Nic Westerman knives.. How much?

[quietone]

I just took a look at his site, as I wanted to maybe look at acquiring one of his spoon knives. However, all knives on his site are priced at £999 !
Really, that much... Surely not. They're beautiful tools. But not £999's worth?
Maybe his site is broke, that must be it.

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[decorum]

The home page has him closed for a holiday. The price is upped to put buyers off whilst he's unavailable. Same pricing tactic is used by many sellers for a variety of reasons on ebay, amazon etc

 

[quietone]

Ah.. So what sort of price have others paid for his wares then?

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[ANDGRIN]

At the Westonbirt Treefest on his stall, blades started at £40 or so and upwards.
I purchased a lovely carving knife narrow tang convex Scandi with an ash and camel bone handle for £170.
This knife holds an excellent sharp edge that has only needed a little stropping so far.

Andy

 

[quietone]

At the Westonbirt Treefest on his stall, blades started at £40 or so and upwards.
I purchased a lovely carving knife narrow tang convex Scandi with an ash and camel bone handle for £170.
This knife holds an excellent sharp edge that has only needed a little stropping so far.

Andy

Thanks for that. I guess that getting one might still prove difficult though.

 

[fishfish]

Dave Budd does some nice ones if you cant order from nick.

 

[quietone]

Dave Budd does some nice ones if you cant order from nick.

Of course, yes. Thanks for reminding me. Cheers.

 

[reedx]

I think I paid £33 for one of Nick's spoon knife blades a couple of years ago. Great bit of kit.

Colin

 

[Fraxinus]

The home page has him closed for a holiday. The price is upped to put buyers off whilst he's unavailable. Same pricing tactic is used by many sellers for a variety of reasons on ebay, amazon etc

I think that is a very bad practice. I looked at a web site a while back and found a similar pricing issue with no explanation as to why so went elsewhere, I can't even say who it was, as in disgust at the prices, I deleted the site from my listings.
The really nice guy at boatropes always stops orders being made but tells you why, he got my business as I could wait a couple of weeks. I hope Dave Budd gets some extra orders out it though


Rob.