04-03-2003, 02:56 PM
Hi,
A well crafted sword, made in a traditional style with traditional materials will take a few hundred hours to make. If it sells for a few thousand bucks, that's still little more than MickyDees type pay. The true craftsmen don't do it for the money (but they have to charge enough to live on), they do it for the pleasure and pride.
Now, the cheap cast or milled junk, that *is* overpriced. But that's another story.
--Pete
A well crafted sword, made in a traditional style with traditional materials will take a few hundred hours to make. If it sells for a few thousand bucks, that's still little more than MickyDees type pay. The true craftsmen don't do it for the money (but they have to charge enough to live on), they do it for the pleasure and pride.
Now, the cheap cast or milled junk, that *is* overpriced. But that's another story.
--Pete
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