My impression is that Dan is super busy right now.
I had a ring turnaround very quickly in early January. I’m currently waiting on a project from late February. I should say I got in queue in late February and he was able to start in mid-March. The design is not done yet. This one is a more complicated and I’m waiting on version #2.
My guess is that a lot of projects got started in February. When I reached out to Dan for a quote I also reached out to 3 other vendors. One of the popular PS vendors took a week to get back to me and that was with email and Insta prodding. Another could do the work right away but quoted me double. My regular Boston jeweler who is usually very responsive didn’t even get back to me with a quote until I prodded him. And on Insta, I see vendors like Dolly now quoting 9-14 weeks.
Ultimately, I could have gone with my regular jeweler for 20 to 25% more, but then I would have had another layer between myself and the bench. I like being able to talk directly with the bench. The flip side is that Dan is a one man show. And it definitely seems like he is experiencing growing pains right now.