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Posted by trahern on November 24, 2006, 1:16 pm
Please log in for more thread options Well Granpaw, I guess I have to agree with Trevor here....I do
renaissance and civil war blacksmithing and have found that when
someone wants a hunnerd of something he usually is not willin to pay
what they are worth. My partner and I make flint and steel kits for
rendezvous and usually end up selling them for $20.00. That barely
makes it worth our time at retail. If that fellow is willing to pay
$20.00 for them then he might get some takers. but there are plenty of
sites on the web that sell them for that now so again...why bother? I
can understand why the other guys directed him to colonial Williamsburg
and other sites that produce those as usual stock. We normally only
make about five sets and maybe sell one at a reenactment.
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> So make him a hundred or so strikers. See if he's willing to pay more
> than they can be got for from India or China.
>
> I have done some short run production work at the forge. Simple heart
> shaped wall hooks.
>
> Too many, and the hobby becomes like work. I get enough work at work.
> Hobbies are for MY enjoyment, not for making money for other people by
> wholesaling to them. If money is the object, "I" will sell directly, and
> at the highest price I can get, too.
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> I figure that if the OP really wants these strikers, he'll get off his
> ass and track down one of the many production smiths around the world
> and do some business.
>
> Not my problem!
>
> I made the odd heart shaped hook, after the big batch, but as
> presents, for people I liked. That made it fun.
>
> So, I guess what I mean to say, is "Sorry you feel that way". Its not
> like the OP is any kind of regular here.
> Nor is it in any way a statement of fact about the craft. It simply
> says to me that noone here has bothered to post their price or anything
> else about the job they may have taken.
>
> Cheers
> Trevor Jones
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