Mayo availability - Or get something else?

DaveH

DaveH

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OK, I know Mayo's knives are even harder to find now, problem is a little before the announcement of no new orders, I had almost convinced myself to buy a mini hawkbill.

Now I'm wondering if I should wait if/when one comes up forsale, or if I should just move on and buy something else?

And yah, I'm considering one of the Buck / Mayo collabs, but it's still not the mini hawkbill.
 
Dave, I hear ya. When I first came here I saw a TnT and Mr. Mayo was nice enuogh to answer a question I posted by sending an email to me guiding me to his site. Since then I had been saving for one and almost had enough to order when the news struck. I am hopeful to keep saving and be able to get one at one point. However, if I find something I like and "have to have" I would probably put the Mayo fund towards it.
 
I had a chance to buy one or two Mayos a couple of years ago........
couldawouldashouda.
sheesh:(
The prices have about doubled this last half year.
If your pocket book can hack it, go for it!
Otherwise, be like me and get a Mayo/Buck collaboration!
Barry H
 
I ordered one at the begining of this year, and have been waiting, anxiously, for it. I was tempted to cancel the order a few times when money got tight(bought a car, then quit my summer job, returned to college), but I never did. Now I am very glad I didn't, and should be getting my new TNT sometime early next year!:D If you have the money I would say get one as soon as you can. I got to play with a small hawkbill at the NYCKS, and I loved it, I already want to buy anohter one, and I haven't even got my first one!
 
Nothing compares. I buy no one else's folders anymore except Tom's.

They are truly a joy to use.
 
I've since received word of Mayo's now going for $700 to $900 on the secondary market.

That pretty much nixes any chance of me getting one. So I signed up for the Buck / Mayo collab. Hopefully that project makes it to fruition.
 
Tom Mayo has now reached the top and belongs to a very limited club of custom makers that are in such high demand that they no way on earth could ever meet, so once their knifes leave their hands the knifes demand a much higher price the second anyone gets one. Sorry but that's the way it goes in Hasbro and the makers really have nothing to do with it personally. I posted this was going to happen once i talked to Tom at the BAKCA Show in September this year, i could see it coming once i heard Tom wasn't going to be able to take any more orders because of his commitment with a Mayo/Buck knife and didn't have the time to even think about meeting the high demand for TNT's anymore. When i talked to Tom there was no question he was under pressure for quite a while now trying to keep up with all his orders for TNT's alone, heck the 12 or so TNT's he brought to the show sold before i even got there, i forgot they opened a hour early for BAKCA members and they where all gonesville, those luck son of a guns. hehe

James
 
I am enjoying using my medium drop point TNT, but sometimes look at it curiously and question why the line is so coveted. More than once, I questioned myself on owning a costly knife that I go around treating with kid gloves. But it's limited status is a reason to hold onto it. You can't just get one back if you reconsider.

Then, I think about how I stumbled onto it at the NY show and paid what I thought at the time was high. Now I see I can sell it for even more. Better than money in the bank, only - who wants to redeem the knife for cash once you've got one? I guess if things get bad money-wise, nice to know there's a source of funds readily avialable - at a sacrifice.

So it's like having a knife you can enjoy and then sell it if you want to. Wind up is almost like having enjoyed the knife for free --- or at a profit, even.
 
Thanks for the kind words (and russell I will send you a check asap)

I will continue to bring at least 15 folders to every show I attend, and once I get my order list down I will start trying to put knives on my website for sale. I cant make everyone happy, unforutnately, and I am not a kid any more (run out of steam a lot sooner than when I was in my 30s and 40s!!!) but will continue to make them one at a time to the best of my ability. :)
 
Originally posted by Elvislives
I'm glad I got on the list.
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Ditto. I was fortunate enough to be able to buy a TNT at Blade, last June and I have another that's been on order since last Spring.
 
Glad that I too am on the list. I had even forgotten that I was until I got an email from Tom saying it was my turn!:eek:

Talk about a very good day!
 
Lest anyone get the wrong idea, I do snap out of the curious thoughts and go on to enjoy that which I find pleasing about the TNT I own. It ain’t just about the exclusivity.

The blade grind is, in a word, perfect. The design of the hole, and it’s surrounding surface configuration, makes opening the folder a snap - and safely, too. The bevel the blade has is among the sharpest. Remarkably sharp. The pivot action is among the smoothest I have handled.

The rounding of the scales to the comfortable “hand” and accurate bevelled hole drilling. Now that’s something. I had emailed asking how it’s done and the response was - extremely difficult! And the handle design that allows for handling close-up to the blade for fine cutting work - works.

I’ve even gone on to making my own leather case to hold this knife in. Yes, I do handle it with kid gloves. I consider it my gentleman’s folder.
 
Originally posted by Boink
Lest anyone get the wrong idea, I do snap out of the curious thoughts and go on to enjoy that which I find pleasing about the TNT I own. It ain?t just about the exclusivity.

The blade grind is, in a word, perfect. The design of the hole, and it?s surrounding surface configuration, makes opening the folder a snap - and safely, too. The bevel the blade has is among the sharpest. Remarkably sharp. The pivot action is among the smoothest I have handled.

The rounding of the scales to the comfortable ?hand? and accurate bevelled hole drilling. Now that?s something. I had emailed asking how it?s done and the response was - extremely difficult! And the handle design that allows for handling close-up to the blade for fine cutting work - works.
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I forgot to mention why Mayo's are in such high demand. hehe

James
 
On another forum there was a small (normally $350) that went for the seller's asking price of $1000 in less than 5 minutes after the post time.....:eek:

Now I'll never have one...and I could have ordered one last week:(

Regards,
Steve
 
There's probably a bit of short term exuberence currently, I bet the prices will settle a bit at some point.
 
I think what happens is that some makers get so popular that their waiting lists gets so long that it starts to get absurd and rather than have to tell customers that there is a "5-year" waiting list, they stop taking orders. They WILL, however, sell to certain custom knife dealers. Those dealers become the "source" of that makers product.

Mr. Mayo is in that category and I think Ken Onion as well. I have seen Mr. Mayo's and Mr. Onion's as well work at the 2 NY knife shows that I attend and there is no doubt as to the reason for the demand.
 
This is a strange comparison, but here goes:

A local cigar shop is owned by a person who will not sell Opus X by the box to those folks who can afford these nice, but in short supply cigars. He'll sell them one or two cigars at a time per customer, so that everyone can get a chance at smoking them.

Imagine if TNT's were sold only to those folks who desire one and never had the chance, thereby widening the quanitity of people who can thereby enjoy all the good reasons for having one.
 
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