A perfect example of SixGun being amazingly helpful once again!!

Quote Originally Posted by gssixgun View Post
The way things work, have worked, and don't work...

The truth of the matter is there is no test other then the public opinion one...

Way back in the old days if you wanted to establish yourself, you just jumped right in, Joe Chandler actually explained it to me... About doing some work for free, actually just helping out when needed.. So that's what I did, I saw a newb struggling, I would just jump in and offer.. Doc had a few razors for the troops going out, I offered, someone had their great grandfathers razor to fix up, I offered, pretty soon people were asking me to do more and more, and they offered $$$, that was the old way and it still works...

What happened next was the newer way, people started posting "Free Honing Offers" at first we thought this was a good thing, but quickly realized that this actually was not so good, so we stopped those offers on the forum...As some people took advantage of it and basically were running a supermarket promotion out of it, basically buy one get one free... this was just not in the true spirit of the forum...

You can definitely just hang your shingle out in the classifieds, but if people don't know of you, and haven't heard of your skills then business will be slow starting...
Still the best way of getting established is "JUST HELP" if you read about some poor newb stuck in the hone zone, just offer to help. If yer a restorer just offer to help out in the monthly giveaways...
There are tons of people on the forum that just need help...
I still do this, so does Lynn, and Max, and we all are swamped with work...
Remember what the forum is really about, and it all just comes together...
we are really here just to help each other out....

The more people you help, the more people will know your name, and the ball starts rolling along...