The Fiddleback/Fletcher/WA Surls/Osprey giveaway challenge!

whitty

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So here are the facts:

We all jump on blade forums and come straight over to our favorite sub forums to see what is happening, skipping over all the other sub forums that are out there. We end up here to see the goings on, respond to the friends we have made, or check out the flea market. The problem is that those of us here already know what great knives are coming out of Georgia, but in this forum we are only preaching to the choir!

Here is the challenge:

Get the word out! Post in other sub forums here on bladeforums, post on other forums in general, post on facebook and post on Instagram. Tell everyone how awesome your knife is. Let people know that the money is worth it and their custom knife is going to be a trusted possession for the rest of their lives. If you post on blade forums, copy the link and email it to me. If you post on another forum, copy the link and email it to me. If you post on your facebook page make sure to note USA Made Blade in your post. If you post on Intagram tag @usamadeblade on your post. We do not care if you post about one of Andy's, Dylan's, Allen's or Chris's knives that are being sold by Fiddleback directly, USA Made Blade, DLT Trading, Knives Ship Free, The Knife Connection, Fiddleback Outpost or any other dealer. We just care that you talk about them and express to people the quality that most of you express so eloquently in this forum. Post that do not count are ones made in this sub forum or one of the other makers sub forums! The other post that do not count are lame post that are made without being genuine. Don't go running over to general forums and start a new post every 10 minutes because you think it will help. Replying to someones post about a good quality knife or starting a post is fine, but only if sincere in its intent and with logical reason. You are all smart people so I am sure you know what I mean!

How and when to win:

We are going to run this through December 31st of 2016. The winner will be chosen based on the person that we have seen beating the Fiddleback Forge drum with the most sincerity. There is no way to base results off of sales from different companies and from Fiddleback direct. This will be just based off myself and my staff saying who we have felt like has had the biggest impression on us! We will try to continue to update through the next 2 months as to the top 3-4 that are in the lead.

What will you win:

You can not get better than this. We will announce the winner the first week of January 2017. That person will get to pick any knife we have in stock from Fiddleback Forge, Fletcher Knives, WA Surls or Osprey Knife and Tool. You want a Runt? It is yours! You want a Bishop? DONE! How about an Arapaima? Take it! If we have a new Karniboro in stock? Chop away my friend! That insane Osprey Ferox needs to be in your collection? Consider it collected! Whatever is in stock you can have, but you only get to choose 1!

Rules:

-Whatever Bladeforum rules are over spreading the word, or over posting apply here as well. We do not know what they are, but will say if you tick off a moderator for any reason, you are out.

-International entries are not only welcome but encouraged. We will ship you the knife of your choice and cover shipping, but only if legal to ship to where you live.

-Must be 18 or older. Sorry youngsters but this is a liability thing.

-We reserve the right to ban someones entry or kick them out of the competition for any reason. (sorry we have to say this, but as you all know, it has to be said)


Basically this giveaway is just for you to have fun spreading the word, telling other like minded knife knuts about this great knife you love, and what makes it so great.

I hope you will all join in!

Scott (Whitty) Whittington
scott@usamadeblade.com
 
Daaaaaaaaayyyyyyaaaaammmmmmmnnn Whit, that is one hell of a generous offer!!! I can't wait to see some of the posts that come from this. Wait just a second...is this a trick? Do you mean there are more forums out there than the Fiddleback and family subfourms?
 
Super cool offer Whitty! I already try to do this whenever I get the chance on IG or FB, I'll keep it up for the next couple months and make sure to let you know! :thumbup:
 
Good job, Scott! There are so many great dealers and sheath makers that post here, it really makes it hard to decide where to spend my money.
 
Fast forward to January........and the winner is......(drumroll).......mistwalker! :)

This is a very generous offer Whitty. I look forward to seeing a lot of cool reviews that will benefit the Fiddleback family of knifemakers and their dealers with new customers and increased sales.

Best wishes for lots of new business to come from this.

Phil
 
Wow. Whitty, you are the man. Its an honor to be your friend sir. Thank you for doing this.
 
Pretty cool Whitty and Kev. I always enjoy seeing Fiddleback and Family knives outside of their respective Bladeforums subforum.

I think it does a lot more for reviews and discussions to be posted outside of a makers forum in gaining new interest. If you are already here, you have a clue to how great the product is. Awesome for you guys to support Andy, Allen, Chris, Dylan and crew in this way.
 
Wow. Whitty, you are the man. Its an honor to be your friend sir. Thank you for doing this.

The tough part is that people only think of me as a dealer who wants to sell knives. While this is true, I also do not sell anything I do not truly believe is an incredible product. Few people realize that I was a Fiddleback owner and fan well before I was a dealer. While I can post about how awesome your knives are in every forum, social media post and advertisement we do, it will not hold a candle to one Fiddleback owner posting about their personal experience anywhere. The word being spread by those that know and use your knives and get nothing more out of telling others than the joy of showing it off, is the best advertisement you can get. All of your knives and the knives from everyone you have trained are works of art that are visually stunning, but perform as well or better than they look. I hope people will take me up on this offer. I would love nothing more than to get 100 emails a day.

To finish off. It is an honor to be your friend as well. You have not only gotten a lot of knife makers going in the business, but you were a big part of helping USA Made Blade get off the ground. I think it would take a 1000 more giveaways like this one for us to be even! Keep up the great work my friend and see you next weekend!
 
Thought it was about time for an update. Right now I have 3 people pretty much tied for the lead. There is still plenty of time though to jump in and quickly take the lead. Keep in mind when posting on Instagram that you need to tag us with @usamadeblade or atleast #usamadeblade. If you are posting on another forum you need to email or PM me the link.

Right now the top 3 leaders are:

Pertinux
Big1Adam
feralgentleman

I know 2 of them are on the forums but one of them may not even know they are involved in this contest. They just post and talk a lot about their Fiddlebacks. I seriously hope more of you will jump in and help spread the word!
 
Update on where we are with this. Right now we have 5 people pretty close in the standings. Feralgentleman, Pertinux, and Big1Adam are still in the top 5 but we have also added buddyH and rmalice to the equation. I will say there is definitely no clear winner yet and time for others to jump in! Would definitely love to see some more post on IG and facebook!
 
We are coming in to the home stretch! Looks like it is coming down to Feralgentleman, Big1Adam and Pertinux. Someone could come out of the wood work but it will take a lot of effort on their part. Good luck guys!
 
Congratulations to FeralGentleman for winning the challenge! Please let us all know what knife you would like us to ship you?

Thank you to everyone who works hard to let others know about Fiddleback Forge, WA Surls, Fletcher Knives and Osprey Knife and Tool! I hope all of you will continue to spread the word about all of these awesome makers in 2017!
 
Congratulations to FeralGentleman for winning the challenge! Please let us all know what knife you would like us to ship you?

Thank you to everyone who works hard to let others know about Fiddleback Forge, WA Surls, Fletcher Knives and Osprey Knife and Tool! I hope all of you will continue to spread the word about all of these awesome makers in 2017!

Wow, this was a very generous thing to do!

Congrats Danny!!
 
Things like this give a remarkable sense of community that surrounds these knife makers! and knife distributors!

Congratulations Danny
 
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