Upcoming Shop Closures & Order Notes

Head’s Up…Golden Witch and Peak Bamboo have several shop closures coming up in the final months of 2018.  Our Thanksgiving closure will be November 16th  –  November 26th.  Our last closure for 2018 will be December 20th  – January 2nd, 2019.  If you’re ordering Christmas items, please plan ahead and order EARLY this year because the shop will only be open for about three weeks between our Thanksgiving and Christmas break periods.  Our first closure after the new year has begun will be February 22nd, 2019 – March 4th, 2019.  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.  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 in college 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 always closed on major U.S. holidays: New Years, Easter, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, & Christmas.  Everyone involved here – Matt, Nikki, Drake, & I - appreciates your business and your patience with custom orders. Golden Witch couldn’t do what we do without you.  Thanks! –Russ

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