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Last weekend I was sitting on my couch watching tv while my wife and daughter were having a nap. Maybe it was the lack of noise but I had an epiphany! Here in BC there is a chain of knife stores that specialize in kitchen knives, but they carry a small collection of folding knives. I thought maybe, just maybe they at some point carried the Lum Tanto Folder and never sold it. I've seen the odd sprint run in their stores before and they like to sell their knives at MSRP so they don't move very quickly off the shelf.
I went to their site (which is terrible and isn't an accurate representation of what they carry) and gave the first store on the list a call. I told them what I was looking for and she said they didn't have it. I made sure to mention it would have a grey handle. The woman on the phone said she would give the other stores a call and get back to me. A couple hours later I get a call that she found 3! I knew she was mistaken and asked for some clarification. I made sure she wasn't talking about the Lum Chinese folder and she wasn't really sure so she said she would call me back.
She calls back a couple hours later and says that they are in fact the Bob Lum Tanto folder with grey handles (scales). But....one stores computer says they have it in stock but they are unable to physically find it. They never do find it. The other store lists 2 as being in stock, but one is on consignment to someone and the other may be lost as well
. So I call that store up and I get an assistant manager on the phone who doesn't really know what is going on. He says that the knife that is on consignment may be up for grabs because they think the guy who reserved may have died 
. He tells me to call again on Monday when the manager is in so that they can figure out what is going on. A couple days go by and I find out that the knife is being sent from their store to mine 
.
I'm not sure if they found the lost knife, or if I got the one that was on hold for that guy (I hope not) but it arrived last night and now it is mine. I paid $237 for a brand new in the box, never used, carried or cut Bob Lum Tanto Folder in grey G10. Oh man am I psyched. It's a little strange to not have a knife that I will always be on the look out for but I'm glad I can stop thinking about the tanto and just enjoy it.
I won't go into much detail on the knife because it's all been said before. But the fit and finish is top notch. I had to clean the scales a little bit but they look great now. Unfortunately there is a little black mark in one spot on the G10 and I can't get it out. I'll just have to get over it. Unless..you can recommend something lol. I've already tried a magic eraser. Anyway, heres the pic I snapped last night. Thanks for looking.
I went to their site (which is terrible and isn't an accurate representation of what they carry) and gave the first store on the list a call. I told them what I was looking for and she said they didn't have it. I made sure to mention it would have a grey handle. The woman on the phone said she would give the other stores a call and get back to me. A couple hours later I get a call that she found 3! I knew she was mistaken and asked for some clarification. I made sure she wasn't talking about the Lum Chinese folder and she wasn't really sure so she said she would call me back.
She calls back a couple hours later and says that they are in fact the Bob Lum Tanto folder with grey handles (scales). But....one stores computer says they have it in stock but they are unable to physically find it. They never do find it. The other store lists 2 as being in stock, but one is on consignment to someone and the other may be lost as well
. So I call that store up and I get an assistant manager on the phone who doesn't really know what is going on. He says that the knife that is on consignment may be up for grabs because they think the guy who reserved may have died . He tells me to call again on Monday when the manager is in so that they can figure out what is going on. A couple days go by and I find out that the knife is being sent from their store to mine .I'm not sure if they found the lost knife, or if I got the one that was on hold for that guy (I hope not) but it arrived last night and now it is mine. I paid $237 for a brand new in the box, never used, carried or cut Bob Lum Tanto Folder in grey G10. Oh man am I psyched. It's a little strange to not have a knife that I will always be on the look out for but I'm glad I can stop thinking about the tanto and just enjoy it.
I won't go into much detail on the knife because it's all been said before. But the fit and finish is top notch. I had to clean the scales a little bit but they look great now. Unfortunately there is a little black mark in one spot on the G10 and I can't get it out. I'll just have to get over it. Unless..you can recommend something lol. I've already tried a magic eraser. Anyway, heres the pic I snapped last night. Thanks for looking.
