Ahhh the early days. We started our shop in 1973 because there basically was not a quality alternative shop with really top flight craftspersons at the bench, so we saw a real need in the market place for a shop where the retailer could get full service and honest value. Now I closed the door on that chapter of my life to bring the same dedication and vision to the web, and you...

This is a very early day shot, and the person at the counter is "Kris Clark" who featured a line all over the nation in the Zales Guild Division stores, such as Zell Bros in Portland Oregon, Sexties in Boise Idaho and all the top end stores in the chain. We always know the value of quality personel, that hasn't changed. I loved my shop, and working at the bencheach and every day working on the tough projects and most demanding things... I admit that my love is of the craft, of the products, and of the people... For me I never started off with this idea of great success, for I guess that I am a small minded person who measures success in a person well served, in an email from a person just brimming with joy... Hey, many laugh at me for what I do and being different, I laugh at them for being all the same, and perhaps that is the root of the real difference in the end between Tradeshop and other merchandizing companies... I make things you can take pride in, and I take pride in, and there lays the difference...