"HOG Muk" Proto. . . Sneak Peek ! ! ! !

I'm going to venture a guess here. On January 27, 2009, Scrap Yard released a satin-finished Muk in 154CM with a Res-C mudder grip. It was the first start-to-finish knife Dan released under his "new Scrap Yard business plan". For those who may not be familiar, Dan's revised business plan stipulated that new releases would remain in the company store for 4-6 weeks. Then they'd be pulled from the store, built to order, and shipped 4-6 weeks later. The Muk, however, only managed to remain on sale for 3 weeks before Dan unceremoniously pulled it from the store with no notice whatsoever. It was simply in the store one day and gone the next. Dan never explained why he did that. But I suspect it may have been because the Muk wasn't selling very well. If that's the case, Scrap Yard's experience may not bode well for the release of a Busse Combat Muk.

Again, this is merely speculation on my part. But if I'm right, those who are interested in acquiring a Bussekin Muk would be well advised to seek out the Scrap Yard version. Although it doesn't come up for sale very often, it may be the only Bussekin Muk they'll ever have a chance to get.

"A Bussekin in the hand . . . "

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I sorta doubt that. I believe the sale ended early b/c of the amount of orders they received. The Mukmukmuk was at some shows and such since then and has sold out every time.

I was wise enough to grab one in Easton last year. :)
 
Dennis in MA said:
I sorta doubt that. I believe the sale ended early b/c of the amount of orders they received.
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If you're inferring that Scrap Yard received too many orders, selling out is exactly what the the new business plan was designed to prevent. Under the new business plan, knives are supposed to be built to order. And Jerry picked up "tons and tons" (to quote Dan) of 154CM during the Camillus bankruptcy sale. So how could Scrap Yard have sold out of Muks prematurely? :confused:

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That's what I'm inferring. I think they got so many orders for ALL the knives they put out that they had to put the brakes on it. We'll never know.

I should just send a case of JWB to Jerry and get the proto.
 
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We'll never know.
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That's for sure. In comparison to the three weeks the Scrap Muk was in the store, however, it should be noted that the Regulator/Deregulator were available for sale for 172 days. And Dan gave plenty of advanced warning before he took them down. When Dan and Jerry want to, my sense is that they have the capacity to absorb all the orders we can give them.

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Dennis in MA said:
That's what I'm inferring. I think they got so many orders for ALL the knives they put out that they had to put the brakes on it. We'll never know.

I should just send a case of JWB to Jerry and get mymindisamob the proto.
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Fixed it, but I knew what you meant.;):D
 
holy muck! got to keep this above the cabs thread.

so do you want saber or flat grind on these?
 
i think i would perfer the saber grind on these. i really don't see me doing too much wood splitting, were a flat grind would excel.
 
making the muck stuck.:cool:

no more drab cabs.:p

i'm just glad i don't have to were a tux.

a very poor....?
 
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