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Community => Taxidermy & Scoring => Topic started by: kentrek on January 23, 2014, 11:58:04 AM

Title: price suggestions
Post by: kentrek on January 23, 2014, 11:58:04 AM: 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 :tup:
Title: Re: price suggestions
Post by: h20hunter on January 23, 2014, 11:59:36 AM: No idea but just wanted to say it looks awesome.
Title: Re: price suggestions
Post by: kentrek on January 23, 2014, 01:56:54 PM: Quote from: h20hunter on January 23, 2014, 11:59:36 AM
No idea but just wanted to say it looks awesome.

Thanks :tup:
Title: Re: price suggestions
Post by: huntnphool on January 23, 2014, 01:59:33 PM: Nicely done. :tup:
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Post by: cbond3318 on January 23, 2014, 02:01:11 PM: That does look Good, never thought about using Burl. For some reason 175.00 sticks in my head.
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Post by: huntnphool on January 23, 2014, 02:02:26 PM: Did you cut them off?
Title: Re: price suggestions
Post by: kentrek on January 23, 2014, 02:04:59 PM: Quote from: huntnphool on January 23, 2014, 02:02:26 PM
Did you cut them off?

Nope the skull plate is still together
Title: Re: price suggestions
Post by: Eli346 on January 23, 2014, 02:08:22 PM: 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!
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Post by: cedarriver on January 23, 2014, 09:21:20 PM: That's really cool. Also looks like an awful lot of hours. Price? Don't sell yourself short.
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Post by: daydreamn on January 23, 2014, 09:44:55 PM: 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!
Title: Re: price suggestions
Post by: deaner on January 23, 2014, 09:57:30 PM: 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
Title: Re: price suggestions
Post by: actionshooter on January 23, 2014, 10:05:33 PM: I wonder if you would have any interest making those for taxis?
Title: Re: price suggestions
Post by: kentrek on January 23, 2014, 11:10:04 PM: Quote from: actionshooter on January 23, 2014, 10:05:33 PM
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
Title: Re: price suggestions
Post by: Dan-o on January 23, 2014, 11:15:32 PM: That just looks cool!

(I have no idea on price... other than what the market will bear)
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Post by: Whitpirate on January 23, 2014, 11:17:55 PM: 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.
Title: Re: price suggestions
Post by: kentrek on January 23, 2014, 11:24:46 PM: Quote from: Whitpirate on January 23, 2014, 11:17:55 PM
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
Title: Re: price suggestions
Post by: Whitpirate on January 23, 2014, 11:26:48 PM: 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.
Title: Re: price suggestions
Post by: Whitpirate on January 23, 2014, 11:28:31 PM: Is it integrated to hang on the wall so you effectively have a 'bring skullcap here and hang on the wall" piece?
Title: Re: price suggestions
Post by: kentrek on January 23, 2014, 11:34:11 PM: 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