can contact JohnU or Marla (Crickett) and either of them will do a great job for you.

John, it looks like you have a beef about something which you should probably take off line. You are side tracking this thread.
 
and how does discussing 'how a shopping cart' works turn into a beef..??

Unless everyone knows how the shopping carts in all businesses work, then they will never be able to purchase the blanks, feather or other wise, that they want...

Buzzzz4 said:
You can contact JohnU or Marla (Crickett) and either of them will do a great job for you.

John, it looks like you have a beef about something which you should probably take off line. You are side tracking this thread.
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penhead said:
and how does discussing 'how a shopping cart' works turn into a beef..??

Unless everyone knows how the shopping carts in all businesses work, then they will never be able to purchase the blanks, feather or other wise, that they want...

Buzzzz4 said:
You can contact JohnU or Marla (Crickett) and either of them will do a great job for you.

John, it looks like you have a beef about something which you should probably take off line. You are side tracking this thread.
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You can get whatever feather blanks you like. I stated that by contacting the creators themselves. Both John and Marla (and others) may be more than willing to create blanks for you. There is more than one way to get the blanks you would like.
 
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I guess I missed that then...I did not realize that the featherblank creators wanted you to contact them personally to order blanks. Thank you for that info.



Buzzzz4 said:
penhead said:
and how does discussing 'how a shopping cart' works turn into a beef..??

Unless everyone knows how the shopping carts in all businesses work, then they will never be able to purchase the blanks, feather or other wise, that they want...

Buzzzz4 said:
You can contact JohnU or Marla (Crickett) and either of them will do a great job for you.

John, it looks like you have a beef about something which you should probably take off line. You are side tracking this thread.
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You can get whatever feather blanks you like. I stated that by contacting the creators themselves. Both John and Marla (and others) would be more than willing to create blanks for you. There is more than one way to get the blanks you would like.
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I can not speak for them, but I have used this route in the past. You just have to know that it could take longer and you will pay individual shipping. This route would be up to them and on their time frame.
 
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Umm, but you said this "You can contact JohnU or Marla (Crickett) and either of them will do a great job for you." two times in this thread..?????


Buzzzz4 said:
I can not speak for them, but I have used this route in the past. You just have to know that it could take longer and you will pay individual shipping. This route would be up to them and on their time frame.
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John, I have bought directly from both and order exactly what I want. Why don't you just give it a try and stop this back and forth.
 
I have used both Marla's and John's feather blanks. The arguement between the two is like trying to decide which is BETTER... a Top of the line Mercedes or a top of the line BMW. THE TRUTH LIES WITH THE BEHOLDER!


and John.......you OBVIOUSLY are NOT a STOCK, BOND, COMMODITY OR SECURITIY TRADER. IN MY WORLD, IT'S NOT YOURS UNTIL YOU ARE THE FIRST PERSON TO CHECKOUT AND PAY FOR THE ITEM.....ENOUGH ALREADY! IN MY WORLD, the price of the items mentioned above can TRIPLE or LOSE THREE TIMES the last posted price in a nano second. Wanna speculate on oil prices?

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While I do apologize for getting this thread so off topic, there was a point I was trying to make..but that doesn't seem to matter now.

The point was NOT to argue which is better...I have not tried a blank from either artist. I have NOT been able to purchase one or two of the blanks. Yes, as pointed out I should have contacted the artist directly. It was just my opinion that the artist didn't want to be bothered with selling to everyone who called, which would be why they went through an online store to take care of the selling business, and give them more time to create.

It's just my opinion, that if two or three people are allowed to purchase all of the blanks, everytime, then something just doesn't seem fair...but again, that's just my opinion, and if that's ok with everyone else...then fine.

However, since PenMan1 used an example, think about this....you spend time in a car lot and pick out the perfect car, perfect in every detail, you want to buy...then you go for a test drive, and five minutes later when you return to the lot, the salesman tells you to get out of the car, that someone else has purchased it....and then you do this same thing thing a couple more times, pick out the perfect car in detail, go for the test drive, and return to the lot, get out because someone else bought it already...because no one told you that you had to pay for it before someone else did.

And, for the record, I have dabbled in the stock market before...lost my shorts..!!..got smart and let someone else take care of that business for me because they are so much better at it than I am...

On that note, PenMan1...care to buy a couple of John Underhills feather blanks for me..??



PenMan1 said:
I have used both Marla's and John's feather blanks. The arguement between the two is like trying to decide which is BETTER... a Top of the line Mercedes or a top of the line BMW. THE TRUTH LIES WITH THE BEHOLDER!


and John.......you OBVIOUSLY are NOT a STOCK, BOND, COMMODITY OR SECURITIY TRADER. IN MY WORLD, IT'S NOT YOURS UNTIL YOU ARE THE FIRST PERSON TO CHECKOUT AND PAY FOR THE ITEM.....ENOUGH ALREADY! IN MY WORLD, the price of the items mentioned above can TRIPLE or LOSE THREE TIMES the last posted price in a nano second. Wanna speculate on oil prices?

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED!
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So you think that by letting everyone know and understand how something works, so that they can play the game and not lose before they start...you think that is whining...then I sure would hate to be one of your customers in your day job of commodities or whatever you do..

PenMan1 said:
You are right, John. This thread really doesn't matter any more. You lost us at the first glass of whine.
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:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying: I think this thread should be closed !!!!:crying::crying::crying::crying:
 
I probably should just move along, but I'll ask how else *should* a shopping cart work? And how is it any different than buying in person or over the phone? I mean, if someone beats ya to it, they beat ya to it.

-Matt
 
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