Gene and I just finished the Expo Latino show in Long Beach, CA. Sheila Tate of "Cutting Cross Cultures" taught a class called "Cutting Cross Cultures." We were told it was one of the better attended classes.
This was a party group. Most attendee were more interested in buying cosmetics and spa items than shears. Most of our shear sales were to platform artists. I sharpened about a dozen shear
rs. There were other sharpeners at the show, but I was the most expensive at $30.00. One shear I sharpened was the infamous original Vortex. The screw design on that shear makes it impossible, plus there were other design flaws. Fortunately I cn sharpen using the clamp on the Scimech without taking it apart and since the rideline looked good, that's what I did. I tightened the screw with an allen wrench on one side and a UFO tool on the other. It takes 3 hands. (Not really, but avoid this shear if at all possible.) I offered her a $50.00 trade-in on any shear so I could show this baby off to other sharpeners as a warning, but she wanted to keep her shear. I think hell for a shear sharpener would be sharpening this particular shear all day long, and only this shear.
rs. There were other sharpeners at the show, but I was the most expensive at $30.00. One shear I sharpened was the infamous original Vortex. The screw design on that shear makes it impossible, plus there were other design flaws. Fortunately I cn sharpen using the clamp on the Scimech without taking it apart and since the rideline looked good, that's what I did. I tightened the screw with an allen wrench on one side and a UFO tool on the other. It takes 3 hands. (Not really, but avoid this shear if at all possible.) I offered her a $50.00 trade-in on any shear so I could show this baby off to other sharpeners as a warning, but she wanted to keep her shear. I think hell for a shear sharpener would be sharpening this particular shear all day long, and only this shear. I didn't mention our other adventures. Northwest Airlines sent one of our suitcases to Texas rather than California. This, after charging us $25.00 to ship our luggage. Then FedEx let us down, too and 3 of our displays were broken is shipping. So I don't know which is best for shipping to a hair show. Also, our bi-lingual model was not provided as promised. But, all in all, these were minor annoyances and our good surprises like friendly, helpful union workers at the convention center more than made up for the bad!
We were surprised how many people spoke English at this show and how many non-Latino's attended. Tomorrow we host our Sharp and Shop here at the Clarion in Carson. We expect a small group but are really looking forward to this. We may try to pull this together for future travels.
Photos from the show http://picasaweb.google.com/bonika/ExpoLatino2008
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