Serpent Pattern Sword Finished

[John Thompson]

Jim,
That is one BEAUTIFUL sword. And as far as the price..... I've seen far inferior swords selling for quite a bit more than what you're asking....... Also, like what you've done with your site.

John

[JPH]

Chuck, John:

Thank you for the kind words..My site still needs a whole lot of work to get where I want it to be but it is coming along. It was a total mess and frankly I wasn't all that keen on the way it was layed out and all, but my websmaster at the time kept telling me he'd "do it" and well..what he did..well...it wasn't done the way I wanted it to be. There is a certain level of "expectation" as to what my site should contain and be set up like, considering the "reputation" I have garnered (and have constantly tried to lived down..) and all (As ya all can probably tell I usually don't take myself serously most of the time...). So I work on it as time allows and it will be the way I want it here shortly I hope. Like I said there is still a lot to do on it buit as it is, right now it is 100 times better than it was...

On prices..I have been doing this stuff for a very, very long time..I got the "time down" on a lot of stuff...I don't stand around waiting for stuff to get hot..I will be fitting guards or drilling or soldering while stuff is heating..Not much "dead time" usually....

I don't believe in pricing myself out of the market...could I charge more?? Yeah, I could...but I couldn't look at myself in the mirror and the words of my Papuli come to mind when he said "Don't price your milk to high that it spoils in the can"....I have had to raise prices due to the fact that my raw material cost has risen dramatically and I hated to do that..but what choice do I have?? I try to keep my prices within reason and fair to everyone, including myself...I am a one man opperation, I own all my tools and I am pretty "fluid" when it comes to my work as one fellow said. I can just move from one step onto another without much fuss.

In fact the only "glitch" I have is leatherwork I HATE it..but I am taking a leatherworking class starting next month, thinking that just maybe if I actually KNEW what I was doing I wouldn't feel that way..Who knows right???

Anyway thank you again for the kind words..I appreciate them greatly..

JPH

[FredlyFX]

Wow Jim, a truly beautiful blade at a very reasonable price.