should i copywright the "freak flag"?

[gone fishin]

Mike - you have created a identity that many will try to emulate, but none will be anywhere as good as you are! You are the one and only!!

As far as worth goes...many want your plug for the sheer single genius of it. I for one will hang it to show all what a true master craftsman you really are. There is no way to put a monetary cost to a work such as yours. If you really wanted to put a price on that work of art you would have to hold an auction, but you would only find what the highest bidder at the time would pay not what it really means to serious plugmakers.

[Lower]

I agree with all the comments about your work "standing out". I can also add that the patent process is long and expensive. I have worked on a few patents and am in the process of filing another (medical stuff). If you want an idea of what it would run you, I could give you some #'s.

[BigFish]

Mike...you would be selling those to collectors...I don't think anyone would fish a flag painted plug, especially one as nice as yours! An idea........get your hands on some worn out, vintage, classic wood....strip them down, repaint them with the flag and sell them.....classic, made in America vintage wood draped in red, white and blue!

Capitalism at its best!

[winchmaster]

Freak as for a price? I'm gonna e-mail you. Don't want to get in trouble for talking money and offending anyone. That is unless I get an okay from the boss.

[JohnR]

Give me a few and I'll se how much I can make on Ebay for ya
but from a monetary point, if you produce volume, it won't be as original but if you were to do a numbered set of 20, you could have a legit "run" of plugs.

Seriously - I am not an expert on custom plugs in any form but there are some watershed moments in modern plug building and on the ultra custom side - your Flag Pikie is the first rank. There are a lot of prime builders, painters, and plug engineers here and elsewhere that do truly fantastic work, but the Freak Flag is at the top with a few select others. There are a few others at the top too that are watershed plugs - certainly to me, and you know who you are .