How long does it usually take to get a K20 after placing a reservation?

[未知艺术家]

我花了一整天时间在论坛上浏览K20的照片，越看越喜欢。上一把让我如此着迷的长刀片是FR28——那天我加了十多个卖家到我的联系人列表，才终于买到了一把。

不幸的是，K20 在我的国家已经没有新货了。一些卖家告诉我，即使我现在预订，也得等两年左右。他们甚至建议我干脆别预订了，尤其是考虑到它的价格——大约 2.5 万元人民币，相当于中国许多大城市普通人 4 到 5 个月的收入。哈哈哈……

我真的很喜欢 K20，并且愿意为它付费，但说实话，我很纠结是否应该等那么久。

 

[未知艺术家]

我花了一整天时间在论坛上浏览K20的照片，越看越喜欢。上一把让我如此着迷的长刀片是FR28——那天我加了十多个卖家到我的联系人列表，才终于买到了一把。

不幸的是，K20 在我的国家已经没有新货了。一些卖家告诉我，即使我现在预订，也得等两年左右。他们甚至建议我干脆别预订了，尤其是考虑到它的价格——大约 2.5 万元人民币，相当于中国许多大城市普通人 4 到 5 个月的收入。哈哈哈……

我真的很喜欢 K20，并且愿意为它付费，但说实话，我很纠结是否应该等那么久。

spent a whole day browsing through photos of the K20 on the forum, and the more I looked, the more I fell in love with it. The last long blade I was this passionate about was the FR28 — that day I added over ten sellers on my contact list just to finally get one.

Unfortunately, when it comes to the K20, there’s no new stock available in my country anymore. Some sellers told me that even if I pre-order now, I’d have to wait about two years. They even suggested I not bother reserving it at all, especially considering the price — around 25,000 RMB, which is roughly 4 to 5 months of income for an average person in many major Chinese cities. Hahaha...

I really love the K20 and I’m willing to pay for it, but I’m honestly torn about whether I should wait that long.

 

[primalblades]

我花了一整天时间在论坛上浏览K20的照片，越看越喜欢。上一把让我如此着迷的长刀片是FR28——那天我加了十多个卖家到我的联系人列表，才终于买到了一把。

不幸的是，K20 在我的国家已经没有新货了。一些卖家告诉我，即使我现在预订，也得等两年左右。他们甚至建议我干脆别预订了，尤其是考虑到它的价格——大约 2.5 万元人民币，相当于中国许多大城市普通人 4 到 5 个月的收入。哈哈哈……

我真的很喜欢 K20，并且愿意为它付费，但说实话，我很纠结是否应该等那么久。

i def could be wrong but 1-2 yrs i think im sure someone has a better answer but thought i could help a bit

 

[yoko]

This was in the pre order



"I intend to start shipping these within about a year, but some sword projects take much longer so come into this with your eyes wide open. I'm making no hard promises on a delivery time other than you can request a refund of your "non-refundable" deposit if I haven't shipped these after two years. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. Projects like this that are pushing the outer boundaries of our process and capabilities are experimental in nature and surprises sometimes do happen."

Hope this helps

 

[未知艺术家]

我在论坛上花了一整天的时间浏览K20的照片，越看越喜欢。上一把让我如此着迷的长刀片是FR28——那天我把十多个卖家加到了我的斯托克列表里，才终于买到了一把。

不幸的是，很多人的K20在我的国家已经没有新货了。一些卖家告诉我，即使我现在预订了，也得等两年左右。他们甚至建议我干脆别预订了，尤其是考虑到的价格——大约2.5人民币，中国现在相当于普通人4到5个月的收入

我真的很喜欢K20，并且愿意付费，但说实话，我很困惑是否应该等那么久。

i def could be wrong but 1-2 yrs i think im sure someone has a better answer but thought i could help a bit

谢谢

 

[Mike157]

我花了一整天时间在论坛上浏览K20的照片，越看越喜欢。上一把让我如此着迷的长刀片是FR28——那天我加了十多个卖家到我的联系人列表，才终于买到了一把。

不幸的是，K20 在我的国家已经没有新货了。一些卖家告诉我，即使我现在预订，也得等两年左右。他们甚至建议我干脆别预订了，尤其是考虑到它的价格——大约 2.5 万元人民币，相当于中国许多大城市普通人 4 到 5 个月的收入。哈哈哈……

我真的很喜欢 K20，并且愿意为它付费，但说实话，我很纠结是否应该等那么久。

I’m not very savvy with this sort of thing, but is there an ap that would allow me to translate? Thank you. Mike

 

[Not_Lefty]

I’m not very savvy with this sort of thing, but is there an ap that would allow me to translate? Thank you. Mike

My browser ( Firefox) .. highlight right click ..translate

 

[toker]

I’m not very savvy with this sort of thing, but is there an ap that would allow me to translate? Thank you. Mike

 

[Bigburly912]

I’m not very savvy with this sort of thing, but is there an ap that would allow me to translate? Thank you. Mike

Iphone you can highlight the text and just click translate.

 

[Mike157]

Holy Moly! The modern age. Worked perfectly. Thanks guys! Mike

 

[The Knife Life]

spent a whole day browsing through photos of the K20 on the forum, and the more I looked, the more I fell in love with it. The last long blade I was this passionate about was the FR28 — that day I added over ten sellers on my contact list just to finally get one.

