Tony Mont 6 Posted April 11 (edited) Hello everybody! A few lovely knives for outdoor activities, they feel really light feel in the hand! Steel: 1070 high carbon steel Dimensions:Overall lenght: 25 cm - 9.8''Blade lenght: 13 cm - 5.11''Blade widght: 3.3 cm - 1.29''Blade thickness: 4mm - 0.157 inchesHandle lenght: 11.5 cm - 4.5''Weight: 180 grams - 6.34 ounches Handle material: Burned oak wood with aluminum pins and lanyard tube. One of them does not have a burned handle but oak wood as it is. Differentially heat treated by drawing back the spine with a torch. Finished with ferric chloride. They come with a leather sheath. Feel free to ask me anything via comment or pm. Asking price: 200$/knife Free international shipping with priority mail and a tracking number.Via PayPal. Edited May 15 by Tony Mont 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeb Camper 362 Posted April 26 Hey Tony, these look really good. I am suprised you have not sold them by now at that price... Do you do any advertising outside of the forum? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tony Mont 6 Posted April 26 17 hours ago, Zeb Camper said: Hey Tony, these look really good. I am suprised you have not sold them by now at that price... Do you do any advertising outside of the forum? Thank you for your kind words! Yes, i do have them on sale on a few facebook pages and one more knifemaking forum. A few people were interested on facebook but when i messaged them, none of them replied. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joël Mercier 147 Posted April 26 51 minutes ago, Tony Mont said: A few people were interested on facebook but when i messaged them, none of them replied. Typical Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tony Mont 6 Posted April 26 57 minutes ago, Joël Mercier said: Typical At least now i know that i'm not the only one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Will W. 55 Posted April 27 May i recommend that you do not drop your price anymore? These are worth the original 150. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeb Camper 362 Posted April 27 (edited) Yeah, you're almost giving those away at $100. $150 was more than fair. I get pretty much all my sales from FB. Most people will flake when they get a price. They watch FiF one time and think it only takes 6 hours and some scrap metal to make a quality knife. One thing that always helped me was really explaining some of the processes it took to get that far. Not in too much detail, but just enough to get someone's attention (without losing it). Make it spicy. Instead of "Steel: 1075 length:10" say instead: "Hand crafted in my shop; these lovely knives are made from the rugged high carbon steel 1075. These blades are differentially tempered to ensure the user a hard edge, and a shock obsorbant spine to tackle anything you throw it's way. For the handle I chose a strong and beautiful straight grained kiln dried oak; kissed by flame to darken its grains and produce a very rustic texture." Don't be afraid to go further in depth, but you gotta get them exited to own one of these bad boys. I also post to 3-4 FB groups. Hope this helps! Edited April 27 by Zeb Camper paragraphs look weird. oh well :-( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vern Wimmer 429 Posted April 27 Zeb is right. I've often thought of making my ability to "coalesce the vapors of human experence...." available to help makers tune up their "Ad copy". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua States 498 Posted April 27 40 minutes ago, Zeb Camper said: Yeah, you're almost giving those away at $100. $150 was more than fair. Here's an idea that may sound crazy, but it has worked for me. Take all the adverts for these knives down and stow them away for two or three months. Then bring them back out and ask $250 for each one. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tony Mont 6 Posted April 27 Guys, thank you for your advices, i really appreciate it! I'm going to try using these advices and see how it goes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Will W. 55 Posted April 27 What Joshua said. I was thinking more like 200-250 for these. They are very clean and appear very well made. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tony Mont 6 Posted April 28 To be honest, my plan was to ask 200$ for them. The proble is, I had a motorbike accident and the medical bills pile up, that's why i started at 150$, believing that it would help to sell them faster. Now that things got tougher with the bills, I bit the bullet and dropped the price to 100$(not going to go any lower than that tho). On my future knives i'm going to apply your advices, i'm sure they are going to help a lot! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua States 498 Posted April 29 I have sold more pieces that weren't selling by raising the price than I have by lowering the price. It's a strange phenomenon, but sometimes people equate price with value and quality. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Pierce 39 Posted May 15 I have hear of makers not selling anything on the first day of a knife show, and raising prices on the second day and selling everything on their table. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tony Mont 6 Posted May 15 I'm going to give it a go, i don't have anything to lose. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
