Hennis mandolin on Ebay

**jim simpson** · Dec-06-2010, 9:25pm

NFI but thought this looked like a decent price to get into a luthier made f-model.

http://cgi.ebay.com/hennis-mandolin-...item20b59b0451

It reminds me a bit of my Glenn with no binding.

**mrmando** · Dec-07-2010, 1:26am

His first few eBay mandos looked pretty crude but they appear to be getting closer to the F5 aesthetic.

**MikeEdgerton** · Dec-07-2010, 8:51am

I am somewhat amazed at these inexpensive F style mandlolins. here's another that Allen posted a few days ago. This guy is at $650.00 assuming the prices on his website are correct.

Shawnee Creek

**FL Boy** · Dec-20-2010, 3:30pm

I've got one of those Hennis F's off Ebay, and I can't give it away. Been consigned in two different stores for a third of what I gave, and nobody wants it. I learn the hard, expensive way.....mine was one of the crude ones.

**P.D. Kirby** · Dec-20-2010, 9:02pm

Just copied this off his site:

"Prices for curly maple mandolins are $1495.00 which include hardshell case, I also offer a less expensive model of solid maple with curly back only for $1250.00 with case. phone no. is 330-948-3096 for orders or e-mail at Dhennis1@neo.rr.com MADE IN HOMERVILLE, OHIO U.S.A"

**jim simpson** · Dec-20-2010, 11:00pm

FL Boy,
Take your mandolin off of Ebay and try the classifieds here. Welcome to the Cafe.
Jim

**Jim MacDaniel** · Dec-21-2010, 8:32am

Originally Posted by MikeEdgerton

I am somewhat amazed at these inexpensive F style mandlolins. here's another that Allen posted a few days ago. This guy is at $650.00 assuming the prices on his website are correct.

Shawnee Creek

I love that amber two-point on his gallery page -- pretty impressive for a mandolin that starts at $550 USD!

**Ed Goist** · Dec-21-2010, 9:43am

Originally Posted by Jim MacDaniel

I love that amber two-point on his gallery page -- pretty impressive for a mandolin that starts at $550 USD!

Me too, Jim.
I've also been very impressed by my correspondences with Mike.
Oh, and he's greatly refined his F-style peghead design. Here's his new peghead designs for his F-Styles and for his 2-Pointers (though he's happy to put the scroll on a 2-Pointer if the customer prefers):