Hank Ray on thu 8 apr 99
Hello
I called A. P. Green in Dallas today about buying IFB's, they quoted me $3.49
for k-23 and $3.88 for k-26...
I found a place local here in Oklahoma City, that sells "NATIONAL" brand ....
23's for $2.43 and 26's for $3.15
so i have two questions.. first doesn't the A. P. Green price seem high?
and has anyone heard of "NATIONAL" ......
Pete in OKC, OK
Helllll@aol.com
David Hendley on fri 9 apr 99
>I called A. P. Green in Dallas today about buying IFB's, they quoted me $3.49
>for k-23 and $3.88 for k-26...
Pete, that does sound very high.
I've found AP Green, in Dallas anyway, to be completely unhelpful
to potters. They would rather not be bothered.
You need to drag every bit of information out of them.
There are price breaks for different quantities of brick. Ask them
when the price changes; they won't tell you.
Ask if they have any different sizes, like 3" thick bricks, that might be
less.
>
>I found a place local here in Oklahoma City, that sells "NATIONAL" brand ....
>23's for $2.43 and 26's for $3.15
>
I've never heard of "National" IFB, but I will tell you that, in my
experience, AP Green bricks are the most durable IFBs. Any other brand
I've tried has broken easily and not lasted as long as AP Green.
In particular, fine-grained, white bricks seem to be fragile.
AP Green bricks are coarse-grained, yellow-white. If the Nationals
look like that, they might be comparable.
Best wishes with your brick hunting.
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
hendley@tyler.net
http://www.farmpots.com
Potterman on fri 9 apr 99
-----Original Message-----
From: Hank Ray
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: Thursday, April 08, 1999 4:52 AM
Subject: Fire bick companys
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hello
>
>I called A. P. Green in Dallas today about buying IFB's, they quoted me
$3.49
>for k-23 and $3.88 for k-26...
>
>I found a place local here in Oklahoma City, that sells "NATIONAL" brand
....
>23's for $2.43 and 26's for $3.15
>
>so i have two questions.. first doesn't the A. P. Green price seem high?
>and has anyone heard of "NATIONAL" ......
>
>Pete in OKC, OK
>Helllll@aol.com
>
Pete,
yes the price for A.P. Green's bricks seem a little high. Believe it or not
you might find the same bricks cheaper through a "middle-man", for example,
Ward Burners.
"National" brand is made by a refractory company a few miles north of
Mexico, Missouri, the same hometown of A.P. Green (which has recently been
bought out, renamed, and restructured). The use fire-clay mined from the
same area in Missouri for their bricks. The overall quality of brick should
be comparable between the two brands, but I'll bet you'll find more than a
handful of clayarters who don't think that. So much is based on brand-name
recognition. But these two companies vie for the same industrial business,
so their production standards are fairly consistent.
Karsten in Missouri where everywhere I dig is clay, clay,wonderous clay.
Veronica Honthaas on sat 10 apr 99
At 11:16 AM 4/9/99 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>>I called A. P. Green in Dallas today about buying IFB's, they quoted me
$3.49
>>for k-23 and $3.88 for k-26...
Just had to respond in defense of AP Green. We delt with the Spokane
division and could not believe how helpful they were. They spent lots of
time and were very free with advice. When we placed our order, they were
shy a few cases soft brick at their location and arranged for one of their
employees (who was going to the coast) to haul the bricks in the back of
his own car from Seattle just so our order could be filled quickly and
cheaply. In DEcember of 1997 arch bricks were $2.31 and straights were $1.91
We delt with Steve Nelson, customer service.
Veronica
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