Post #285086 by VanTiki on Mon, Feb 12, 2007 1:22 PM

Aloha!

When I first moved back to Hawaii, I made a whole line of bronze drawer/cabinet handles. They ranged from slippers to antheriums to geta to octopi - and all were rather time consuming to produce but (if I may say so) very nice. Sadly - I had to charge quite a bit for them, as they took so long to make and finish. I thought that wouldn't be a problem as there are plenty of high-end houses out here, but it just so happened that a lot of bronze cast handles were coming out of Mexico, China, and India that were a heck of a lot cheaper. Mine may have been nicer - but folks just couldn't justify the cost. So - I now have a big box of octopus handles that will eventually be used in my kitchen when I get around to re-building our cabinets. I guess what I am trying to say is price them as low as you can - as there are a lot of neat metal handles on the market now. I think the design looks great and I wish you luck!