Todd Begg Kwaiken "Reate In House" Custom

Murdamook said:
No one is upset about "ragging or belly aching". No one is upset in general because no one can understand what you're talking about. Your posts are nonsensical. I feel like you're typing this crap using a broken translator because you're literally not making any sense. Perhaps if we knew what the hell you were trying to say, we could agree with you or actually discuss it. But at this point, you're posts make absolutely no sense. It's not that the posts are dopey or stupid, they are literally nonsensical. We are trying to understand what you're saying, but at this point it just looks like random words strung together.
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^^^^^
This.
 
Are you trying to say that for the price that Begg Knives is charging to modify a Reate-made Kwaiken (supposedly $550-750), that they should add inlays into the scales too?

Like this?

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jftman said:
http://www.cartercrafts.com/images/CarterKnives/Hecksel1/Hecksel1B.jpg

"Here you go" ironWood on Your Kwaiken knife (there is supposed to be a link above and the pic below) I found it
After googling Iron wood Knife Scale


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If there were ever the issue putting a finger on it, it is Putting five "fingers" on the Kwaikens coming out of TBegg's Custom Shop -SteelCraft. I count five inserts that need to be machined and preped and fit
Into the re-done titanium sides with efficient "Scaled Response".

The final thing is if Reate is up to doing that and make money too. Don't You Know.
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Are you aware that there are people in this world that have a severe medical condition which causes them to be that way? My mother for instance is one of those people. She is a truck driver that has bad knees and a bad back from driving the truck but you probably do not care about that case either. Oh well I am not one of those people I am 6'4" 245lbs and I exercise every day. I would love to see you say something like to my mother in front of me. Probably never happen though you are probably just an internet tough guy. I doubt very seriously you would say that to someones face. Just my thought.What do you think. Oh I am sorry you probably do not have a brain. I on the other hand will be happy to buy you a plane ticket to come here and see if you have the nerve to say that to someone I know.
 
Basp2005 said:
Are you aware that there are people in this world that have a severe medical condition which causes them to be that way? My mother for instance is one of those people. She is a truck driver that has bad knees and a bad back from driving the truck but you probably do not care about that case either. Oh well I am not one of those people I am 6'4" 245lbs and I exercise every day. I would love to see you say something like to my mother in front of me. Probably never happen though you are probably just an internet tough guy. I doubt very seriously you would say that to someones face. Just my thought.What do you think. Oh I am sorry you probably do not have a brain. I on the other hand will be happy to buy you a plane ticket to come here and see if you have the nerve to say that to someone I know.
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Lol! What are you talking about?

This thread just gets weirder and weirder...
 
Basp2005 said:
Are you aware that there are people in this world that have a severe medical condition which causes them to be that way? My mother for instance is one of those people. She is a truck driver that has bad knees and a bad back from driving the truck but you probably do not care about that case either. Oh well I am not one of those people I am 6'4" 245lbs and I exercise every day. I would love to see you say something like to my mother in front of me. Probably never happen though you are probably just an internet tough guy. I doubt very seriously you would say that to someones face. Just my thought.What do you think. Oh I am sorry you probably do not have a brain. I on the other hand will be happy to buy you a plane ticket to come here and see if you have the nerve to say that to someone I know.
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Uh

What?

Now there's two people not making sense. Unless you quoted the wrong person, that made no sense in response to what he said (which hardly made sense in the first place!)

It sounds like you're reacting to someone making negative remarks about being overweight, but what you quoted just talks about ironwood and kwaikens...?
 
hahaha...I honestly have not laughed into tears until read the above several posts
 
I blame Chinese knives...;)

Back to the OP, although I think it would be cool if Reate provided a series of swappable inserts for the Kwaiken, but I'm not sure how much it would affect sales. I think most people who want a SteelCraft Kwaiken already have one. I, for one, probably wouldn't buy another just to be able to get the model that could accommodate inserts. I might consider sending mine off to Begg's custom shop for a color job, although mine is the Black Stonewash version and I'm not sure what options would be available...

Reate is a fairly small shop. I'd rather see them move on to more models (like a three inch Horizon'ish flipper!!!) than dedicate resources to pimping out existing styles.

OP, in a way, I think you may be predicting Reate's next move. We know the new Reate Wave is scheduled to be released later this year http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1360519-The-quot-WAVE-quot-prototype-to-debut-at-SHOT-show-2016-%283-quot-3-25-quot-!!!%29.

