Now the Hunters Axe I crayoned and Cegga did the skilled hard work on seems to be moderately popular. So, whilst there will be more of them as Cegga turns them out, I need your guidance.
There have been some hints that a Nessmuk double bit axe would be popular. The thing is, doubles are very expensive to do (more metal, two bevels to grind, hard to helve etc.). Effectively the effort doubles and materials become all custom (helves etc.).
The cost would be quite a bit more than the Reds Hunter and I want people to feel that they are getting real value when they get a group buy from us.
I'd love to do a real cruiser (Nessmuk) - 18" helve and 750g head with a differential grind and offer it here. Sadly I'm just not sure it would sell in the right amounts to make it worth Ceggas time. So, can I ask from some guidance? I'm happy to work up a design and prototype at my expense if this would be popular amongst you all (I insist that Cegga gets paid even for prototypes - he charges us little enough for production models).
Before I do this though, I need to know whether its worth it? Is there an interest in a double bit cruiser style axe? If so, what do you believe would be a fair price? I don't want to give any price hints so please tell us what it would be worth to you to have Cegga make one. If we can make it work financially, then I'll work up a design and prototype and we'll take it from there
Red
There have been some hints that a Nessmuk double bit axe would be popular. The thing is, doubles are very expensive to do (more metal, two bevels to grind, hard to helve etc.). Effectively the effort doubles and materials become all custom (helves etc.).
The cost would be quite a bit more than the Reds Hunter and I want people to feel that they are getting real value when they get a group buy from us.
I'd love to do a real cruiser (Nessmuk) - 18" helve and 750g head with a differential grind and offer it here. Sadly I'm just not sure it would sell in the right amounts to make it worth Ceggas time. So, can I ask from some guidance? I'm happy to work up a design and prototype at my expense if this would be popular amongst you all (I insist that Cegga gets paid even for prototypes - he charges us little enough for production models).
Before I do this though, I need to know whether its worth it? Is there an interest in a double bit cruiser style axe? If so, what do you believe would be a fair price? I don't want to give any price hints so please tell us what it would be worth to you to have Cegga make one. If we can make it work financially, then I'll work up a design and prototype and we'll take it from there
Red