Albers Cutlery Company

Eric, I just wanted to say that I sincerely hope you are enjoying this wild ride, rather than being stressed out about it, lol.

You're doing awesome things man. Keep doing you.
 
cudgee said:
Great minds think alike.o_O. Was just sitting here thinking this latest release must be getting into hands shortly, and i saw your post. Glad you you could get one, and that snakewood looks great. Bet you it is better in person then in the photo, they always are.:cool::thumbsup:
Very happy with it. I think it looks just like the one on his website. I love the fact that Eric is following his dream and having succes at it.
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Got my stag (1 of 8 I'm told) in the mail today, shipping was nearly as fast as drop! It will have to be considered my luckiest knife from here on considering the odds of getting it.
Love it, comparing it next to the GEC 74 that came in the same mail drop - thank you miltmaldo for that one. Stag is similar in color to a couple of Loinsteel knifes I own.
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https://imgur.com/a/MOakR5M
 
traumkommode said:
Unfortunately I agree on both accounts. I don't buy any extra GECs of a run to cherry pick and trade when I have the opportunity but I see that they're being sold at $150-$200. And I haven't seen any pictures of Albers knives that look like they're putting in concerted duty. I think the uptick in people joining the hobby and buying slip joints is a result of the pandemic. Maybe it will die down if people are able to have a more interactive lifestyle again.

I hope to get one sometime. When I heard about them, they sounded ideal to me. Like a knife I would have spec'ed out for myself. I think what Eric is doing is really cool. His history with previous manufacturers and his decision to turn out knives like these that don't fall into the "custom knife" lane demonstrates impressive effort to get these knives out. I'll be one of the first to sign up here for some kind of BF special opportunity, but I'll also acknowledge that there isn't much otherwise he could do and not make this a big headache for himself. Maybe a lottery, but again, he'd be doing us a favor by agreeing to that.
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:eek: I dread the day that I'm required to show back up at the office daily where "knives" is blocked on the company server. I am indeed an example of someone who only found my way here due to the pandemic. I thank you all for getting me hooked - my wife would like a word with each of you separately.
 
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madebyhand said:
Got my stag (1 of 8 I'm told) in the mail today, shipping was nearly as fast as drop! It will have to be considered my luckiest knife from here on considering the odds of getting it.
Love it, comparing it next to the GEC 74 that came in the same mail drop - thank you miltmaldo for that one. Stag is similar in color to a couple of Loinsteel knifes I own.
MOakR5M

https://imgur.com/a/MOakR5M
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:thumbsup:. Nice one.
 
euroken said:
Get in line buddy! :D

This is near impossible without Eric needing to spend significant amount of time sorting through previous buys. Even then, he is still looking at 1000 plus interested buyers...
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I do not think a significant amount of time is required for this. He already has the names and the account details of previous buyers. It would simply be an act of copying them into an excel spreadsheet and putting a notice statement on-site saying "the buying rights reserved for the first time buyers in the first week, if you have previously bought please do not place an order during the first week if you do, the purchase will be cancelled and the amount will be refunded" Then he will simply use the search button when sorting the orders to see if any of the orders during the first week had a previous record. All this should not take more than half an hour. Even if it takes more, I am sure nobody will complain if Mr. Eric decides to reflect that hourly rate cost to the knife prices.
 
and yes, he will still have 1000 potential buyers, but with each run, the number of potential buyers will drop (perhaps not if the popularity increases). Regardless of the number of potential buyers after each run, the chance of acquiring one of his knives will increase for those who never bought one.
 
Maybe Eric could keep building knives until the number of finished knives matches the number of people on the mailing list. Then drop them all at once. That should only take about 5 years.:D:p
 
murat1983 said:
and yes, he will still have 1000 potential buyers, but with each run, the number of potential buyers will drop (perhaps not if the popularity increases). Regardless of the number of potential buyers after each run, the chance of acquiring one of his knives will increase for those who never bought one.
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Problem is the guys that buy to flip (it is a business for them) will find a way to circumvent any measure that is put in place stop them. If sales are limited to only those that haven't bought one before, they will use a straw buyer or different shipping address to buy again.
 
