Last year I promised a price increase and did not deliver........ This new year, its going to happen quick.......

Sorry to hear that since I am planning on buying one of your swords sometime next year. :-(

I guess China's gluttony for all raw materials is still having an effect, sorry to say.

Bryce said "I guess China's gluttony for all raw materials is still having an effect, sorry to say."

Bingo give that man a prize! Brass alone has doubled since June and bronze followed suit. Steel? PLEEEEEEASE!

Hats off for streching it out this long Gus.

I agree you guys have to raise your prices when your raw material costs go way up or it's finding a new occupation where the phrase " Will you have fries with that " might be the unfortunate alternative. ( O.K. I'm just joking obviously as you could certainly find something that pays more. )

Anyway, before anyone gripes about price increases, it important to realize that if you can't pay the bills and buy groceries you won't be making us any more neat toys ! ;) :lol:

Oh, remind me to call my broker and buy resource ( Metals ) stocks when you have to increase your prices: It probably a better indictor of where these are going than reading the business pages ! ( Partly sarcastic in a friendly way and partly maybe true. :eek: :D )

Gus, While I hate to hear that you are raising prices as I too am looking at getting an ATRIM through CF, I also understand the reasoning. While the business I am in might deal with finished products, we do buy a lot of metal, HVAC industy, and I have steadily watched the price of all the materials we use steadily go up, and up, and up. I also know that to make a living you have to charge for labor and all the intangibles that the average person who is not in business for themselves does not see. In the end, you have to do what is right by you. In this case that is raising prices so that you can keep the business open and have some money in your pocket at the end of the year. And if you are not having fun and not making business then what is the point of keeping the doors open. Sorry for the rant. Any idea on what kind of a price raise you are talking about Gus? Flat percentage across the board, or different for each individual model?

Scott

Thanks for the heads-up, Gus, and especially for your honesty. Some things we just can't control. I still look forward to adding one of your pieces to my collection (so many to choose from!). :)

Sorry, but all indications are that China has nothing to do with any of this. It is 'rumor' only. Same happened with concrete last year. So, :wtf:

Folks,
Let's stay away from commentary on reasons for global pricing, etc. This is not the website for that.

Thanks.

I am actually surprised and grateful that you managed to maintain your pricing as long as you did, Gus. I consider your swords to be probably the best bang for the buck out there, performance wise, and I am sure the price increase won't change this. If the higher-quality swordmakers are not able to turn a profit in the industry these days then the sword community at large may soon be stuck with nothing but low-end imports to feed our appetites and that will be a sad day for a lot of us...

So Gus the new year has come and gone. I was just wondering what the sitrep was on the price increase. Looking at CF's site I see a model or 2 no longer there and prices have increased. Are there going to be further increases or are those the increase? Just wondering as we have I have not seen anything else.

Scott