[TheForge] materials vs. final cost

[Andy Gladish]

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:36:33 -0700, Peter Hirst <saltydog335 at aol.com>  
wrote:

>
Can anyone think
> of another craft where top quality materials represent less than 10  
> percent of  price?  So yeah, for the next order I take, where the extra  
> quality will show, I am definitely in the iron market.
>
> I would be interested in knowing how other smiths'  economics --or math  
> --  compare to mine.
>
> Keziah

About fifteen years ago I was doing a lot of very careful house painting  
for very wealthy people.
10% was one of my rules of thumb- not applicable to everything of course,  
but it averaged out about there.
-- 
Andy Gladish, Metal Work
Element Forge
www.ElementFe.com
Email:  andy at elementfe.com
Portfolio @  elementfe.carbonmade.com