Let's talk Northwoods

Ugh flippers drive me crazy after all of us who truly enjoy, use, and collect try our hardest to get retail prices on knives we love. End rant.

Man I can’t wait to see the purple and red bone ones, please post if you got one of those!
 
I'm just over here wondering what KSF is doing with my email that I gave them in the box that explicitly states to "sign up here to be notified about future Northwoods releases"? I know none of these set ups are perfect, but when you pass over your contact info specifically because you are being told you'll get a heads up, and don't, whats the point?
Did the same thing with the Mudbug, they gave me the heads up, now I have a Mudbug on the way.
It ain't rocket surgery...

Welp... enjoy them, those that got em! I damn sure ain't paying the flipper prices!
 
Coyja said:
I'm just over here wondering what KSF is doing with my email that I gave them in the box that explicitly states to "sign up here to be notified about future Northwoods releases"? I know none of these set ups are perfect, but when you pass over your contact info specifically because you are being told you'll get a heads up, and don't, whats the point?
Did the same thing with the Mudbug, they gave me the heads up, now I have a Mudbug on the way.
It ain't rocket surgery...

Welp... enjoy them, those that got em! I damn sure ain't paying the flipper prices!
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Send them an email or better yet give them a call. They are real people that love knives and care for their customers.
 
Glad I was distracted at work when these went live, or at least my wallet is...

re: bone selection - I was lucky with the Lincoln Jack release, in that I saw a giraffe bone on the front page that really spoke to me, and was still available even after mulling the decision over for a minute (well, maybe only half a minute!). What I look for is so sort of symmetry in the scales; they don't need to be perfectly matched, but I like it if there's a dark/light streak on one side it is somewhat mirrored on the other. Part of the appeal is the natural variance in the material, but I still like some feature tying them together.
 
Coyja said:
I'm just over here wondering what KSF is doing with my email that I gave them in the box that explicitly states to "sign up here to be notified about future Northwoods releases"? I know none of these set ups are perfect, but when you pass over your contact info specifically because you are being told you'll get a heads up, and don't, whats the point?
Did the same thing with the Mudbug, they gave me the heads up, now I have a Mudbug on the way.
It ain't rocket surgery...

Welp... enjoy them, those that got em! I damn sure ain't paying the flipper prices!
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I’d make sure they didn’t get blocked or went in your junk mail . Also give them a call as mentioned earlier .
Sometimes you’ll get lucky and find one selling not at flipper prices . I scored my delta jack on the exchange at a very fair price .
 
The Giraffe Bone is dyed and buried for 2 years (maybe up to) in Africa before Derrick procures the bone. As they’re in the ground the colors leach and the earth leaches it’s minerals in - which makes each piece unique and stabilized. Moreover, the covers come from one bone that’s dyed many colors.

I may be wrong on some of the details, but IIRC, that’s the way it’s produced.
 
The guys at KSF responded lightning fast to me.
IDK what happened, cause a month or so ago I definitely made an evening of learning all I could about Northwoods and signing up for notification (under two different emails, work and personal). I'm pretty anal about this stuff, so not sure what happened but they didn't have me on any Northwoods specific email list. I was getting the usual KSF newsletter, so I thought as was good.
They made sure I am signed up now (and tossed me a $10 credit, which is cool).
 
HST said:
The Giraffe Bone is dyed and buried for 2 years (maybe up to) in Africa before Derrick procures the bone. As they’re in the ground the colors leach and the earth leaches it’s minerals in - which makes each piece unique and stabilized. Moreover, the covers come from one bone that’s dyed many colors.

I may be wrong on some of the details, but IIRC, that’s the way it’s produced.
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Didn't know (or forgot) about the 2 years in the ground part, thanks
 
Coyja said:
The guys at KSF responded lightning fast to me.
IDK what happened, cause a month or so ago I definitely made an evening of learning all I could about Northwoods and signing up for notification (under two different emails, work and personal). I'm pretty anal about this stuff, so not sure what happened but they didn't have me on any Northwoods specific email list. I was getting the usual KSF newsletter, so I thought as was good.
They made sure I am signed up now (and tossed me a $10 credit, which is cool).
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You know after reading your post it sounded oh so familiar that brought back memories and is exactly what happen to me on a few runs a year or so ago . Then I called and always got a notification after that .
“Less the 10 dollar credit of course guess I wasn’t that Lucky” but I did have a 10 dollar credit on this 300 and something dollar purchase on this last NW run that I earned earlier in the year lol .
 
HST said:
The Giraffe Bone is dyed and buried for 2 years (maybe up to) in Africa before Derrick procures the bone. As they’re in the ground the colors leach and the earth leaches it’s minerals in - which makes each piece unique and stabilized. Moreover, the covers come from one bone that’s dyed many colors.

I may be wrong on some of the details, but IIRC, that’s the way it’s produced.
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I think from the pictures of my GB I saw for a milla second half the bone was barried deeper and longer then the other side with the deeper hole barring more minerals :D
I’ll know for sure after it arrives :p
If I’m not happy with it I’ll just dig a deeper hole for it to rest in a few more years with some miracle grow without the leather slip of course lol unless they Barry those to :confused::D
 
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Ended up with a black and a red micarta Fayette...anxiously waiting.:cool:

In meantime here is a couple Fremont's in Giraffe and Camel bone...hopefully we will see another run of these in 2018!
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007hunter said:
Ended up with a black and a red micarta Fayette...anxiously waiting.:cool:

In meantime here is a couple Fremont's in Giraffe and Camel bone...hopefully we will see another run of these in 2018!
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I’m hoping my black linen Fayette arrives today. The Fremonts are probably my favorite of the Northwoods. They just look tough and different from anything else. The blade looks beefy. I’d love to find a user Fremont.

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Travman said:
I’m hoping my black linen Fayette arrives today. The Fremonts are probably my favorite of the Northwoods. The just look tough and different from anything else. The blade looks beefy. I’d love to find a user Fremont.

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Nice Freemont Travman! Let us know how the Fayette turns out, from what I understand the Fayettes are actually built on the #55 frame so they should have half stops unlike the 56's? Seems that may make them even more desirable:thumbsup::thumbsup::D
 
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