Glad to see some of you scored a knife from Eric. I did get his email, and logged into the website 4 - 5 minutes after the email time stamp to see sold out on all the offerings.

I'll just have to be happy with this one, from a few years back, until things quiet down.
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Peregrin said:
Glad to see some of you scored a knife from Eric. I did get his email, and logged into the website 4 - 5 minutes after the email time stamp to see sold out on all the offerings.

I'll just have to be happy with this one, from a few years back, until things quiet down.
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That's impossibly fine stag, Gary. I haven't had any of the CSC jacks, but I've had a handful of the barlows. Same frame, just the short bolster and single blade?
 
Guys, let's not turn this into another "Here's what GEC should REALLY do" type thread. Eric Albers makes a tremendous quality knife in a time when all quality slipjoints are ultra desirable. He's doing the best he can, and frankly, it seems counterproductive to me to suggest he should come up with a bunch of new procedures, because a few folks who just now heard about him and his knives are having an issue getting them. Join the club, it's an issue getting ANYthing desirable right now. Trying to turn Eric into a database admin is a nonstarter. Let the man work, and run his business how he decides.

Thanks!
 
murat1983 said:
I do not think a significant amount of time is required for this. He already has the names and the account details of previous buyers. It would simply be an act of copying them into an excel spreadsheet and putting a notice statement on-site saying "the buying rights reserved for the first time buyers in the first week, if you have previously bought please do not place an order during the first week if you do, the purchase will be cancelled and the amount will be refunded" Then he will simply use the search button when sorting the orders to see if any of the orders during the first week had a previous record. All this should not take more than half an hour. Even if it takes more, I am sure nobody will complain if Mr. Eric decides to reflect that hourly rate cost to the knife prices.
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murat1983 said:
and yes, he will still have 1000 potential buyers, but with each run, the number of potential buyers will drop (perhaps not if the popularity increases). Regardless of the number of potential buyers after each run, the chance of acquiring one of his knives will increase for those who never bought one.
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Quiet said:
Guys, let's not turn this into another "Here's what GEC should REALLY do" type thread. Eric Albers makes a tremendous quality knife in a time when all quality slipjoints are ultra desirable. He's doing the best he can, and frankly, it seems counterproductive to me to suggest he should come up with a bunch of new procedures, because a few folks who just now heard about him and his knives are having an issue getting them. Join the club, it's an issue getting ANYthing desirable right now. Trying to turn Eric into a database admin is a nonstarter. Let the man work, and run his business how he decides.

Thanks!
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Thanks for summing that up. It's easy for us to say how simple an added step might be, but dealing with a high demand product is never an easy task. This isn't even easy for the distributor/retailer but for a knife maker...This is how you get 'books closed' with two, three year cycles (or more for some). Not to mention, price point changes drastically...
 
traumkommode said:
That's impossibly fine stag, Gary. I haven't had any of the CSC jacks, but I've had a handful of the barlows. Same frame, just the short bolster and single blade?
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Not sure on the Barlow comparison.
I'm fairly certain the stag for the Eric's Jacks was donated by John Lloyd. He also donated the stag for the official BF traditional knife that year, 2014?
 
Quiet said:
Guys, let's not turn this into another "Here's what GEC should REALLY do" type thread. Eric Albers makes a tremendous quality knife in a time when all quality slipjoints are ultra desirable. He's doing the best he can, and frankly, it seems counterproductive to me to suggest he should come up with a bunch of new procedures, because a few folks who just now heard about him and his knives are having an issue getting them. Join the club, it's an issue getting ANYthing desirable right now. Trying to turn Eric into a database admin is a nonstarter. Let the man work, and run his business how he decides.

Thanks!
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Well said. Instead of Eric spending his time trying to redo his notification and ordering structure let the man spend time making more knives.
 
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