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Tracker0721:
A dude I know is doing the whole "living primitively" thing and selling off primitive stuff at a local festival, looked in his booth and he has a really high dollar price tag on a obsidian knife I made him as a friendship kinda thing. I like to see that he values my work but he's selling it as his own making and it's something I made him as a gift... how would ya'll take this?

penderbender:
Don't sound very cool! I would probably be ticked. Cheers- brendan

Sparrow:
A gift belongs to the person you gave it to.  Not good form to re-sell as your own work ... prolly means your work is better than his own ... Means your a better knapper ... Means he admires your work and puts a high price on it .... Think I would have picked it up and said  "Really , Yours  ? "    It is a left handed compliment of sorts    Good to give gifts   "  Frank

Dakota Kid:
Was it the kind of high price tag that would probably prohibit it's sale rather than make him one? If it seems like it's too much to pay it may be more of a display type item that he would rather not sell, but felt like it should have a price on it. Typically I use a NFS(not for sale) tag in such situations, but perhaps it helped to make his other items seem more reasonably priced. In the future when presenting a gift, put more emphasis on the fact that " I made this for YOU." and offer to take it back if he ever decides he no longer has a use for it. Just out of curiosity, did he give you a dime after you presented him a knife as a gift? It's an old tradition/superstition that ensures the knife in question won't sever the friendship.

If it were me I would definitely have a new opinion of "my friends" moral character, but getting angry is a waste of your time and more likely to have a negative effect on your life rather than his. You learned something about his value system and it only cost you a a nice knife. I'd choose to
look at it like a blade that broke while notching it and write it off as collateral damage, being thankful his greed didn't cause you more of a loss before you noticed it.

I've known a few "weasel totem" individuals here and there. Not how I choose to see things or behave, but a weasel makes a lousy wolf. He is what he is and oddly enough is usually okay with it that way.

Dakota Kid:
If you see it on his table in the future, perhaps inquire what kind of commission your getting when he sells it. If it's a good one make him another to sell for you.

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