Selling my blades

[Bama Man30]

So I am going on my about 6 months of knife making. Though I am a novice, my blades have been tested and beat to death. They hold up every time. When I sell one (I've sold about 15 now) the customer is very happy with it as far as look, quality, and price. However, when I speak to other craftsman about them and I tell them what I sell them for I'm told I am selling myself too short. For a 3.5-5inch blade I sell it for $50-$65 pending on the effort to cut and shape and how hard it is to find desired colors. So here is my question of the day... How do I know how much to sell each knife for. I mean I making some $ out of it but at the same time I don't want it to be so exspensive that I get that "oh that's cool" as the potential buyer casually wals away. Thank you for ANY input on my question. Also... how do I post pictures on here?

 

[Omega Leather Works]

I don't sell knives, I sell sheaths and I'm new at this, but I've watched these types of threads for years.

All I'll say is that I look at what the full time guys sell at and price around the same. I could sell much lower and sell more (and make more money) but I feel that's unfair to the guys I really look up to. Hope that makes sense.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

SIGH.......,
you can't sell in this forum...or anywhere in Bladeforums without a knifemaker membership.
Thread closed!

I'll post the rules again, because clearly no one reads them.

From the rules page you all agreed to when you joined:
REGISTERED USERS - The first level of membership. If you have not purchased a paid subscription, you are by default a Registered User. As such, you are very limited to posting areas in the Exchange. You may respond to threads where you mean to purchase an item, or trade. You are not allowed to create threads for Selling or Trading (but you may respond to existing ads). You do have the ability to create WTB threads.

*The only members who may promote or display their personally built knives, their products, or services in the discussion threads, signature, home page listing or their user profile are "Manufacturers", "Dealers", and "Knifemaker/Craftsman/Service Provider".*