I was looking through some of Honest alan's posts on BB and found this one from OCTOBER of 2005:
Re: Alan Blade website gone?
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Hello All,
SOrry for any confusion,,,,,, yes i took the website down because it was just to much to answer inquires and not get behind further on getting all the knives i have to get finished up done. Iwould rather concentrate on getting everyones knives finished that i have on Order from folks than answer emails right now.
Im still behind some but im sending out knives weekly so give me a bit more time please if possible.
All the BLADES from folks who have ordered from me are finally done and heat treated, this includes All the carbon steel blades ordered and the Stainless S30V and D2 and A2 blades i had ordered, now i am starting to assemble them .
As i said before i am not taking anymore orders and as such i had to go get a Job to make up for the lost income from not taking any orders until i get the pre paid orders caught up.
SO basically i get up at 3 Am in the morning get to work at 4am and work tell 12noon then come home and work in the shop on back orders until around 6 or 7 pm and go to bed and do it all over again.
Ive decided that after i am caught up i am going to be making knives, but i am not sure if i will take orders again or just make knives and sell them as i finish them and make what i like to make, which are the BUSHCRAFTERS, PACK PALS and my other field designs and offer them for sale as i do them.
I promiced myself i wouldnt get into the JAM i got into a few years back and i saw it was comming to that point again by taking to much work on myself so thats why i decided to take the website down and stop taking orders for anymore knives, until i was caught up completely.
If you have a knife on order and if you prepaid me for a knife, be sure, i am working on them and all who ordered a knife will Get it,, its just taking a bit more time for me to get them finished is all.
I do appreciate the understanding on this and will make sure that the knives sent out are still as you ordered them all and with the quality you expect.
its my day off from my other job so its back to the shop for me, have a good day and keep watcing the mail box, knives are on the way.
Regards, Allan Blade
So ALL the knives are done

:jerkit:
He "promiced" himself NOT to get into the jam he found himself in before:jerkit: :jerkit:
He has to work to make up for the lost revenue of the pre-paid knives he has
YET to
DELIVER

( Can anyone explain this to me?)
and finally all will get their knives:jerkit: :jerkit: