News from Joondalup, Western Australia

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bwray

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After not hearing from Suwandi at Valiant for several weeks I called him tonight (about 11 AM Monday his time) to check on his personal situation and what if any impact the new Australian restrictions on shipping knives might have on his business.

Concerning his personal situation, his Father is still quite ill and he, as the eldest son, had to return to Indonesia to be with his 200 strong extended family for a couple of weeks. He came back to Joondalup last Thursday and is currently trying to catch up on his email communications and his orders. I have an order in for 22 blades, and he thinks he will be able to ship them by Wednesday. So, with a little luck, I should be restocked by March 23 to 29.

Concerning the Australian shipping laws, there is still a lot of confusion. Suwandi's latest information has it that only "swords" will be banned from shipping. He has a six year history of shipping "artifacts" and "machetes" through the same post office at Joondalup and does not expect to have any problems. His friend and business partner, knife author/editor Keith Spenser, has checked with several Australian PMs and assures him that he should be okay. Sounds like there may be a real word game in progress in Australia. "Sword" is a bad word and "weapon" is the worst of all.

Anyway, this is just a note to bring everyone up to date on the happenings in Australia. Sounds like they are not completely out of the woods yet, but they are not down and out either. We'll just hope for the best.:thumbup:
 
Hey, that's real good news (about australia, not suwandi's father - I'll send some smoke).

Thanks for keeping us in the loop! :thumbup:
 
Yes smoke and prayers sent to the elder Suwandi too.

Bwray, glad to hear the blades are coming your way, your stock's running low. There may be a feeding frenzy once you restock. ;P
 
Kazeryu said:
Hey, that's real good news (about australia, not suwandi's father - I'll send some smoke).

Thanks for keeping us in the loop! :thumbup:
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Thanks for the smoke Kaz. Another thing I forgot to mention is that the temperature got so high (up to 40 C = 104 F) they had to shut down their un-airconditioned shop for a week. Daayuum:(
 
Astrodada said:
Yes smoke and prayers sent to the elder Suwandi too.

Bwray, glad to hear the blades are coming your way, your stock's running low. There may be a feeding frenzy once you restock. ;P
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Continued Smoke from Oklahoma.:thumbup:

Astro, I have a certain special knife reserved.;)

Bill do you think my knife will be among those coming in?
I do have the funds for it thanks to the Cherokee Nation Casino and Barbie's good luck.:thumbup: :D :cool:
Actually I'm starting to get anxious to get it in my hot wittle hands.;) :o
 
Astrodada said:
Yes smoke and prayers sent to the elder Suwandi too.

Bwray, glad to hear the blades are coming your way, your stock's running low. There may be a feeding frenzy once you restock. ;P
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Oh no! Anything but that.:D Seriously though, now that I know these knives will sell I have no hesitation to stock up bigtime. Will probably order a third shipment of 20 or so blades before the end of the week. Thanks for your interest.:thumbup:
 
Yvsa said:
Bill do you think my knife will be among those coming in?
I do have the funds for it thanks to the Cherokee Nation Casino and Barbie's good luck.:thumbup: :D :cool:
Actually I'm starting to get anxious to get it in my hot wittle hands.;) :o
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You bet Yvsa. It is in stock at Joondalup and will be in the next order. I'll alert you when it gets here.:thumbup:
 
Yvsa......by any chance that it's the kujang pamor ? :)

As you have always said that cannot do without ya Barbie. :D
 
Good news. What sort of knives are you getting Bill? Is there anywhere we can see pictures/prices? Smoke from BC for Suwandi Sr.

Gord
 
Grob said:
Good news. What sort of knives are you getting Bill? Is there anywhere we can see pictures/prices? Smoke from BC for Suwandi Sr.

Gord
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Thanks for the smoke Grob. Current order includes Barong 2, Greek Kopis, 4 Large Survival Goloks, 4 Small Survival Goloks, 2 XL Survival Goloks, 4 Mini Kerambit 2 (new best seller), Large Damascus Survival Golok, Kujang Macan (special order), 2 Kujang Pamor 2A, Parang Borneo.

Best source of pics and info is the Valiant website at:

http://www.valiantco.com/

Currently my prices are 5% above those on the Valiant website, but savings on shipping yield significant savings on total cost.

Next order will include more Parangs and Barongs and other more exotic blades.

Thank you for your interest.:thumbup:
 
Glad to hear things seem to be working out Bill. Here's hoping they don't start thinking of your blades as swords.
 
aproy1101 said:
Glad to hear things seem to be working out Bill. Here's hoping they don't start thinking of your blades as swords.
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These blades aren't swords Sir. They're machetes on steroids.;) :p
 
Astrodada said:
Yvsa......by any chance that it's the kujang pamor ? :)
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Unfortunately no, it's one of the plain ones. I wish I could afford one in pamor.:thumbup: ;) :D
 
Yvsa said:
Unfortunately no, it's one of the plain ones. I wish I could afford one in pamor.:thumbup: ;) :D
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I am still trying to figure out how one uses a kujang. :confused:

Such exotic shape........
 
Astrodada said:
I am still trying to figure out how one uses a kujang. :confused:

Such exotic shape........
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I'll see if I can figure it out and let you know.;)
 
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