Upcoming Shop Closures & Order Notes

Head’s Up…Our first closure in 2019, for both Golden Witch and Peak Bamboo, will be February 3rd and 4th, just a pair of days, then a longer stretch from February 22nd – March 4th.  Following this, we’ll be closed April 19th – April 29th.  We anticipate another closure in mid to late June, but the dates aren’t pinned down yet.  Please order custom products – agate guides, anything that must be blued, that sort of thing – at least three weeks prior to the start of a shop closure if you want it shipped before the closure; orders with shorter lead times may be completed, but no promises.  Orders with only non-custom items usually ship the business day after you place the order, even in the run-up towards a shop closure; we hustle to get your orders out the door and in your hands.  I tend to work non-stop when the shop is open, so I sincerely appreciate your understanding during those times when I shut down to spend time with family, especially now that the boys are out of the house and, frequently, far from home.  You may notice a trend here, a new work rhythm that I’m experimenting with so I don’t burn out.  Rather than pretending to take weekends off, which rarely happens, I bundle my down time and skip town so I can’t work.  Despite appearances, this means the shop is only sealed up about 85 days per year vs. 124+ days per year if I actually didn’t work on weekends and took four weeks of vacation, plus Federal holidays, to match my wife’s vacation time.  I offer the math because a few folks have noted that “it seems like GW is always on vacation.”  Generally speaking, the shop will be open for 5-7 weeks, then closed for a week with a ramp-down Friday and ramp-up Monday on both ends of the closed week although that sort of neatly planned closure doesn’t always pan out.  We’re closed on most major U.S. holidays: New Years, Easter, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, & Christmas.  Everyone involved here – Matt, Nikki, Drake, & I - appreciates your business and your patience with custom orders.  Golden Witch & Peak Bamboo couldn’t do what we do without you.  Thanks! –Russ

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