OKLAHOMAN
Member
A few days ago I was listening to an oldies station on the radio and a song by Peter Seegar, sung by The Kingston Trio "Where have all the flowers gone" was on and it made me think of "Where have all the turners gone". Don't get me wrong I know we have 14,500 members but have you noticed that we've not heard from members like "Doc" (Wizard) Justin (Timebandit), Toni, just to name a couple and in the last few months we've seen very few custom or kitless pens and we're seeing more and more post that will get 40-50 reply's that have absolutely nothing to do with pen making . We're losing a lot of talented pen makers and their knowledge.
In the past we lost Members like Gerry Rhodes not only a talented pen maker but also a photographer that showed us how to photograph pens, Lou Metcalf another great pen maker and was our expert on fountain pens, William Cavanaugh who was our comic relief and our spelling police, Ed Davidson who wrote many of the tutorials in the library, Keith Larrett another great pen maker and disciple of Eagle,
Steven Jackson and George Butcher both have left us but thankfully came back, let's find out why they left and came back, maybe in that way we can stop others from leaving. I know we will lose some as they just get tired of the hobby and go onto other things but if some have other reasons that could be avoided, let's find a way to keep them and their knowledge
In the past we lost Members like Gerry Rhodes not only a talented pen maker but also a photographer that showed us how to photograph pens, Lou Metcalf another great pen maker and was our expert on fountain pens, William Cavanaugh who was our comic relief and our spelling police, Ed Davidson who wrote many of the tutorials in the library, Keith Larrett another great pen maker and disciple of Eagle,
Steven Jackson and George Butcher both have left us but thankfully came back, let's find out why they left and came back, maybe in that way we can stop others from leaving. I know we will lose some as they just get tired of the hobby and go onto other things but if some have other reasons that could be avoided, let's find a way to keep them and their knowledge