special price list of long horn strips to atarn members only

I will stick to my friend from who I have been bying for over a year and his prices are better and the the man is a bowyer himself.why would I pay double of what I am paying to you.

PjSingh wrote:

I will stick to my friend from who I have been bying for over a year and his prices are better and the the man is a bowyer himself.why would I pay double of what I am paying to you.

if you can show me his website or his price list,i don't trust his price,as here original waterbufello horn is cost almost 4-5$/kg,the price is keeping up and this price is only for small mix size(normally is very short horn less 45cm long,if i select all is 65cm long,price will be much higher,and horn price is only 1$/kg 10 years ago,and
we cut them 1 pair horn to 1 pair horn strips,1 pair long size horn weight almost 6-7kg,( horn material cost 24-30$ /pair)and them add worker's cost and other cost etc.
then you must sort out the bigger size and cut and polish them into long size strips,it looks simple shape,but if you do 1 pair,you know what is the job complex and so hard and very dirty and polution place,the horn powder is full of workshop to hurnt worker's healthy heavily.and you must work very carefully to cutting and polishing,ortherwise the total horn is wasted immidiately.
so,the price is keep this and i listened uk and germany's price is lower,but i email them many times,not any reply,also they cut strips so thin and short and so poor quality,as they don't know how to cut the strips for horn bow maker use.may be they cut 1 pair of horn into 2 pairs of horn strips even more.and i am sure they bought a lot of horn 10 years ago with less 1$/kg.
and international shipping cost start from 1 kg(even 1 pair is less 1kg,but normally over 0.5kg)which is cost 25-30$/kg is just for express cost,so,if more amount,i down the price so quickly,if 30-50pairs,i can use DHL ,BUT still 11$/kg for internation and such express cost is special offered by EMS or DHL for me only,( i have long term agreemant with them)if normally person ,first 1 kg cost:40-45$/kg for international express (WITH TRACK NO.)whaterever EMS or DHL or other ,try your local express and ask them what is the price for international mailing per kg.like from europain to china etc.
so,my price is fair and reasonable with little profit for us.why our work is so cheaper?nobady in the world do work for losing money

well it helps that the prices here in Thailand for horn are about cheaper than the prices you listed. I don't have workers to have to pay their salaries. I pick through the horns myself and just do it as part of my archery hobby often trading horns for things with people. I don't grind them to often like you do for people which takes quite a lot of work.
Sorry don't have a website for you to look at. Do it word of mouth or on archery forums like this.

Hard to find the really long ones like you say and the prices while still relatively cheap have doubled recently the chinese have been buying them up. Heard they make most of them in to suit coat buttons.

A smart business man would buy up all the longer horns he can as the lifestyle of raising buffalos is really decreasing and the guys that run the slaughter house say it may be gone in the not too distant future as they've been replaced by "iron buffalos". People here in northern Thailand prefer buffalo meat to cattle so that helps a bit and people raise them not for plowing anymore but for slaughter.

Best regards,

Randy