What to pay for carpentry work

How do you know who is a master craftsman and who is an average tradesman?

Therein lies the problem.

We don't know what he actually did for a living so we can't compare it to anything
Mainly first fixing carpentry.
 
How do you know who is a master craftsman and who is an average tradesman?

Therein lies the problem.

This problem with rates of pay has come up before in different threads

http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=75049
http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=73919

The restoration of old sash windows is time consuming and difficult to do properly.
When I restore windows I strip the paint back from the sashes and the window frame to the old wood so the sashes run free.
It would be far easier and cheaper for me to buy new sashes and install them like most of my competition do instead of restoring the old ones.
I could use cheap fittings on the windows, my customers would never know but I don't.
There are plenty of shortcuts I could take to get my jobs finished faster but I don't take them.

This is the difference between someone like me and others.

I still have to compete with them though.