Texatdurango
Member
Back in 2008 I used the term KITLESS in a post to describe the new direction I wanted to take my pen making by making pens without the typical bag of parts found in pen kits.
Since then the term has been widely used, quite often being the source of some rather silly debates and even meaningless arguments with some going to great lengths trying to find the perfect or at least the most appropriate definition of the phrase.
Today there are so many folks pushing the boundaries of their pen making skills that the term KITLESS almost sounds like it doesn't belong anymore as a phrase describing some absolutely gorgeous creations.
Wouldn't it sound more appropriate to just say my CUSTOM pen to describe your wonderful creations? Members here can easily see that it has no kit parts and that is why I think it adds no value to the description anymore.
I've actually visited a few member web sites where they actually use the term KITLESS in their pen description. Do we want our customers even thinking of kits or partial kits or no kits when looking at our custom hand crafted creations?
Just thinking out loud! Am I onto something or am I all washed up?
Since then the term has been widely used, quite often being the source of some rather silly debates and even meaningless arguments with some going to great lengths trying to find the perfect or at least the most appropriate definition of the phrase.
Today there are so many folks pushing the boundaries of their pen making skills that the term KITLESS almost sounds like it doesn't belong anymore as a phrase describing some absolutely gorgeous creations.
Wouldn't it sound more appropriate to just say my CUSTOM pen to describe your wonderful creations? Members here can easily see that it has no kit parts and that is why I think it adds no value to the description anymore.
I've actually visited a few member web sites where they actually use the term KITLESS in their pen description. Do we want our customers even thinking of kits or partial kits or no kits when looking at our custom hand crafted creations?
Just thinking out loud! Am I onto something or am I all washed up?
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