price suggestions

[kentrek]

decided to do alil extra work on a special bull i stuck back in September..,well its raised some interest with some friends and im not sure exactly what this kind of work is worth

since ive never seen a burl skull plate cover before i figured id see what yal think would be a fair price


thanks for any suggestions 

[h20hunter]

No idea but just wanted to say it looks awesome.

[kentrek]

No idea but just wanted to say it looks awesome.

Thanks 

[huntnphool]

Nicely done.

[cbond3318]

That does look Good, never thought about using Burl. For some reason 175.00 sticks in my head.

[huntnphool]

Did you cut them off?

[kentrek]

Did you cut them off?

Nope the skull plate is still together

[Eli346]

If you're thinking of making a profit I would say at least $300. Most of the plates you see now are just finished wood of varying grades but nothing that unique; plus the finish you put on that is way above anything I've seen on the market now. Great job!

[cedarriver]

 That's really cool. Also looks like an awful lot of hours. Price? Don't sell yourself short.

[daydreamn]

I've been around and seen a lot of antler mounts.  That's the first one I've seen with wood covering the skull plate.  Looks great.  I can guarantee you're going to have a few copycats.  Price should be whatever you feel is fair; plus a little more cause you earned it!

[deaner]

looks awesome, and should definitley be something you could sell for a profit.  for my own personal tastes id like a natural brown leather accent instead of the black, and with brass tacks, but thats just me

[actionshooter]

I wonder if you would have any interest making those for taxis?

[kentrek]

I wonder if you would have any interest making those for taxis?

I might, send me a pm if you had something in mind..always game for new opportunities

[Dan-o]

That just looks cool!

(I have no idea on price...  other than what the market will bear)

[Whitpirate]

How many hours start to finish on one piece?

I'd set an hourly price and then look to get 4x cost + hourly per piece. 

[kentrek]

How many hours start to finish on one piece?

I'd set an hourly price and then look to get 4x cost + hourly per piece. 

Your saying 4x cost of materials

Prolly 10-15 hours of work

[Whitpirate]

4x cost of materials and then 10-15 hours at the hourly rate for your labor.  So if you set it at 25.00/hour and the costs are 30.00 then it would be 250+120=370.00 at minimum I'd think.

If you can mass produce them or lower your hourly make you could lower the costs to around 300.00.

[Whitpirate]

Is it integrated to hang on the wall so you effectively have a 'bring skullcap here and hang on the wall" piece?

[kentrek]

No but that would be pretty easy to do, on this set I didnt want the wood to have to bear the weight of the horns (17#s) so I built a bracket so all the weight goes to the skull