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4/14/2005

You just never know…

Filed under: — LAL @ 3:59 pm

A custom job that you think will be quite easy can turn into a monster that you never expected. A miscommunication to the caster, and your one earring short for the set. Some 18kt accents that you were sure you had the metal for, but didn’t. An overzelous chasing hammer that neglects to remember just how brittle Topaz is. Not to mention combine that with some crazy treated “Mystic Topaz” stones that the customer brought in, (where the hell do those come from). Well, luckily from a dealer about 15 minutes drive from here, but that was luck. So, only 3 weeks late on the finished job…! What! Thats right, you can’t be 3 weeks late on a job, thats bad business, plan better and don’t EVER let that happen!
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