Dennis
05-09-2010, 02:22 PM
I have just come back from the first day of International Jewellery London. Generally I skip the main body of the exhibition and head straight for the tools and gemstones. However I did buy a couple of those sports watches on a rubber bracelet to entertain the grandchildren.
Suttons was the only tool company showing, but I had a good browse. I am always attracted there by the Benchmate system, but in the end gave myself a good talking to and resisted temptation.
There were lots of gemstone dealers, but my favourite one, Lorenz was isolated right at the beginning, on the left. He had only one small table and spent the whole time shuffling his trays so that people could browse his carved stones. To add to his troubles his card machine would not connect, so I had to leave the exhibition to find an ATM. Here is the onyx I bought to make some pendant earrings, hanging from the square studs and the stone for a ring to match. When they are ready, later in the year I shall post them to see what you think. Dennis.
Suttons was the only tool company showing, but I had a good browse. I am always attracted there by the Benchmate system, but in the end gave myself a good talking to and resisted temptation.
There were lots of gemstone dealers, but my favourite one, Lorenz was isolated right at the beginning, on the left. He had only one small table and spent the whole time shuffling his trays so that people could browse his carved stones. To add to his troubles his card machine would not connect, so I had to leave the exhibition to find an ATM. Here is the onyx I bought to make some pendant earrings, hanging from the square studs and the stone for a ring to match. When they are ready, later in the year I shall post them to see what you think. Dennis.