Holly crap. I wish I could get gas at $4 a US gallon. I haven;t seen prices that low for a really long time.
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Off topic , then you will hate us down here it's 1.79 today at the Shell station, when I worked I hated cheap oil prices as right now most of the drilling rigs are stacked out right now, but I guess it's all relative. Tc. Somebody has to win and somebody losses , Jimmy at that rate you will need to turn out at least 2 wedges a week
One potential benefit of honing prices getting up there is that it might actually make people do some homework about who they send their razors to for honing.
What does a mechanic charge per hour? An electrician? Plumber? We may not fully appreciate it since we are always talking about it on the forum but razor honing is a niche and rare skill in the grand scheme.
In any event, for openness and transparency here's how I work out my rate when I hone. I base it off an economic concept known as opportunity cost: the maximum loss incurred by choosing an alternative action. In my case, by honing a razor I could be giving up a half hour consulting to, say, the Government. My current hourly consulting rate to Government is around $500 before tax.
Some razors only take 20 minutes to hone, some take a half hour, some you come back to. So on average a straightforward razor might take say 30 minutes. That's why I charge $250 a razor to hone them. I don't want to lose customers, so I absorb the capital outlay costs of the hardware like stones, water rates, electricity and so on.
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James.
Don't hate anyone down there just wish we'd catch the same break at the pumps. To put it in perspective your price per US gallon when you convert to our dollars and divide that to get price per liter it works out to $0.63 for you and $1.15 per liter for us. Hard to shed a tear for the oil patch at that rate.
Bob
Paid $1.75 a gallon today. I flashed back to the 1980s, Gave the guy a $20 and had to go back in for the change.
Maybe if we send our straights to China we can get them done for $5 a blade.
Aint my style wont ever be.
What is a craftsmans Time and tools worth?? A good reputation is priceless. Combined all those factors.
What about IF Lynn and Glenn get carpal tunnel after all those blades?
Give a man a fish feed him for a day.....
You decide the price of poles and lures.
I charge based on how much I like the person who wants the hone. I might also discount it if I really enjoy the test shave :p