The price range depends on the fountain pen kit that is ordered. The one that's in the picture is the $50 variant because a tenon has to be cut on the cap of the pen to hold that decorative ring. The $25 variant you are speaking of is just the standard pen with the decorative ring just being pressed into the end of the pen cap as the other styles of pens are.
I can do the latter for $25 shipped. The higher end $50 pen is $45+$5 shipping. However that kit is for some reason much higher priced due to the extra lathe turning maybe, not really sure how these stores come up with their prices sometimes either LOL. Some fountain pen kits are over $30 and that doesn't include the wood blanks, so you can see how these pens can go up in price. Take a look around the internet at fountain pens sold by brand name companies, some fountain pens are in the $1000+ price range. So I think $25-50 for a hand-made pen is pretty reasonable. However, this is exactly my issue everyone wants stuff for free, they don't understand the behind the scenes expenses, or the time to make these, yes, it can take as little as 15 minutes but you have to cut the wood blanks, glue in the brass tubes, trim the ends of the blanks, etc. To me all I'm trying to do is make the money back I spend on buying the pen kits and the materials for the most part, plus a little bit in profit or its not worth the trouble.
The price on the $50 pen kit is $32 alone, add in shipping, time, assembly, and lathe work and you got a $50 pen that can actually sell for a lot more than I am asking. However, you can see the troubles, doesn't matter what price you ask someone is always going to ask why xxx cost more than xx, etc.
So if you are interested please send me a PM and I'll send you my paypal info.
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