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Ferret

Ferret

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One aspect of custom knife addiction is the need for patience wrt delays between ordering/paying and getting the knife. I got to wondering why I'm going prematurely grey and realised I've paid a total of $1750 for knives I haven't received yet!
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I usually don't ask for anything down. I tell the person when it is ready, scan and send them a pic for approval, then send it out. If it's a MO, i wait till I get it or sometimes if I know the people, ill send it before i get the MO. If I do something really fancy or that needs costly materials, I will ask for some of the material cost up front.
 
Part of the problem is the shipping time to this corner of the world, although one $700 folder got lost in the mail and is getting remade. The guys in G,B and U who complain that a knife hasn't shown up after 3 days should try it from this side of the pond
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Ferret,

I really envy you. See, I am usually just the opposite, multiple customs soon to arrive and I somehow have to scrounge up the money
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save your money up, go to knife shows.....
Immediate gratification! Handle what you are going to buy before you buy it.....I could go on....Think Eugene, Oregon....Apr 20th
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This I can understand all too well. Just my luck to be born on the wrong side of the globe to be a knife knut
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Ferret, I would recommend FedEx for costly knives - it sure costs $$$ but at least your blood pressure stays normal. My last few customs all came through ok.

Red


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Yeah - What Mayo said!
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Think - Blade Show, Atanta, June......

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by tom mayo:
save your money up, go to knife shows.....
Immediate gratification! Handle what you are going to buy before you buy it.....I could go on....Think Eugene, Oregon....Apr 20th
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Hey Tom, do you think you'll ever make your way to the east coast? By the time I pay for the ticket to Oregon & back, then buy the knife.... well, that gets to be a right expensive knife.
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I agree, though... shows are the way to go. I like immediate gratification.


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I will be in Atlanta in June....although I could not get a table....I will be the guy outside the door with the long overcoat on making the "Pssst...hey wanna buy a knife?" noises!!!!!!!!
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sounds good......Im thinking watches on one side of the trench coat and folders on the other......think I will probably be over where they sell the Guinness most of the time!!!!!
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The problem for guys like Ferret and myself is that coming to a knife show anywhere in the states is going to cost us thousands of $$ before we even get to the first table...

Now, for 1200$ for the plane ticket I can get some fine cutlery...


 
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