Quote Originally Posted by Sorel View Post

To answer your question, I would have paid the rough equivalent of what I paid the Carpenter I found to make the 4 [item=10302022]Ash Axe Haft[/item]. I paid him 4,000 gil, supplied all the materials, and threw in 500 Wind Shards for his trouble. So I would say I would have been willing to pay 2,000 gil for each Ash Axe Haft. Considering the results, it wouldn't have been a bad investment.

I hope that answers your questions.
You're extremely generous. That synth is something anyone could have done just by picking up a saw, even yourself. No carpentry experience required.