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Price is$300$250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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New BK76!!!
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Yep, gonna have to pull the trigger now. Still so sad I missed the 98, all the pics of it in this thread really hurt lol.
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Good for you guys that got this for the discounted price. Me, I’m done supporting them by buying things immediately. I bought four on day one, that’s a $400 price difference from the sale. Frankly, this is the third time I’ve had this dynamic happen and I’m bothered enough that I may never buy another KA-BAR. They might have lost a customer.
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The 76 is the only “limited run special” knife I’ve purchased from KaBar. I agree that it’s pretty annoying to find out that I could have waited and saved $100. That money would have come in handy buying Christmas presents for my kids. I feel a bit cheated. Lesson learned, and I won’t make the same mistake again.
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it's been 6 months since it was released, and they released a different special run 3 weeks ago, so not like they dropped the price a month after it came out.
think of the folks who waited more than 6 hours for the BK98 - and how fast it sold out.
the 20 & 29 never had a price break and they sold out in significantly less than 6 months.
think of the folks who waited more than 6 hours for the BK98 - and how fast it sold out.
the 20 & 29 never had a price break and they sold out in significantly less than 6 months.
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I hear you
1066vik
, but this has happened to me three times now.
It’s hard to support a business that keeps making me feel marginalized for being an early and steadfast supporter of their product. If anyone at
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reviewed my buying history, that point would be illustrated in spades. We’re talking about a $400 difference with my initial purchase, that is significant.
I won’t be buying their products immediately anymore, hell, I think I’m done supporting this business. Plenty of other things for me to spend my hard-earned money on.
1066vik
, but this has happened to me three times now.It’s hard to support a business that keeps making me feel marginalized for being an early and steadfast supporter of their product. If anyone at
OFFICIAL_KA-BAR
reviewed my buying history, that point would be illustrated in spades. We’re talking about a $400 difference with my initial purchase, that is significant.I won’t be buying their products immediately anymore, hell, I think I’m done supporting this business. Plenty of other things for me to spend my hard-earned money on.
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I hear you
It’s hard to support a business that keeps making me feel marginalized for being an early and steadfast supporter of their product. If anyone at
I won’t be buying their products immediately anymore, hell, I think I’m done supporting this business. Plenty of other things for me to spend my hard-earned money on.
I can totally relate.... I know being a Fan, and watching where my money goes is two totally different things....
Heck, maybe woo us and lure us In with actually NEW models.
Becker designed....by an Actual Becker, you know.....the name on the knives.
*Sorry, rant over.
Not a huge fan of Marketing depts. I work with a lazy marketing dept often and it gets frustrating.
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I don’t believe KABAR had any intention of lowering the price on the newly released 76. For them to do it sales must have been extremely slow. Black Friday, Cy-Bar and end of year sales is a good way to clear slow moving inventories. Just about all manufactured products are subject to this. KABAR I know has had several clearance sales over the years. I paid full price for one 76 and grabbed another from the Cy-Bar sale. No regrets here. No blame either.
It’s just how businesses sometimes have work to survive.
It’s just how businesses sometimes have work to survive.
Well, it only took me a little over 4 years to get my perfect knife (or 2) with a better steel, when they showed up Friday I just knew my knife buying was done !!!! (At least that's what I told my wife
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Finally! Ordered Nov 27 and it got here today Dec 10th. I was a bit worried, Ka-Bar has always shipped super fast, even with their holiday warning, but the wait is worth it!
Speaking of wait, I haven't pulled out the scales but does this feel lighter? As others have mentioned, kinda disappointed with the choice of sheath but I have some leather, I'll put her in one of her own. The vinegroon finish will look really cool with the blue scales.
Speaking of wait, I haven't pulled out the scales but does this feel lighter? As others have mentioned, kinda disappointed with the choice of sheath but I have some leather, I'll put her in one of her own. The vinegroon finish will look really cool with the blue scales.
I ordered one of these and received it last week. I'm a little disappointed as my knives has a scratch in it that is deep enough that you can feel it with your finger nail. Regardless it is super nice and I will be looking to get a leather sheath for it sometime soon.
Did you make the leather sheath? It looks amazing! Do you make sheaths?I love the Magnacut BK76, but it really deserved better than the sloppy seconds plastic BK18/19 sheath. So much better in leather.
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No. It’s a JRE Industries model K. I wet formed it, then once it was dry I melted some sno-seal into the leather with a heat gun. The sno-seal makes it much stiffer, so you end up with a more secure fit, more like kydex. They make nice sheaths at a reasonable price. I also have a few for other knives.
looking to buy one of these BK-76
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OFFICIAL_KA-BARSome daylight pics; comparison with the BK16…
Limited edition tweeners…
All the Becker tweeners…
The money shot…
That’s awesome.
I bought one from tactical elements as
I believe they have acquired the bulk of the surplus stock.
….haven’t received mine yet but I mean a BK-16 in a magnacut… might be one of the best blades ever produced. Would you recommend me buying a second one?