0560CFCB Serial number soundoff

Busted_Knuckle said:
I really liked mine (0179) & couldn't resist just leaving it locked up to look at, so i bought another one. I have 0189 also now. I asked the owner at the local shop & he has these numbers as of this afternoon: 0342, 0432, 0334 & 0443.
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Does he like the numbers 2,3, and 4??
 
Not that i know of. He said that the numbers he gets are random from KAI. I Guess those where the lucky numbers he was able to get. Maybe we should play those numbers on the Pick 3. ;)
 
I also just received 801, my second one. I also have have my pre-order from KC coming which might be for sale soon.
 
mr_anderson said:
I also just received 801, my second one. I also have have my pre-order from KC coming which might be for sale soon.
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you gave me a heart attack! I was like YOU HAVE AN 801? but then i realized i was browsing the serial numbers thread ;) fweew... i was about to go on a Rambo Rampage.
 
stebolicious, Thomas said the 801 is up next and they'll be doing a run this month. For the boutiques, the 600 is next, and then the 888.
 
NeverMore1701 said:
Who wants to explain this one?

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I hope that ends up being the last one. ;)
 
mossad04 said:
Good question NeverMore1701. I suppose they could do that if they truly wanted to keep it to 1000 but then wouldn't it have made sense to just laser that previous number on the new blade. I'm not familiar with that process so it may be harder than I'm imagining, someone can correct me if I'm wrong.
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Posted in other thread too.

Look at it like this guys. You are making knives, putting them through layout, grinding, finishing, and finally lazering the model number and serial number on the knife. You are of course going to have cut more than you'd need "just in case". During all this, a couple knives get to final inspection and something just isn't "quite right" with them. This is the reason for the "backups". They pull out one of the extras and lay the model and serial number on the knife. The computer doing this has been doing consecutive numbers on the knives up to this point so WHY would you waste the time to go in and reprogram the computer to go back and lay the same number on a replacement knife so the serials come out perfect? I know, long winded but it seems pretty simple to me, no?
 
OvalmanPA said:
Posted in other thread too.

Look at it like this guys. You are making knives, putting them through layout, grinding, finishing, and finally lazering the model number and serial number on the knife. You are of course going to have cut more than you'd need "just in case". During all this, a couple knives get to final inspection and something just isn't "quite right" with them. This is the reason for the "backups". They pull out one of the extras and lay the model and serial number on the knife. The computer doing this has been doing consecutive numbers on the knives up to this point so WHY would you waste the time to go in and reprogram the computer to go back and lay the same number on a replacement knife so the serials come out perfect? I know, long winded but it seems pretty simple to me, no?
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IMO it is not wasting time to replicate the same serial which fails inspection, I estimate the time taken to change the serial field would be about 3-5 seconds.

When a limited run of anything is released from a factory it is highly unusual to see serials beyond the advertised limit which is why several members have raised the issue.
 
I guess KAI is better off going back to doing 1 of "insert number here" instead of serial numbers so people don't get there knife feelings hurt.
 
Jaytaylor said:
IMO it is not wasting time to replicate the same serial which fails inspection, I estimate the time taken to change the serial field would be about 3-5 seconds.

When a limited run of anything is released from a factory it is highly unusual to see serials beyond the advertised limit which is why several members have raised the issue.
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I understand what you are saying, but your estimate may be off my a few seconds, or by 10 minutes. There is #1029, so lets say 29 messed up knives, if each one took 5 minutes. There is more than pushing buttons, there is taking each failed knife back to the engraver, grabbing the new blank out and then programming it. It all ads up.

I dont think it is highly unusual to see serial numbers above the projected run count. Maybe I haven't been paying close enough attention

Dont mean to sound rude, and maybe you know way more than I do about this stuff. But as for me, I find it safe not to speculate, assume or make estimates unless you are knowledgeable in that field.
 
Jaytaylor said:
IMO it is not wasting time to replicate the same serial which fails inspection, I estimate the time taken to change the serial field would be about 3-5 seconds.

When a limited run of anything is released from a factory it is highly unusual to see serials beyond the advertised limit which is why several members have raised the issue.
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I can't say I agree but that's just my opinion. It will definetly take longer than that.
 
chester22 said:
I guess KAI is better off going back to doing 1 of "insert number here" instead of serial numbers so people don't get there knife feelings hurt.
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It's sad because you get these awesome LE knives that KAI makes for It's customers to kind of say "thank-you", then you get these people that feel like they need to nit-pick like there's no tomorrow.
 
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