Although the stock picture at BladeHQ http://www.bladehq.com/item--Reate-Knives-Wave-Frame-Lock-Knife--34834 shows it with only anodized Ti inserts, they showed off several prototypes with different kinds of inlays at Blade. Maybe they already have it in the works to release "A", "B", "C" etc versions of the Wave with different finishes and inlays?
 
I went through my previous presumptive motive behind the initial posts and may have edited them for the better.

I assumed Reate was doing the customizing and being labeled "In House" would be misleading.

I think the main motivation of mine is about comparing the milling time for sides with the 3-D with the five bordering cuts
Versus the milling time (less detail, faster time) cutting simpler flats to facilitate inserts.

(Perhaps 3-D in the same pattern could be made around the flats and the total cost to do these would
End up being the same?) The end result would be Sweet....

Which IMO would make the knife cheaper to make, and more versatile for customer choice of inset color, and materials.

Which in an idealistic way creates opportunity for scale/insert makers for their businesses.
Some could find themselves being contractors for Reate or even Begg Knives.

If You could accept the fact that working to tolerances is possible for the sides and the inserts to be fit in a shop but not both made in the same shop.
 
jftman said:
I went through my previous presumptive motive behind the initial posts and may have edited them for the better.

I assumed Reate was doing the customizing and being labeled "In House" would be misleading.

I think the main motivation of mine is about comparing the milling time for sides with the 3-D with the five bordering cuts
Versus the milling time (less detail, faster time) cutting simpler flats to facilitate inserts.

(Perhaps 3-D in the same pattern could be made around the flats and the total cost to do these would
End up being the same?) The end result would be Sweet....

Which IMO would make the knife cheaper to make, and more versatile for customer choice of inset color, and materials.

Which in an idealistic way creates opportunity for scale/insert makers for their businesses.
Some could find themselves being contractors for Reate or even Begg Knives.

If You could accept the fact that working to tolerances is possible for the sides and the inserts to be fit in a shop but not both made in the same shop.
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You should bring this cohesive and comprehensible business plan to Reate or even Begg Knives.
 
jftman said:
I went through my previous presumptive motive behind the initial posts and may have edited them for the better.

I assumed Reate was doing the customizing and being labeled "In House" would be misleading.

I think the main motivation of mine is about comparing the milling time for sides with the 3-D with the five bordering cuts
Versus the milling time (less detail, faster time) cutting simpler flats to facilitate inserts.

(Perhaps 3-D in the same pattern could be made around the flats and the total cost to do these would
End up being the same?) The end result would be Sweet....

Which IMO would make the knife cheaper to make, and more versatile for customer choice of inset color, and materials.

Which in an idealistic way creates opportunity for scale/insert makers for their businesses.
Some could find themselves being contractors for Reate or even Begg Knives.

If You could accept the fact that working to tolerances is possible for the sides and the inserts to be fit in a shop but not both made in the same shop.
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Are you a machinist? Do you have experience in this field to make these claims? Or are you just assuming?
 
It's more or less become clear to me now - it seems the OP is proposing the idea that Reate could be offering true customization features for their products instead of doing some anodization and charging a extra hundo or two.

While I would like to see this, I don't think it would be nearly as affordable as the OP thinks as he may be under the impression that they're producing these at a much higher volume than they actually are. Certainly, there doesn't seem to be an excess of these kicking around, flooding the exchange and going on overstock sale.

I am not under the impression that they are making so many that keeping a stock of handle scale inserts - or for that matter, contracting out production of the scales - would be particularly reasonable. Given the production volume I have been given the impression of them having, I would bet that one would do considerably better to just contact them directly if you wanted a particular modification made. It might not pan out, but it seems a bit more likely.

Remember the "Factory Custom" idea ZT tried to roll out? They had all these grand plans for accessories and whatnot that didn't exactly hit the ground running, and they produce on a much larger scale to a much broader audience.

All I'm saying is that Reate ain't Build-A-Bear.
 
Rick Hinderer is trying to add tools to his xm's
Is that a new knife or is it possible to buy the new add on thing to replace an existing standoff.....
I think any production mod on the right platform is indicated as either
-a good choice or a bad choice.

IMO the Kwaiken fits a price point and has a high enough cool factor that
Like Uppance said could do the knife buyer a bit more for the "InHouse" work,

But granted, the sides of the knife would be the feasibility ingredient to the equation.
I know I am not qualified to do more than paint a broad stroke folks
 
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