[TheForge] Pricing question...

[DragonsWatch]

Hi Phlip,
    When I do these I sell them for $25.00 but I usually make them larger as the
customers are wearing them as they were intended.  Mine average 3 inches in
diameter.

Larry

Phlip wrote:

> Just got asked by a lady to make her some Pennannular  Pins for resale, and
> thought I'd ask you about pricing them and finishing them. For those of you
> who haven't a clue as to what I'm talking about ;-), they're a
> jewelry/clothing item, used commonly in the SCA for pinning cloaks together.
>
> She wants them between 1-2" diameter. What these are, is a piece of small
> diameter stock, maybe 6" long, flattened and scrolled at both ends, and
> brought into a 3/4 semi-cirle. A piece of hard wire is wrapped aroung the
> round stock in the circle section, and brought to a sharp point at the other
> end.
>
> I'm guesstimating maybe 10-15 minutes per pin (after the first one ;-), and
> was planning on treating them with beeswax for a finish, but I thought I'd
> ask you guys what I should price them at, and if you have any other
> suggestions for a finish.
>
> Phlip
>
>  If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
> cat.
>
> Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> And never a rider who cain't be throwed....