Unfortunately, when it comes to the K20, there’s no new stock available in my country anymore. Some sellers told me that even if I pre-order now, I’d have to wait about two years. They even suggested I not bother reserving it at all, especially considering the price — around 25,000 RMB, which is roughly 4 to 5 months of income for an average person in many major Chinese cities. Hahaha...

I really love the K20 and I’m willing to pay for it, but I’m honestly torn about whether I should wait that long.

It's worth noting that the pre-order for these is long since closed meaning that you do not have the option to order one. So waiting 1-2 years for Nathan/CPK to make them is not a factor here you need to consider. Your only chance to get one is on the secondary market.

Edit : I forgot, some will be sold in upcoming regular bi-weekly sales but we do not know when that will be. So you might be able to get one at some future date without the long wait after you place your order.

Edit 2 : *UNLESS* you're a new international customer, then you're stuck with the secondary market being your only option as CPK has stopped sales to new international customers.

 

[Steven65]

spent a whole day browsing through photos of the K20 on the forum, and the more I looked, the more I fell in love with it. The last long blade I was this passionate about was the FR28 — that day I added over ten sellers on my contact list just to finally get one.

Unfortunately, when it comes to the K20, there’s no new stock available in my country anymore. Some sellers told me that even if I pre-order now, I’d have to wait about two years. They even suggested I not bother reserving it at all, especially considering the price — around 25,000 RMB, which is roughly 4 to 5 months of income for an average person in many major Chinese cities. Hahaha...

I really love the K20 and I’m willing to pay for it, but I’m honestly torn about whether I should wait that long.

I think it's fair to say that you are not going to be able to order one directly from CPK for several reasons........

1. The pre-order is closed and I doubt Nathan will re-open it in the foreseeable future.

2. CPK are no longer shipping to new International customers.

Your only choice is to find one here on Bladeforums, or in the aftermarket.

I don't know who you have been talking to in China to get you one but I feel confident in saying that none of them have been authorised as re-sellers by CPK. They are simply flipping the product at a huge profit.

Insofar as the wait is concerned if that is a problem for you then CPK is not the product you should be looking at.

As for the price either you pay it or you won't get one. No-one here cares what the average monthly salary in the PRC is.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

spent a whole day browsing through photos of the K20 on the forum, and the more I looked, the more I fell in love with it. The last long blade I was this passionate about was the FR28 — that day I added over ten sellers on my contact list just to finally get one.

Unfortunately, when it comes to the K20, there’s no new stock available in my country anymore. Some sellers told me that even if I pre-order now, I’d have to wait about two years. They even suggested I not bother reserving it at all, especially considering the price — around 25,000 RMB, which is roughly 4 to 5 months of income for an average person in many major Chinese cities. Hahaha...

I really love the K20 and I’m willing to pay for it, but I’m honestly torn about whether I should wait that long.

The pre-order is closed, I'm sorry.

Due to a large amount of issues we have had with foreign customers, we are, unfortunately, no longer able to ship to new customers overseas. I apologize for the inconvenience.

A complex project like the K20 requires temporary modifications to some of our machinery so it takes a while to actually complete the production run because it means other stuff can't run at the same time. Also, due to the size, it is only able to be decked on our largest grinder. The blade is so long I cannot even turn or home the B-axis on our horizontal and I have to be very careful about how we do a pallet change or even a tool change because it is possible to crash the machine with the sword or a fixture. We have to run it with the door open! We keep coolant in while running the swords with a shower curtain, lol. So, while it normally takes about a year for a normal knife, I am finding it takes longer to produce swords due to logistical bottlenecks in our process.

 

[toker]

That sounds like a lot of work. Tell your boss you want a raise.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

That sounds like a lot of work. Tell your boss you want a raise.

Taking an angle grinder to the enclosure of our beloved Mori Seiki NH5000 about made me weep.

 

[bluemax_1]

Holy Moly! The modern age. Worked perfectly. Thanks guys! Mike

Pretty darned amazing, isn’t it?

Still blows me away, that modern smartphones are SO much more powerful than old supercomputers.

I remember articles about the Cray supercomputers back in the day. Smartphones blow them away for processing capabilities.

https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2...ring-1980s-supercomputer-to-modern-smartphone

 

[bluemax_1]

I don't know who you have been talking to in China to get you one but I feel confident in saying that none of them have been authorised as re-sellers by CPK. They are simply flipping the product at a huge profit.

25,000RMB = ~$3,500USD
Tariff + large profit margin?

 

[未知艺术家]

The pre-order is closed, I'm sorry.

Due to a large amount of issues we have had with foreign customers, we are, unfortunately, no longer able to ship to new customers overseas. I apologize for the inconvenience.

A complex project like the K20 requires temporary modifications to some of our machinery so it takes a while to actually complete the production run because it means other stuff can't run at the same time. Also, due to the size, it is only able to be decked on our largest grinder. The blade is so long I cannot even turn or home the B-axis on our horizontal and I have to be very careful about how we do a pallet change or even a tool change because it is possible to crash the machine with the sword or a fixture. We have to run it with the door open! We keep coolant in while running the swords with a shower curtain, lol. So, while it normally takes about a year for a normal knife, I am finding it takes longer to produce swords due to logistical bottlenecks in our process.

Hello, I'd like to ask what surface treatment the knife has — is it stonewashed or coated?"

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Hello, I'd like to ask what surface treatment the knife has — is it stonewashed or coated?"

Stonewashed