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Well guys, I knew the time would come sooner or later...it'sjust a little sooner than I had expected. I am going to quit making sheaths for sale. I have a few orders to fill, and I have a few sheaths that I have already made that I will sell off, but that'll be it from me.
Reasons? Get ready for a list! First of all, I need to concentrate on taking care of patients, and that takes a lot of time. I am trying to finish my patient numbers early so I can do an internship during my last trimester in school. That will take a lot of dedication, and making sheaths will just get in the way. Secondly, and probably more tangible, is that I have been spread really thin lately, and my turn-around times have been horrible (sorry to the guys who have orders right now). Between school, patients, and work, I have less time than I used to, which I didn't think would happen. For those who have orders with me, sit tight. I am running a 103 degree temp right now, so I'll be getting these orders filled as soon as I start to feel better.
In the next 6 months I am getting married, my brother is getting married, I have to honeymoon, I need to see 200 more patients (harder than it sounds, trust me), move to a new state, pass three more national Boards sections, find an internship, square away an associateship or figure out how to borrow another $100K to start a practice of my own on top of the $100K I will already owe the Man, and a bunch of other stuff! As you can see, sheathmaking is at the bottom of the list right now.
I have REALLY enjoyed serving the BFC community, and I will still be posting as usual. I have learned a LOT about making sheaths, and I hope they will give a lot of people service for years to come. I am sorry to leave the "business", but it has to be so. Hopefully it won't be too many more years that I will be making sheaths and selling them with my own handmade knives inside! We'll see...
In any case, like I said, thanks for some great experiences and I was elated to meet so many people and help them out. I guess if you have one of my sheaths you can be proud to own a limited edition product!
Maybe they'll be worth a lot of money some day!
Anyway, I'll be finishing orders out next week and filling ones that I've promised, then that's it. I have a few Wave sheaths left, as well as a couple for Benchmade Nimravus Cubs that I'll be selling once all orders are filled and I can see what's going on. After that, I'll be sifting through my materials and selling most of it off, so look for that in the For Sale board in the next month or so. I am also thinking about writing a comprehensive giude to making synthetic sheaths, but we'll see about that. Too many projects! Thanks for reading, and please always feel free to ask me questions about sheaths, etc if you need to. I don't think I dented anyone's business too much, but I guess this will leave that much more to guys like Mike Sastre, Normark, Blade-Tech, etc etc. Ciao!
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My Custom Kydex Sheath page:
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Lab/1298/frames.html
Palmer College of Chiropractic
On Two Wheels
agocs_s@dd.palmer.edu
Madpoet (Mel Sorg, Jr.) Tribute page:
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Lab/1298/madpoet/main.html
Reasons? Get ready for a list! First of all, I need to concentrate on taking care of patients, and that takes a lot of time. I am trying to finish my patient numbers early so I can do an internship during my last trimester in school. That will take a lot of dedication, and making sheaths will just get in the way. Secondly, and probably more tangible, is that I have been spread really thin lately, and my turn-around times have been horrible (sorry to the guys who have orders right now). Between school, patients, and work, I have less time than I used to, which I didn't think would happen. For those who have orders with me, sit tight. I am running a 103 degree temp right now, so I'll be getting these orders filled as soon as I start to feel better.
In the next 6 months I am getting married, my brother is getting married, I have to honeymoon, I need to see 200 more patients (harder than it sounds, trust me), move to a new state, pass three more national Boards sections, find an internship, square away an associateship or figure out how to borrow another $100K to start a practice of my own on top of the $100K I will already owe the Man, and a bunch of other stuff! As you can see, sheathmaking is at the bottom of the list right now.
I have REALLY enjoyed serving the BFC community, and I will still be posting as usual. I have learned a LOT about making sheaths, and I hope they will give a lot of people service for years to come. I am sorry to leave the "business", but it has to be so. Hopefully it won't be too many more years that I will be making sheaths and selling them with my own handmade knives inside! We'll see...
In any case, like I said, thanks for some great experiences and I was elated to meet so many people and help them out. I guess if you have one of my sheaths you can be proud to own a limited edition product!
Anyway, I'll be finishing orders out next week and filling ones that I've promised, then that's it. I have a few Wave sheaths left, as well as a couple for Benchmade Nimravus Cubs that I'll be selling once all orders are filled and I can see what's going on. After that, I'll be sifting through my materials and selling most of it off, so look for that in the For Sale board in the next month or so. I am also thinking about writing a comprehensive giude to making synthetic sheaths, but we'll see about that. Too many projects! Thanks for reading, and please always feel free to ask me questions about sheaths, etc if you need to. I don't think I dented anyone's business too much, but I guess this will leave that much more to guys like Mike Sastre, Normark, Blade-Tech, etc etc. Ciao!
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My Custom Kydex Sheath page:
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Lab/1298/frames.html
Palmer College of Chiropractic
On Two Wheels
agocs_s@dd.palmer.edu
Madpoet (Mel Sorg, Jr.) Tribute page:
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Lab/1298/madpoet/main.html
