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Win a free Talonite (r) knife
- Thread starter tomwalz
- Start date
Ugly jim is the winner.
We don't announce the winner until we have contacted them.
I've never met Ugly Jim but he wrote a heck of a nice thank you note. Part of the reason we do these contests is that the winners have all been such great people.
We have another Talonite contest in January. Mike Turber and I have agreed to give away an Eric Wong design knife as made by Tom Mayo. Only three were made. One went to the designer, one went to the contest winner and we got the third knife. This knife comes with a certificate of authenticity. This is a really beautiful knife. We were discussing January. Is that still good, Mike?
We have a program going where we are going to get about six gentleman's pocket knives by different custom makers and see if we can get them featured in Esquire, Playboy, Forbes, etc. Tom Mayo made the first one. Paul Reynolds is making the second one. We may have some one for the third knife and numbers 4, 5 &6 are still open. (If Kit Carson can find time to finish a knife for me it will definitely be included. We are buying two knives and giving one away so there will be more contests.
Talonite (1/8" only) is in short supply because it is very hard to make and because the demand in the knife industry has shot up faster and higher than we expected. We have about a 6 month lead time on it. We have dramatically increased our commitment stocking Talonite which means we have agreed to have a lot more made than we had made previously.
Our only marketing strategy is to make our customers as happy as possible.
tom Walz
We don't announce the winner until we have contacted them.
I've never met Ugly Jim but he wrote a heck of a nice thank you note. Part of the reason we do these contests is that the winners have all been such great people.
We have another Talonite contest in January. Mike Turber and I have agreed to give away an Eric Wong design knife as made by Tom Mayo. Only three were made. One went to the designer, one went to the contest winner and we got the third knife. This knife comes with a certificate of authenticity. This is a really beautiful knife. We were discussing January. Is that still good, Mike?
We have a program going where we are going to get about six gentleman's pocket knives by different custom makers and see if we can get them featured in Esquire, Playboy, Forbes, etc. Tom Mayo made the first one. Paul Reynolds is making the second one. We may have some one for the third knife and numbers 4, 5 &6 are still open. (If Kit Carson can find time to finish a knife for me it will definitely be included. We are buying two knives and giving one away so there will be more contests.
Talonite (1/8" only) is in short supply because it is very hard to make and because the demand in the knife industry has shot up faster and higher than we expected. We have about a 6 month lead time on it. We have dramatically increased our commitment stocking Talonite which means we have agreed to have a lot more made than we had made previously.
Our only marketing strategy is to make our customers as happy as possible.
tom Walz
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Yep, Im a very happy man
. Toms e-mail notifying me of this prize was the best surprise Ive received in quite a while
it sure was a great way to start off the Holiday season. Id like to thank Tom Walz for his extremely generous sponsorship of this contest; I also want to express my appreciation for the time, effort and artistry that Paul Reynolds has devoted to this project. I havent been able to keep up with this thread for the last couple of weeks, so I was delighted to see the way that Pauls concept for this knife has evolved
it should be very special. Ill be sure to report on the performance of the Talonite® Gents Folder once Ive received it (although I suspect that Ill never be able to subject this knife to truly hard use).
Now Ive got to try and refrain from grinning and chuckling like an idiot at my desk my colleagues are beginning to think that Ive finally gone over the edge
. Thanks again!
Jim (aesthetically challenged but inexplicably lucky)
Now Ive got to try and refrain from grinning and chuckling like an idiot at my desk my colleagues are beginning to think that Ive finally gone over the edge
Jim (aesthetically challenged but inexplicably lucky)
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How about a picture so all of us LOSERS can see what are great fortune has denied us of one more time
Enjoy the knife you lucky bastid
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I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer... but I've got the sharpest knife in the room.
Enjoy the knife you lucky bastid
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I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer... but I've got the sharpest knife in the room.
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Congrats Ugly Jim!!
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"A Szívemben A Vas Es Az Acél Orök Ereje Van."
Crushing the weak since 1970 .... the Demon has spoken.
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"A Szívemben A Vas Es Az Acél Orök Ereje Van."
Crushing the weak since 1970 .... the Demon has spoken.
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Well done Ugly Jim, be sure to let us know how well the knife works!
W.A.
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"To strive to seek to find and not to yield"
Tennyson
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W.A.
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"To strive to seek to find and not to yield"
Tennyson
Ranger motto
sub 4 inch blade
one handed opening
pocket clip
tip down unless a lockback
clip mounted so knife rides as low as possible
flat grind or very high hollow grind
no recurve
medium amount of belly
on the pointy side for digging out splinters
fully enclosed spine
mono type lock would be nice
Danny
dfhoward@worldnet.att.net
one handed opening
pocket clip
tip down unless a lockback
clip mounted so knife rides as low as possible
flat grind or very high hollow grind
no recurve
medium amount of belly
on the pointy side for digging out splinters
fully enclosed spine
mono type lock would be nice
Danny
dfhoward@worldnet.att.net