Mike Coopers latest masterpiece!!!!

Awesome work Mike !
One thing oyu may do to help you decide what to ask for it is to do some caomparing Here
I really like the knife as is. If you were to go for the engraving, an idea that I think would be cool is a vine pattern on the front ( side that faces you if your looking straight at the cutting edge.) It would cover the whole gaurd up at the tang and taper off to nothing about halfway down the front of the gaurd. I keep thinking of a pattern I've seen somewhere else, its pretty old, can't think of what its on now though.
Great knife.

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I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer... but I've got the sharpest knife in the room.
 
auction it mike.
see what you can get for it.
put it on the for sale/makers forums.
put a time limit on it and see what you get.that might give you some idea of any future knives you make like this one.
20 dollars!
 
Great web site Matt, thanks! Absolutely awesome knives of every style and pattern. What amazed me was the prices. Some seemed way under priced while a few seemed over priced.
What determines the price of a handmade one of a kind knife?? Is it just the cost of the materials times a certain number, or is something added for the artistic aspect of the craft? This is real hard for me to decide.

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Take care!! Michael

Always think of your fellow knife makers as partners in the search for the perfect blade, not as people trying to compete with you and your work!
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Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms!!!
 
I don't have any experience with selling knives, but with training and raising horses I've got a good deal of experience there. Selling a horse that you've trained seems alot like selling something you made if you ask me. You have to consider bloodlines, its ability, how successful you yourself have been showing horses and how well you've done with that horse in particular, how long you've worked with it etc.
In think a knife is the same in a lot of ways. You have to take into acount the demand for knives from the maker, the cost of their materials and the time involved. Maybe not as in X amount of hours, but if there was one thing that took more time or effort than your normal orders, it should add to the price respectively.
I'd say that you've got top quality materials and have earned yourself a reputaion as an honest businessman with quality work here on the forums. You should make sure that materials are fully covered and that you get what you consider a fair amount for the time and effort you put into the knife. Be sure and think about how hard it was to get some of the materials and how hard they were to work with ie. hazardous to your health, extra wear on your equipment etc.
If you put a $ amount on it and its snatched up right away, you might consider raising the price a few bucks on the next one. If you put a $ amount on it and it doesn't sell right away you can always lower the price some or go back to the auction or raffle ideas. There's obviously a good deal of interest in the knife right now.

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I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer... but I've got the sharpest knife in the room.
 
After thinking and talking about it alot, I've decided to ask $1100 for the bowie. I know thats a lot of money, but I came up with it by figuring my out of pocket expenses and an fair hourly rate for my time. This is the side of the business I don't like, deciding how much to ask for a knife.
All handmades are unique so do you consider that? Theres over 50 feet of hand stitched thread in that sheath, does that count? I'll probably never get another chunk of caribou antler that nice. Whew, starting to sound like I'm trying to justify my asking price, huh.
Well, if anyone is interested, please email me. You can use www.paypal.com to pay with a credit card. I'll cover the shipping and insurance in country. Thanks for puttin up with me Forumites!!!
 
would you accept sacraficial animals and next door neighbors children?
(i really like this knife)

good luck on your sale mike!
 
Lmao Mo!!!! Would you consider 5 years of indentured servitude????
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Take care!! Michael

Always think of your fellow knife makers as partners in the search for the perfect blade, not as people trying to compete with you and your work!
http://www.nebsnow.com/L6steel
Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms!!!
 
sure would mike.where do i sign up?
'cept i need weekends and holidays off.
and weekdays too,with school and all...
 
Michael....... WHOA!!

I'm glad I had the chance to meet you last year in Atlanta......before you were famous
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Nice Knife!!!!

Neil

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