Tony won, fair and square and he gets the special prize of the Bill Seigle prototype plus a pink Izula (cord wrapped in orange at that). I think it's fair to send out samples to every one else who actually put out some effort to enter the competition. We probably have a lot of folks saying "Now I wished I would have entered!"
If yall haven't noticed, RAT Cutlery is more than just knives. We consider those on this forum a family. We don't get upset if someone doesn't like a particular design or idea that we market, like some manufacturers and makers do. The whole point of RAT Cutlery is to interact with those who go and do, pick their brains, and do our best to bring better things to market that may help save a life or make a life easier. That's why we have these competitions and why we give away so many knives. RAT Cutlery is truly a social and survival experiment that has become a business. We don't ever want to lose the ability to interact with the user.