#12 done!

Ok, I just got back from the auction. The reserve was $200. No bids. They dropped it to $100. The bids started trickling in but it was like pulling teeth. Finally it sold for $175. I guess a thing is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. I will not be making them another knife next year. It's not the right crowd for that kind of knife.

Thanks everybody for all your kind remarks.
 
That's to bad, I believe that knife is worth much more. I actually thought you should have sold it online and then just donated the proceedings and you could have gotten a lot more I think. I have experienced the same thing not many people in town are ready to drop a couple hundred on a good knife and paying a lot for somthing is not the norm at a auction(in most cases).
 
Gorgeous knife and whoever bought it got it for a steal!

I too had thought of making a knife for a local Friends of the NRA banquet, but the people there that are willing to spend money are wanting to buy firearms, not blades. It's really too bad there wasn't anyone from this crowd there other than yourself, you would have fared much better. I would have even been tempted to run the bid up myself if I were in your shoes.

Once again, gorgeous knife. You make a lot of us look bad with it being #12. I don't even consider my first 20 real knives anymore! :o

Chris
 
Thanks. My thinking was that there would be a room full of "sportsmen". What would be a practical and desirable type of knife for a room full of hunters? A skinner! Well that was my mistake. Yes, they want the guns but they also spend their money on a bunch of other stuff like luggage, clocks, art prints and other trinkets. I thought there would be at least a few people in the room who could tell the difference between the usual cheap mass produced knives they auction and a custom handmade knife. Nope. Just a room full of bargain hunters. So it went cheap. Listen, if the knife had gone for $1000 I still wouldn't have gotten a dime from it. It's just a shame that the organizers didn't themselves understand what they had and do a better job of auctioning it for their own benefit. That is the point. They wasted the opportunity. No sweat. I learned something.

I have mentioned it before but I will say it again here. I'm no knifemaking prodigy. I have a couple of junk jars filled with blades. I also have made about 33 blades since I figured some things out and stopped making deposits in my junk jars. 12 of those have now been finished. The remaining blades are in various stages of completion waiting to be finish sanded, fit with guards and handles etc. The thing is, I just take the lessons I learn on my own and the many things I've learned here and take the time to do the best I can. There isn't a person out there who can't do just as well. The information is out there. I still have a very long way to go but I'm taking it one knife at a time. You guys have all been very kind and your encouragement keeps me going. Thanks everybody.
 
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Lol. yeah, yeah. Thanks Aldo but I'm switching to kitchen knives. :D
 
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