Turned Aspis Project in Progress

[M. Demetrius]

Funny how we (almost) all complain about the price of something, and then decide to do it ourselves, suddenly realizing why the sellers charge what they do, isn't it? I'm not being critical here. I'm amazed that you're able to find someone with the tools to do the work that doesn't want you to bring them the keys to a new car or something.

I've looked at pricey metalwork, helmets, swords, things like that and said, "Wow! That's way too much money", but now that I'm doing some metalwork, I think some of it is probably too cheap...or they're a whole lot faster than I am, which is most likely true. That realization doesn't make it any more affordable, but a lot more understandable.