Whats your latest knife purchase?

[ryno066]

Literally 3 years??

Yes it was ordered around September / October of 2015. Its a dang nice knife but that wait time is killer.

[crufflers]

Yes it was ordered around September / October of 2015. Its a dang nice knife but that wait time is killer.

Geesh. I waited 1 year on a Busse one time and that was too long. 3 years go by I might be collecting completely different types of knives, hahah. Glad you like it. Busse will take you money about 14 days before they ship... so sometimes the hit is unexpected. I guess that is much more preferable to them keeping your funds for a year.

[readysetgo]

[rodblder]

ZT 450 damascus flipper

[GW]

Heh!
I just won a Glock knife at the local GSSF match.

[crufflers]

Heh!
I just won a Glock knife at the local GSSF match.

Congrats. Those are cool.

[MongooseV8]

Here are my latest purchases:

US made Kershaw Link. Bought 2 and swapped parts around to get the blue scales, blue back spacer, and S35V steel.




Benchmade 420 in S90V, super light weight.



Limited Sprint Run Spyderco Native 5 in M4 steel, natural G10 scales, and a titanium Lynch deep carry pocket clip.




Lastly a stoopid sharp BRK Bravo 1.25 LT in CPM-3V and red linen micarta scales. I almost cut off a finger the first time I used it camping.

[Excitable Boy]

Literally 3 years??

I waited eight years (yes 8) for a Scott Cook Lochsa.

I've waited multiple years for a couple Charles Marlowe folders. Close to two years for a Mayo.

Sometimes, if you want really cool knives and don't want to pay secondary market prices, you have to be patient and build a relationship with the maker in my experience.

YMMV

[MeatyMac]

^^^ I agree, I’ve waited years for custom knives and guns, almost 4 years once for a Ralph Bone folder, over 4 years to get a Parker Brothers SxS reblued and restocked, I just ordered a Randall Made model 28 while I was at their factory in Orlando, FL, Gary Randall took my order and deposit personally, I’ll happy wait the 5 years to get that one.

Sometimes I think it’s an age thing, our modern western life demands things now, retail grooms people’s immediate wants with an immediate supply of mostly massed produced goods and generations get used it the convenience, when they have to wait for something and can’t get the gratification of the purchase immediately, as they’ve become accustomed to, you see the reaction we see here.

[cgseanp1]

[crufflers]

I waited eight years (yes 8) for a Scott Cook Lochsa.

I've waited multiple years for a couple Charles Marlowe folders. Close to two years for a Mayo.

Sometimes, if you want really cool knives and don't want to pay secondary market prices, you have to be patient and build a relationship with the maker in my experience.

YMMV

Ok, but I would not count the time spent building a relationship as the time it took between when you ordered and paid... to when the knife shipped. If you waited a few years for books to open back up from a one-man custom shop, sure that's different I guess. Some of the knives with insane wait times just look like Bark Rivers to me.

[cgseanp1]

Ok, but I would not count the time spent building a relationship as the time it took between when you ordered and paid... to when the knife shipped. If you waited a few years for books to open back up from a one-man custom shop, sure that's different I guess. Some of the knives with insane wait times just look like Bark Rivers to me.

Like the Survive.. reminds me of my ESEE or Geissele Abe and Moe.

[Excitable Boy]

Ok, but I would not count the time spent building a relationship as the time it took between when you ordered and paid... to when the knife shipped. If you waited a few years for books to open back up from a one-man custom shop, sure that's different I guess. Some of the knives with insane wait times just look like Bark Rivers to me.

The wait times I was referring to weren't building the relationship, they were from time of order to receiving the knife.

[crufflers]

The wait times I was referring to weren't building the relationship, they were from time of order to receiving the knife.

Wow, I might be impatient the first five years, and then indifferent the last three years, hahah. I guess if there's communication from the maker... yearly update?

[MeatyMac]

Most won't communicate anything during the wait time once the order is set and deposit made if a deposit is required, you can always call them but it won't speed things up, typically, it might actually make them mad if you call too much...YRMV...


Custom knives don't appear to be your game, anyways, crufflers, maybe that's a good thing...