How long a wait do the makers have?

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Just curious about such things, how long a wait do the various makers have (esp the ones that happen to frequent this forum!)? I believe there are some makers that don't really take orders, they make something and put up the fruits of that labor, so they sort of don't have a waiting list and others have varying degrees of customization and so to get yourself something specific you do need to be on a list if there's a wait..

Just curious! Thanks.
 
You are going to find that makers have waiting lists that vary from almost immediately to many years. I have dealt with makers that tell me around a month to those that are up around 7 years and everything in-between.


Edited to correct a typo.
 
A knifemaker's wait... As a customer, I can tell you that it varies on a new knife from an exactly as promised 2 months to a "I'm sure I'll have it by Thanksgiving" (and I didn't ask him which one...that was 1999 and I am still waiting...hey, it was 200$ down on a 1250$ knife...I just wished I had put more down and I wouldn't have lost so much of it on stocks!!).

Fortuantely, I am very patient. I just email the 4 makers I am still waiting on every few months. I just hope I can avoid sounding overanxious or impatient.
:D
I did cancel one order for a 2000$ knife after a year and it had just been started (3 month original delivery estimate). Fortunately, it was a situation where the maker was way overbooked and my order just became someone else's and I got my deposit back.

At present, I only have one knife that was ordered in 1999 still to be done. All of these makers are pretty well known and my only frustraton is that I do know they are working hard on knives for coming shows. If I didn't know better, it would almost seem that the next speculative sale has a higher priority than the bird in the hand.

:cool:
 
hmm ... delivery time ..
immediate ...
that is, as soon as someone actually calls me up and actually wants me to make their blade .. then i will get right on it ...

now i just have to wait for someone to call ...
...anyday now..

:D

oh well, early days and all.

D.
 
Varies from compeated knives in stock. To knives just about compleated to total customs that take 3 to 4 months depending on the time of year and existing back log.
 
I really enjoy hearing about this. It is very interesting - of the knives I have on order the longest is a year wait, and I can't imagine having to wait longer. I can barely imagine what next week is going to be like. :)

I was thinking that in awhile I'd like to make a foray into the folder world, have a couple makers on the short list but if their waits are long I guess I should start investigating now.

Chuck, I am already going to order a bali from you (the li'l around 3 incher). :)
 
I hope to get a custom Emerson CQ-C7 sometime before I die. I ordered it in 1996 I believe, and I put down a deposit for $25. The lead time was quoted as approximately 1 year. Emerson had a booth at a gunshow I went to in 1998, and they said that I should have my knife "soon". Everyone says that Ernie is an upfront, nice guy, but I beg to differ.
 
I'm still waiting for my first custom to get made. The original estimate was six months, but I know the maker(Keith Coleman) was ill for a couple of weeks so I'm sure it will probably take another month or so for him to catch up.
 
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