We all know that the economy is rotten right now, and times are tough for both collectors and smiths and myArmoury.

So I am offering a solution. A chance for me to sell a piece (more if this first one goes well) and a chance for you to pick up a piece at a price you are happy with and support your local forum.


Here's how it works.

First,
Click on the image below and go to the gallery page for this piece.

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Second,
Email or PM me the price you ARE willing to pay for it right now, doesn't matter how low, so please bid anyway even if you would only want it for $5.00 as I want to know what the market IS now. My email is:

celtingaround@yahoo.com

The person with the highest price gets it for that (+shipping). Only say what you actually want to pay for is and it could be your's for that. I will post the winner and the price it went for next weekend and 5% of the price will go to keeping myArmoury online.

Any questions or suggestions?

This is an interesting idea and that is a really beautiful blade.

I did put in an offer but what I can afford is less than what I think the knife is worth so I wouldn't feel to bad at loosing.

I have gotten some good responses so far.

Keep it up.

I did not bid, but only because I am not interested in eastern weapons. I like the approach of this thread though.

That's not so much Eastern as it is inspired by Eastern things.

I did not bid because I will not have money until November :p

Curse school :evil:

M.

I did not bid because I am not interested in that piece. It is very beautiful and expertly done but just not my style.

Awesome Idean Ben

Please keep it up. I do like the approach.

For me its the same as above, i did not enter as the blade is not so much my point of interest.

but none the less its a beautifull piece. And i hope it will find a happy new owner.

Best regards

Klaus

The bidding for this knife will end Friday at noon PST (give or take).

Thanks for the good response.

Ben, I know this is a bit off-topic but I wanted to mention it publicly:

Your photography of your pieces is excellent. You've captures the hamon wonderfully and did well to show the piece's character in the overall shot.

Great job.

I teased Ben when this piece was first finished, that he could call it a tanto if he wished, but it looks like a seax to me....

Very interesting experiment, best of luck.

I am pitifully broke at the moment, otherwise, this is one of my favorites you have made, and I'd give you a good offer.

G.,
let"s just agree that this is a seaxy tanto.

The Bidding is closed.

Thanks for everyone who helped with this. I will let you know the winner once I have heard back from them.

Thanks again!

And the winner is...

Anonymous.

The winner didn't wish to have their name published.

Thanks again!

Is it possible to know for how much it went?

Unfortunatly, I can't disclose that.
I want to respect the buyer's wishes that I not publish any information on the sale.

Thanks for the input.

I intended to post the information about the sale but was asked not to by the buyer after the auction closed.

The other auction closed as well and I posted the price as soon as I got the confirmation from the buyer.

The reasons the buyer gave for not having the information disclosed were reasonable and I wanted to respect their wishes.

I do apologize for not posting the price.

I will post the final price on the next one (don't for get to bid on the filipino bolo)

Thanks again,

Ben