I cannot believe how long it has been since I posted on here. People will think I have been abducted by Aliens. (Space aliens not Guatamalans) Lets honor our Veterans on this day. God knows how many brave Americans have died to protect our way of life and our ideals. They deserve our deepest respect. If you look on the stories pages you wil find a little bit about my own families service.
I have not acquired very many new F-S recently. The prices are shocking. My last purchase was a Second Pattern on Ebay. It is in near mint condition but I paid about $500 for it. I know, inflation is everywhere, So is greed. I have talked about this before. It is inherent in the capitalist system that you must always profit from investments. I get it, even if I disagree with the ridiculously high profits some dealers are making. Eventually you kill the market and the prices will settle back down. I am seeing people hesitating now at buying overpriced daggers. Maybe they will decide to buy reproductions or just spend their money on bitcoins. Never buy when the market price is up whether it is gold and silver or stocks.
Most of my time lately has been spent writing about things other than Commando Daggers. I guess that is due to my age and wanting to record things for posterity, ie my daughter and grandson. I apologize for the hiatus on getting my books published. I lost momentum when my printer went out of business and I have been trying to decide on a way forward. Being retired, cash flow is something I have to take more seriously than before. Finding a reliable, affordable printer or going with someone like Amazon is the conundrum i am facing. This has been going on for about a year and I need to forge ahead somehow. A friend has supplied me with a lot of new information about John Paisley that I need to sort through and write an addendum for inclusion in volume two.
So anyway I am alive and kicking. I welcome suggestions on getting my books in print. I started once with Amazon and it got complicated and I backed out. Maybe I should write a smaller book just to get the hang of going with amazon instead of this 200+ page tome. What do you think?
I have not acquired very many new F-S recently. The prices are shocking. My last purchase was a Second Pattern on Ebay. It is in near mint condition but I paid about $500 for it. I know, inflation is everywhere, So is greed. I have talked about this before. It is inherent in the capitalist system that you must always profit from investments. I get it, even if I disagree with the ridiculously high profits some dealers are making. Eventually you kill the market and the prices will settle back down. I am seeing people hesitating now at buying overpriced daggers. Maybe they will decide to buy reproductions or just spend their money on bitcoins. Never buy when the market price is up whether it is gold and silver or stocks.
Most of my time lately has been spent writing about things other than Commando Daggers. I guess that is due to my age and wanting to record things for posterity, ie my daughter and grandson. I apologize for the hiatus on getting my books published. I lost momentum when my printer went out of business and I have been trying to decide on a way forward. Being retired, cash flow is something I have to take more seriously than before. Finding a reliable, affordable printer or going with someone like Amazon is the conundrum i am facing. This has been going on for about a year and I need to forge ahead somehow. A friend has supplied me with a lot of new information about John Paisley that I need to sort through and write an addendum for inclusion in volume two.
So anyway I am alive and kicking. I welcome suggestions on getting my books in print. I started once with Amazon and it got complicated and I backed out. Maybe I should write a smaller book just to get the hang of going with amazon instead of this 200+ page tome. What do you think?
Tiny Wilkinson Sword dagger.
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