General Gladius In Progress

[Bushkill Blades]

I typically have trouble finding/making time to do work-in-progess posts. But this one is slow going and starting to take shape.

There’s a lot of time and raw material that’s gone into this already and we’re still not done with the sheath hardware.

The brass plates still have to get patinad and drilled out. Then the shoulder strap still has to be made.

More brass hardware for that. And then everything has to get riveted down.



As always, everything done by hand and eye.
Fuck, this one is nerve-wracking.

 

[Cornhole Champ]

you mother fucker, how much?

 

[Mutant]

You doing a razzle dazzle for the best?

 

[Bushkill Blades]

Direct sale? 1500.

And if anyone does want it, I will sell it rather than raffle it.

Either way, I'm gonna cry when I ship it lol

 

[Mutant]

Direct sale? 1500.

And if anyone does want it, I will sell it rather than raffle it.

Either way, I'm gonna cry when I ship it lol

 

[vad]

There is nothing I want more than that fuckin sword

 

[MountainMedic]

Gladius In Progress would have been a dope SN back in the day.

 

[Bushkill Blades]

It's funny, I'm actually basing that pricing on estimates I've been getting from contractors.

It's insane that those fuckers want to charge more than I do for shit like deckwork and drywall when my work is far more difficult, skilled and intricate.

So I'm making no apologies for the 1500.

 

[MountainMedic]

So I'm making no apologies for the 1500

Never do

 

[vad]

Yeah 1500 didn't really shock me at all

You could charge much more

 

[Bushkill Blades]

I've kept my pricing very reasonable and below the industry average for over a decade and will continue to do so.

But for work like this, yeah. I gotta get what it's worth.

And seeing guys around here charging what amounts to a hundred bucks for installing a single plank of wood with a few screws amplifies that.

 

[Cornhole Champ]

So I'm making no apologies for the 1500.

No reason to at all

 

[Mutant]

It's funny, I'm actually basing that pricing on estimates I've been getting from contractors.

It's insane that those fuckers want to charge more than I do for shit like deckwork and drywall when my work is far more difficult, skilled and intricate.

So I'm making no apologies for the 1500.

Nope nothing to apologize for. If you were responding to me I wasn't implying anything. Just responding to no raffle with a meme.

 

[Bushkill Blades]

Oh no, nothing to do with what you said.

I'm just pissed off seeing what other people in my area charge for their work.

I've also been pondering hanging up the hammers and going back to work somewhere else.

 

[Cornhole Champ]

Oh no, nothing to do with what you said.

I'm just pissed off seeing what other people in my area charge for their work.

I've also been pondering hanging up the hammers and going back to work somewhere else.

I am meeting with my menu designer in about 15 minutes, I went out for breakfast the other morning and paid 55 dollars for the two of us, for fucking breakfast. I looked at my wife and said, we are too cheap if this is what they they are getting for eggs and toast. I paid 19.99 for a meat omelet with toast and crappy home fries. I charge 17.99 for hand cut/trimmed teres major, peppers, onions, garlic mashed potatoes made in house and gravy for our steak tips.

I get it buddy, keep doing your thing, you can always do it as a side hobby if you need to scratch that itch.

 

[Cornhole Champ]

so we gonna see the blade?

 

[Cornhole Champ]

@NiteProwleR is really gonna be upset when he finds out I am putting an Italian/Elote fusion dip on the menu

 

[Lennybishop]

@NiteProwleR is really gonna be upset when he finds out I am putting an Italian/Elote fusion dip on the menu

Sounds delicious.

 

[Bushkill Blades]

so we gonna see the blade?

Soon!

 

[Bushkill Blades]

I am meeting with my menu designer in about 15 minutes, I went out for breakfast the other morning and paid 55 dollars for the two of us, for fucking breakfast. I looked at my wife and said, we are too cheap if this is what they they are getting for eggs and toast. I paid 19.99 for a meat omelet with toast and crappy home fries. I charge 17.99 for hand cut/trimmed teres major, peppers, onions, garlic mashed potatoes made in house and gravy for our steak tips.

I get it buddy, keep doing your thing, you can always do it as a side hobby if you need to scratch that itch.

That's crazy.

Shit like that is why I love finding other people like me/you who charge an honest price for honest work.

Like when I rear ended a tree last year. One shop wanted over 2500 to repair. Shop down the block made it good as new for 450. Like it never happened.

I stick with those types of people forever. Hard to find.

 

[MountainMedic]

I swear every contractor in this town is crooked. I've been genuinely shocked since moving here.

 

[NiteProwleR]

@NiteProwleR is really gonna be upset when he finds out I am putting an Italian/Elote fusion dip on the menu

Gladius? More like Gladheateus!

 

[Lennybishop]

Gladius? More like Gladheateus!

 

[Cornhole Champ]

That's crazy.

Shit like that is why I love finding other people like me/you who charge an honest price for honest work.

Like when I rear ended a tree last year. One shop wanted over 2500 to repair. Shop down the block made it good as new for 450. Like it never happened.

I stick with those types of people forever. Hard to find.

Yeah, but we got to pay the bills, I went up a dollar on everything across the board and removed some high food cost items and replaced them with cheaper ones.

 

[Wild]

Honestly, I wouldn't have blinked if you said $2500 @Bushkill Blades. That's a hand crafted masterpiece.