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Waiting on mine to come in! Are you possibly going to get into making grips again for any production knives like benchmade mini griptilians or any others?
 
Jesse_Hester said:
Waiting on mine to come in! Are you possibly going to get into making grips again for any production knives like benchmade mini griptilians or any others?
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No, I don't expect to ever make anymore grips for production knives. The grips don't sell like they once did and production costs have gone through the roof. I have to make a profit to stay in business. It costs a lot of money to keep my workshop running. Projects like this Leafstorm 824 are what I will be doing in the future. Working with the folks in China has been one of my most enjoyable experiences in well over 20 years in the knife business. It's a real pleasure to work with skilled professionals who get the job done as promised, on time and on budget and who bring good ideas and suggestions to the table and clearly want to deliver the best knife possible. I make most of the Leafstorm 824 grip overlays in my shop and can add more whenever I have an idea, so it's really the best of both worlds.
 
Just received my Leafstorm 824 and having as well Leafstorm 9 custom,very happy with the purchase.Quality,action with all upgrades on 824 are amazing.Thinner blade is joy to use.Will be buying more for sure.Just well built EDC greatness right there.Kevin is great maker and deal was done smooth.Cheers!
 
Kevin Wilkins said:
No, I don't expect to ever make anymore grips for production knives. The grips don't sell like they once did and production costs have gone through the roof. I have to make a profit to stay in business. It costs a lot of money to keep my workshop running. Projects like this Leafstorm 824 are what I will be doing in the future. Working with the folks in China has been one of my most enjoyable experiences in well over 20 years in the knife business. It's a real pleasure to work with skilled professionals who get the job done as promised, on time and on budget and who bring good ideas and suggestions to the table and clearly want to deliver the best knife possible. I make most of the Leafstorm 824 grip overlays in my shop and can add more whenever I have an idea, so it's really the best of both worlds.
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Makes perfect sense. Received my Leafstorm yesterday and it’s amazing! I got the flames version and added blue anodized ones too! Awesome knife and looking forward to your next knife or knives. EDC type knives are my favorite. Great job with this knife
 
Thanks for your support!

The Leafstorm 824 project is a make or break for me. The way I've been working - making my own blade blanks and having them ground, then finishing the knives myself while also making and selling hand made knives - that's no longer sustainable. I'm certainly not the first knife maker to have his designs OEM produced and then sell 'em. A lot of folks are already doing it. Most of these knives are made in China, some are made in Italy and a very few are made somewhere else.

I've always been honest about who, what and where all my knives are made and that certainly goes for the Leafstorm 824 project. Some people have asked why I've had the Leafstorm 824 blades marked China or suggested I take that off. If these knives had been made in Italy, they'd have been marked Italy. But they are made in China, so they're marked China. I wouldn't be ashamed to mark them Italy and I'm not ashamed to mark them China.

I'm happy to work with companies worldwide and I have done so for well over 20 years. Sometimes it's been a good experience, other times it's been bad. I'm proud to work with anybody capable of top quality and who conduct themselves throughout the process with professionalism and integrity. I decided to go with a Chinese company this time because China is now well known for producing some of the best knives in the world. That's a fact. Another fact is, there are very few companies in the world who could or would have made these knives in this quality that I could sell at this price. So the choices are very limited. For me it's a business decision. And China gets the job done. No excuses.

By the same token, I'm happy to sell the Leafstorm 824 to customers all over the world without pre-judging anybody. As long as I can receive your payment and legally ship to where you live, I'm happy to do business with you.
 
I've been getting very positive feedback from customers, I can tell you this, these knives are top quality, the company who made them did a great job and I've been holding my own making the overlays. I can't let my CNC milling machines get all rusty! 😇
 
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