By popular demand... Sins!
Enough people have bugged me over time about making a ring with the seven deadly sins that I'm going to make this as part of my annual pre-Pennsic product development push. This will look much like the chivalric virtue rings - two lines of text on a triangular-shaped band. My proposed text is:
gluttony lust avarice
pride wrath envy sloth
because it fits nicely that way. I like wrath instead of anger, and everyone should know what it means (I hope). I may have to explain that avarice means greed, but at least it's a one-word explanation, unlike "franchise". Both Dante and Chaucer used pretty much exactly these sins for the 7 deadlies. What do you all think?
I am going to take some more of the work on this in-house to try to keep the final ring price under $50. Silver is up 45% from a year ago (Eek!). I'm hoping that if I do all the sizing and polishing myself I can keep the cost down. I really need a new hotcake item like the virtue rings, and I'm afraid that a silver ring that costs more than $50.00 is not going to fly.
Also, I'm thinking of opening these up for preorders. I have to invest in casting the original, getting a mold made, and buying silver to get these produced, and the finances are a bit strained right now.
What do you think is reasonable? I could take a $20 deposit towards rings for June delivery with the balance due when the ring actually exists. That would kick my butt into gear to make sure I have these in stock well before Pennsic. I am reluctant to presell the entire thing until I know how much they will cost me and how long they will take to size and polish.
Feedback, please!
gluttony lust avarice
pride wrath envy sloth
because it fits nicely that way. I like wrath instead of anger, and everyone should know what it means (I hope). I may have to explain that avarice means greed, but at least it's a one-word explanation, unlike "franchise". Both Dante and Chaucer used pretty much exactly these sins for the 7 deadlies. What do you all think?
I am going to take some more of the work on this in-house to try to keep the final ring price under $50. Silver is up 45% from a year ago (Eek!). I'm hoping that if I do all the sizing and polishing myself I can keep the cost down. I really need a new hotcake item like the virtue rings, and I'm afraid that a silver ring that costs more than $50.00 is not going to fly.
Also, I'm thinking of opening these up for preorders. I have to invest in casting the original, getting a mold made, and buying silver to get these produced, and the finances are a bit strained right now.
What do you think is reasonable? I could take a $20 deposit towards rings for June delivery with the balance due when the ring actually exists. That would kick my butt into gear to make sure I have these in stock well before Pennsic. I am reluctant to presell the entire thing until I know how much they will cost me and how long they will take to size and polish.
Feedback, please!