Advice from those more experienced sellers

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weo

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Hello all. If this is inappropriate, the please educate me and delete. It's my understanding that those with a knifemaker membership can post sales related topics...

As I pulled my most recent knife out of the vice after the handle epoxy dried, I noticed that I put the handle on upside down from what I had planned.

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As it's obvious (at least to me) that it would have looked better had I put it on the way I had planned, should I offer a reduced price from what I had planned?

(My friends would say I need to stop smoking, but I did that over 2 years ago. Maybe I need to re-start....:rolleyes:)

Thanks

as always
peace and love
billyO
 
Good point, nevermind.....:rolleyes:

Moderators, feel free to delete.....:eek:
 
Finish it first you never know what a piece of wood looks like from the inside until you removed everything around it
 
If you are not happy with something and feel it was a made improperly you have 2 options #1 tear down and remake salvaging what you can or #2 sell as is for a price you think is fair given how satisfied you are with it.
 
I had a knife that I was not satisfied with years ago and I put a good low price on it and it would not sell among my other knives at shows. My wife said my low price made people think there was something wrong with the knife and suggested that I raise the price to a fairly high price as an experiment. It sold at the next showing. You never know what they will sell for until you hang a number on them . They all sell eventually anyway if you make good knives in my opinion. Larry
 
I actually like it the way it came out. Great knuckle clearance and a very Japanese look. I would market it as a Kitchen Tanto.
 
I actualy think it is easier on the eyes with the black spalting on the bottom side
 
Willie71 said:
This gives you better knuckle clearance.
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Thanks for the advice, Willie, but that's why I was calling it a carver/boning knife, and not a chef's knife.

Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith said:
I actually like it the way it came out. Great knuckle clearance and a very Japanese look. I would market it as a Kitchen Tanto.
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Once again, Thanks, Stacy. I was wondering what to call it. Again, worth the price of admission. As soon as some $$$ starts coming in, I may have to upgrade or extend my membership.

I'm finishing up another one quite similar, just a different damascus pattern.
 
If you really don't like it, won't most epoxy be weakened by boiling it? Then you could knock the handle off after the bond was weakened?
 
For what its worth, I like it the way it is. I think the spacer on the front provides a visual break between the pattern of the Damascus and the pattern of the handle. If those were side by side, it would be WAY too busy for my taste.
 
Kevin McGovern said:
Very well, thanks!
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Same with the aeb-l knife we have. It’s holding up very well. 15n20 performs like non stainless aeb-l in my experience. Similar edge stability, edge holding, wear resistance.

I’ll probably have to re-do the handle as it’s still shifting, but we love that knife! I suspect the ipe was still a bit green when you put it on. It’s normally very stable.
 
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milkbaby said:
If you really don't like it, won't most epoxy be weakened by boiling it? Then you could knock the handle off after the bond was weakened?
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Yep, that would work. But I'm too lazy, especially when I got enough feedback that it looks fine. If everyone said it looks stupid, that would be a different story.

Thanks all

~billyO
 
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