Jerry, Amy, Garth, Busse crew? A question regarding Nuclear Option F-16s...

Hey @Jerry Busse thanks so much for breaking it down. And knowing how this will be working, I understand why it's difficult to make a selection...and the HOG community has never let me down up until now, so you and everyone else saying this has made a good point - I can always try trading later on

Knowing that the handle slabs are all coming out of a pile of 40 years of left overs is pretty cool, and based on that alone, I think it'll be a fun way to test our luck.

Here we go! The wait for 9PM Est (6pm here) begins...BRING IT!

This is going to be a fun one :D
 
Jerry Busse said:
I hear you brother and it never hurts to ask. . ..

Unfortunately the nuclear option for this model has to remain completely blind and totally random.

There's such a huge mish-mash of handle materials that have been leftover from so many special runs over the past 40 years, that in many cases, we won't know what the material is until after it has been machined. Sometimes, we still don't know what some of it is even after machining!!! A lot of our expense with the "blind handle grab" is in the time we have to spend digging through "Handle Mountain" and trying to find 2 pieces of what we hope is the same material. We then have to cut each piece out by hand to the correct dimensions to fit the fixture. It is not unusual for us to run a "pair" of handles only to find that they are from different runs of the material and can't be sold as a "pair". In the end, if we can't find a match, we end up having to throw out both pieces.

The good news is that there are hundreds of fellow HOGs who are willing to trade and barter. There are some HOGs who are already scrambling to line up trades before they make their purchase. Their HOGfu is strong!

Let's Drink!!

Jerry


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Went with the gamble, hope it pays off :D:thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
OP, thanks for asking the question. I was hesitant but I was happy with the last grab bag. Besides, with the crazy world happenings, I need some wishful hoping and excitement in my life, order placed :)
 
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