OFFICIAL_KA-BAR
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Hello,
Please excuse my absence. It has been a strange year to say the least. We are still at partial capacity for our workforce at KA-BAR with many folks working from home. Our factory was closed for almost three months earlier this year and our sales have surged dramatically; a bit of a perfect storm. Most of our days are spent packing and shipping knife boxes to help fill orders that have already come in, not leaving much time for "office" work. By now many of you are aware SHOT Show was cancelled for January 2021, as well as essentially all other trade shows. But it has been a struggle to keep up with current product demand, let alone new products. We had a number of things planned for 2020 that we won't see until 2021 or possibly at all. We will make the best of any situation that is presented.
I know many of you look forward to our holiday sales - this year they will not be happening. We simply don't have the product to support it or the time and staff to process the tidal wave of these orders. If you are looking to purchase items for the holidays I would strongly encourage you to do it now. Shipping services across the board are subject to delays outside of our control and many of our products fluctuate between in and out of stock on an almost hourly basis at this point. We have done our best to fill the orders of many of our accounts and you should be able to find most of our items from trusted third parties. It was not an easy decision, but rather one we are forced in to making.
When will things go "back to normal"? Your guess is as good as mine. Spring/Summer 2021 is a good bet, but that is still a long way out and much can change between now and then.
For now - stay safe and take some time to appreciate the little things in life. We will keep you posted.
Please excuse my absence. It has been a strange year to say the least. We are still at partial capacity for our workforce at KA-BAR with many folks working from home. Our factory was closed for almost three months earlier this year and our sales have surged dramatically; a bit of a perfect storm. Most of our days are spent packing and shipping knife boxes to help fill orders that have already come in, not leaving much time for "office" work. By now many of you are aware SHOT Show was cancelled for January 2021, as well as essentially all other trade shows. But it has been a struggle to keep up with current product demand, let alone new products. We had a number of things planned for 2020 that we won't see until 2021 or possibly at all. We will make the best of any situation that is presented.
I know many of you look forward to our holiday sales - this year they will not be happening. We simply don't have the product to support it or the time and staff to process the tidal wave of these orders. If you are looking to purchase items for the holidays I would strongly encourage you to do it now. Shipping services across the board are subject to delays outside of our control and many of our products fluctuate between in and out of stock on an almost hourly basis at this point. We have done our best to fill the orders of many of our accounts and you should be able to find most of our items from trusted third parties. It was not an easy decision, but rather one we are forced in to making.
When will things go "back to normal"? Your guess is as good as mine. Spring/Summer 2021 is a good bet, but that is still a long way out and much can change between now and then.
For now - stay safe and take some time to appreciate the little things in life. We will keep you posted.
