Like a phoenix? CSC is reborn...

Guys, don't give up now! I've had some ridiculous delays all due to production on my end, but it's finally all ironed out and I'm working on the knives right now. I should have some shipping by the end of next week, possibly beginning of the following week at the latest. I'm polishing the blades now, then I'll start assembling the stags and ram's horns. After they're done I'll get right on the ironwood clip point knives. Ken is working on white bone sheepsfoot knives now as well. I just sent a message to someone who was inquiring a couple of days ago, and figured I'd cut and paste it here as well since it pretty much describes everything that's been going on (I've deleted his name for privacy):

"I really want to apologize for the ridiculous delay. I had tremendous problems trying to cut a nail mark in the steel. It was apparently cold rolled and not annealed, which is not what was initially ordered. Thanks to that it was incredibly hard. I went through several high speed steel cutters and one TiN cutter that I had to special order and still barely scratched the surface. The TiN cutter was especially problematic since I had ordered it in October and it didn't arrive until mid-December. Following that I had to go with a last effort by ordering a carbide cutter, and to my amazement it actually cut the steel. That single issue is basically what caused this entire delay. Had I known this from the start I would have invested in the carbide cutter immediately, but I was unaware of the steel screw up until much later on and couldn't grasp why nothing was cutting soft annealed steel! Honestly a lot of this a learning experience for me, especially with these different stainless steels.
In hindsight I probably should have updated you guys, but seeing as how many problems piled on one after the other, it probably would have just seemed like a continuous stream of excuses. Maybe it's a good thing I didn't. I now have the blades back from grinding, and just finished dressing the tangs and backs along with swedging. All that's left is full polish and then assembling some knives! I'm hoping that Wally has spoken with Red Hill about the pre-order business, I think that was a big mistake. I'd much prefer to put knives up for sale when they're completed for just this reason. Again I'm very sorry, six months is inexcusable. "

I actually had updated another fellow back in December just prior to my receiving that TiN cutter, saying all was well and that I should be shipping knives in a "couple of weeks", which turned out to be totally bogus and which I'm still upset about, but I'm totally confident now that I finally have the blades in hand. You have no idea the weight that's been lifted off my mind. I'll try to keep you updated in the following week as to the progress, I've got to make it a point to be more active here. Here's a shot of a few blades taken just after I finished the swedges so you know I'm not pulling your legs:

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I'm really sorry for causing you all this angst folks, hopefully things will run much more smoothly now.

Eric
 
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Thank you for that update Eric, and I do appreciate you taking the time to post it. It would be a better situation if there were more updates, but that is certainly not your job, so I am sure we are all happy to have some news.

Now I'm getting excited!
 
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Thanks so much for the update, Eric! I've really been looking forward to these. I love the look of the swedges on those blades.
 
I know you guys love your full polish blades but man that would look awesome in an as ground finish.

Looking forward to my Rams horn boys knife.
 
whoa! seeing those gives me hope, hope springs eternal! heck I might even keep the stag as a sheepsfoot, those are mighty pretty! thanks for the update!!! ea42 ea42
 
Thanks guys, I do like that as ground look myself. Got some work done today; polished the blades, drilled the bolsters and did some preliminary shaping on them as well. Tomorrow I'll start matching some stag on.

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Hey folks, just wanted to shoot you a quick update: Just finishing up the buffing of the stag knives now, hopefully I'll have them in the mail tomorrow morning. Had a couple of delays (of course!) including slashing my thumb to the bone, but they're almost done! I'll be finishing the ram's horn in a couple of days, then on to the ironwood. Here's a quick shot of some of the knives. They're mighty dirty with buffing compound but it gives you an idea of what they'll look like:

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ea42 said:
Hey folks, just wanted to shoot you a quick update: Just finishing up the buffing of the stag knives now, hopefully I'll have them in the mail tomorrow morning. Had a couple of delays (of course!) including slashing my thumb to the bone, but they're almost done! I'll be finishing the ram's horn in a couple of days, then on to the ironwood. Here's a quick shot of some of the knives. They're mighty dirty with buffing compound but it gives you an idea of what they'll look like:

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:eek::eek::eek::eek::thumbsup:
 
ea42 said:
Hey folks, just wanted to shoot you a quick update: Just finishing up the buffing of the stag knives now, hopefully I'll have them in the mail tomorrow morning. Had a couple of delays (of course!) including slashing my thumb to the bone, but they're almost done! I'll be finishing the ram's horn in a couple of days, then on to the ironwood. Here's a quick shot of some of the knives. They're mighty dirty with buffing compound but it gives you an idea of what they'll look like:

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Dirty or not...those look AWESOME! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
That is fantastic news, ea42 ea42 ! I will be in the States in April and was really hoping that the knives would go out before then (mine is going to my sister's house in PA); it looks like they will. Save me the hassle and expense of having her ship it to me in the Netherlands.
 
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