Coffins - Not Really Off-Topic!

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Chris

I have given a little thought of building my own coffin if I ran out of something else to build :shock:

But then I got to thinking.--Wood it not be embrassing when the six started to lift you up and the handles came off or the lid split or the bottom fell out.

:oops:

On second thought, I am going to save my money and let wife buy store bought one.. :D

Travis
 
This is interesting, as I have thought about a similar business. I tink there would definitely be a market for, in particular, coffins suitable for children. Teddy bears, etc. Trouble is, unless the death is anticipated, they have to be made individually at very short notice, and I'm not sure how you would market this. There are so few independent Funeral Directors left, most have bee taken over by the corporates, even if the family names are kept, that you would have to deal with the big boys just to get your product in front of the family. On the other hand, once you had them on board you would be in lots of parlours in one go.
I thought of papier mache as a material for sculpting. You could make an entire coffin (wooden board underneath, of courpse) or just a piece to sit on top of a standard coffin.
As a society, we are very reluctant to talk about death. But I've been to more funerals in the last 18 months than in the rest of my life put together. I hope my funeral is a right good laugh. What a pity that we, as a largely post-christian society, so often see death as failure, instead of an opportunity to celebrate a life. I think I'll start saving for a party now!

Cheers
Steve
 
Not as much of a problem as you might think. I actually looked into setting up a cremation urn business a few years back exporting Scottish urns to the US -- we'd identified a niche and my bro-on-law is a funeral director in Maryland! There are a few coffin makers in the UK and getting hold of a suitable coffin, eg for a child or someone hugely obese, isn't that hard or time consuming. IMO, always go to an independent director who's got the scale of charges and independent audit signs in his office. Even the Coop.......
 
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