2012 BladeForums Limited Kershaw Skyline PREORDER Thread - S30V, Blue G10 - $90 ea

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djdawg said:
Have these been shipped yet or do they have to sell out first ??
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they have not been shipped, nor do they have to sell out before they will. one thing you will get used to with kershaw is that release dates are almost meaningless. for example, we are still waiting on the 2011 knife of the year (ZT 0777) to hit shelves. i'm not complaining, but i am saying that it happens quite often. patience, they will come... eventually.
 
If there were blems would that make them even rarer and potentially more valuable as collectors items?
 
solidorange said:
they have not been shipped, nor do they have to sell out before they will. one thing you will get used to with kershaw is that release dates are almost meaningless. for example, we are still waiting on the 2011 knife of the year (ZT 0777) to hit shelves. i'm not complaining, but i am saying that it happens quite often. patience, they will come... eventually.
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Agreed. That being said, this certainly is not exclusive to Kershaw. Every company does it. Release dates are really only a prediction of the earliest time they are probably going to be ready, at that exact moment in time. Things happen. Production may slow down or speed up, and they may run into problems on one thing or another.

Patience is key here. Just let things happen, Spark will let us know when they're coming.
 
jhyde7585 said:
Agreed. That being said, this certainly is not exclusive to Kershaw. Every company does it. Release dates are really only a prediction of the earliest time they are probably going to be ready, at that exact moment in time. Things happen. Production may slow down or speed up, and they may run into problems on one thing or another.

Patience is key here. Just let things happen, Spark will let us know when they're coming.
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i guess it just seems like a kershaw issue to me because i only buy kershaws, lol. i was hoping to get this one by my birthday (which was yesterday), but i have no problem waiting. i know it will be worth it. :thumbup:
 
solidorange said:
i guess it just seems like a kershaw issue to me because i only buy kershaws, lol. i was hoping to get this one by my birthday (which was yesterday), but i have no problem waiting. i know it will be worth it. :thumbup:
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Lol understandable. Happy birthday though, I'm sure they will be coming along soon :D
 
mcraft said:
As far as the whole 777 thing, are they even still coming out with those? I thought that MT stole their thunder?
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0777 is still in production. Looks like they are getting close:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/967708-Zt0777/page2
jimmer_5 said:
Oh ye of little faith :)

Here are a few pics of the parts in process.


0777 Blade blank - Here you can see the precision cut DT Herringbone Damascus and Vanax 35 blanks. These two are on their way to the altar to be married happily ever after by the power vested in copper brazing:

By the way, I don't have a weird short pinky finger - that's just perspective working against me in the pic. Not that there's anything wrong with having a short pinky finger.....

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This is what we lovingly refer to as a box full of money (because the raw materials are so expensive): A tray with 90 blades, waiting patiently to head out for heat treat this morning.

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Here we have a finished production 0777 handle, sitting on top of it's primitive ancestors - kinda like Neanderthals vs. Homo Sapiens:

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Finally, we get a tray of finished handles - the CNC mill is cranking and they are piling up. This picture is just the top layer of the tray.

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Next on the agenda are lockbars, backspacers, and pocket clips......
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EagleScouter said:
I think they've been "getting close" for the past year. :foot::D

It'll be worth the wait though. The Tilt took a long time too, and it's my favorite knife.
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The Tilt is way up there on my list too. Sucks that I missed out on all of the 0777 preorders which means I will probably never be able to own one. :(



...and now back to your regularly scheduled Skyline discussion. :p
 
solidorange said:
The Tilt is way up there on my list too. Sucks that I missed out on all of the 0777 preorders which means I will probably never be able to own one. :(



...and now back to your regularly scheduled Skyline discussion. :p
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Just wait man...after the novelty of owning/holding one wears off, they will start to trickle into the exchange.Happens with most if not all new knives.( Tilt,056x....) You'll get one :)
 
solidorange said:
The Tilt is way up there on my list too. Sucks that I missed out on all of the 0777 preorders which means I will probably never be able to own one. :(



...and now back to your regularly scheduled Skyline discussion. :p
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they have some Tilts on the bay for a hefty price..just gotta keep checking
 
OK....I'm in.
Newer member here and I personally like wood, bone, or antler handles/scales so when I was looking at this I wasn't too interested, but the more I was here, the more it appeared to me to be my first "collector" knife.
On the bright side, I (in theory) should have a short wait for delivery as opposed to the people who ordered in April.....

Doug
 
Just my best guess from posts in the forum but there are 75ish left. I'm not Spark though so that could be off by as much as 32-75.
 
Capbyrd said:
Just my best guess from posts in the forum but there are 75ish left. I'm not Spark though so that could be off by as much as 32-75.
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So we need just one dealer clever enough to know that he can buy all 75 and resell these beauties for $200 each!
 
Ordered one via Paypal back in June. I just assumed that once the knives are completed they would be shipped to the appropriate shipping address. Please let me know if there is any additional information you need. Thanks
 
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