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https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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. Wanting to "get a ballpark" is understandable, especially when discussing non-custom items, but persuing such after it's been made very clear that the individuals you've asked would rather not divulge such information............not quite as understandable.
What one buys or sells a custom item for (IMHO) is not generally considered an "open season" question, nor should it be. As has been said.......many people loath such inqueries as it may be construed as then allowing leverage over the maker, by the buyer, to receive "the best deal" possible......or at least it would seem to give the buyer more "leverage" in dealing with the maker/seller. In that you have not been given any "ballpark" prices by any members responding to your "ballpark" question, that in itself should be pretty telling......especially after you've repeated your request, attempted to justify it and still remain without a "ballpark" estimate.
I'm not sure that having something built/made/arranged in a custom manner that you personally desire to have made in such a way or form allows another person to even make an educated guess as to it's worth and/or cost.
Several were nice enough to guide you in the right direction of Joonas, but that is where your work begins with him..........and their's ends. More importantly, Joonas is the ONLY one that has the answer to that which you so desire. If it takes a month to receive a response to your questions, that is what it is. But when you get his response based on the specifics of your custom order, it will be much more accurate than what anyone else can possibly give you..........
Good luck..............
. I was thinking much along those same lines............in fact, it would seem that most here would/could discern quite quickly and easily that no one felt it appropriate to give a "ballpark" figure. Asking more than once and trying to justify the question had exactly the same effect......to the casual observer, I'm sure that it would be abundantly clear. Perhaps everyone doesn't own a Websters and perhaps to "loath" doesn't register with some people, but it certainly describes exactly how I feel about such inqueries.Thanks awc..........
Well....let's try this, as it seems that the OP is either unwilling or unable to grasp the fact that everyone of these particular members are unwilling to speak for Joonas.......understandably so. Asking for a "ballpark" figure, at least IMHO, seems rather impolite, at best. No one has any idea whatsoever about what the OP wants in regards to his puukko, so other members estimates as to it's value when completed will likely prove to be almost useless.
I was hoping that you might "get it" that not one member was willing to answer your question, especially after multiple attempts on your part. My initial response was to help you understand why that might be. It seemed quite obvious that you were missing the very obvious......IMHO.
I don't consider my opinion any more valid nor important than your own, but there have been times in my life where others have helped me to better understand things that I was evidently "missing". It is a relief to know that there are other's who need neither help nor assistance in navigating such "grey area's".........nor do they desire such.
Good luck to you..............................
