[TheForge] Pricing question...

[Kevin Hall]

Hello,

Having made a few as well, I would definitely go at least two to three 
inches. Anything smaller is more decorative than functional. I have a 2" 
and a 3" and find the three inch the best for my Kilt.

Kevin

At 06:08 PM 2/3/2003, you wrote:
>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....
>
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