Cabelas "Alaskan Guide 110"... WTF?

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Cabelas are, I believe, the only place that a 110 can be bought with an S30V blade. I may be wrong, but I can't seem to find one anywhere else. I wanted one so I got in touch with Cabelas who told me that it was against Federal Law for them to export the knife to the UK !
So, when my brother went to the US on business it was an ideal opportunity to avoid the hassle of them having to post the thing to the UK as he could take delivery whilst he was there. I contacted Cabelas online customer support and explained that I wanted the knives mailed to a US hotel address on a specific week and asked if that would be OK. That was fine by them as long as I used the Priority mailing service. I placed the order online and went away for a few days.
On my return I had e-mail from Cabelas saying that my order could not be processed as they needed confirmation that the knives (One for me, one for a mate) were going to be staying within the US as it was againast Federal Law to export them ! Despite my phoning them to explain that there were no legal restrictions on me possessing the knives here amd that I have had many knives posted from the US they insisted that they couldn't sell me the knives !

How the hell is a guy supposed to get hold of a decent knife if he comes up against this sort of bull**** ?

If it's legal to export a Buck/Strider 880 SP and a 888 Solution what makes the Alaskan Guide series so damned special when it comes to clearing Customs? Is S30V a national secret that we Brits aren't supposed to know about?

Needless to say, that as a guy who shoots, fishes, hunts, collects knives AND cares about who he does business with, I'll NOT be buying anything from that particular company ever again.
 
Don't worry your not alone !! I've had this problem & so have others, even in Canada. Maybe a forum member can help or I did see a couple buy it now on ebay that was a couple of days ago.

Iended up getting a BG42 blade from a forum member.

Rember Cabela's are "the word's foremost outfitters":thumbdn:
Mitch
 
What a buzzar company Cabela’s is. I faced the very same experience when I wanted a 110AG. Cabela’s would not ship it to me. In the end I bought the knife on my credit card and had it shipped to one of the other forum members who lives about 25 miles from me. He then mailed the knife to me. In the end I was so disgusted with Cabela’s I decided to use the knife for parts. I now have the coolest 560 with an S30V blade and a 110 Custom with Rosewood and ATS-34 and they didn’t cost me, all in, much more than the custom would have from the Custom Shoppee so ‘worlds leading outfitter’ Peh!
 
WilltheBarb said:
What a buzzar company Cabela’s is. I faced the very same experience when I wanted a 110AG. Cabela’s would not ship it to me. In the end I bought the knife on my credit card and had it shipped to one of the other forum members who lives about 25 miles from me. He then mailed the knife to me. In the end I was so disgusted with Cabela’s I decided to use the knife for parts. I now have the coolest 560 with an S30V blade and a 110 Custom with Rosewood and ATS-34 and they didn’t cost me, all in, much more than the custom would have from the Custom Shoppee so ‘worlds leading outfitter’ Peh!
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Willie...
Got pics?
Goose.
 
Thanks WilltheBarb...
That is an awesome pic and a even better story. Trak and Joe did ya right!
Goose.
 
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