Cruwear Military ETA

xceptnl · #421

jalcon wrote:I wonder if it will shoot up once they are all "sold out"

I would say the chances of this happening are better than you falling off of a one-legged stool

jalcon · #422

xceptnl wrote:I would say the chances of this happening are better than you falling off of a one-legged stool

How high do you think they'll go? Maybe I'll buy another, haha.

bdblue · #423

Has anybody received one from knifecenter yet? They were the ones actually taking pre-orders at one time, maybe the only ones. There is nothing at all about it on their website now.

xceptnl · #424

jalcon wrote:How high do you think they'll go? Maybe I'll buy another, haha.

Provided the use of them recieves positive reviews and the HT is done properly, I would expect these to be comparable with the M390 exclusives in price on the secondary market once the supply runs out.

Henry - get both · #425

jalcon wrote:How high do you think they'll go? Maybe I'll buy another, haha.

The secondary market will be pretty padded for a few months - IE you'll probably see a seller with 10+ available for $200. Thats how it was with the orange para 2's.

jalcon · #426

Henry - get both wrote:The secondary market will be pretty padded for a few months - IE you'll probably see a seller with 10+ available for $200. Thats how it was with the orange para 2's.

Yeah maybe. Tough to say.

Ankerson · #427

Got my shipping notice for KC. :)

Nate · #428

Ankerson wrote:Got my shipping notice for KC. :)

Congrats!! Care to share approx when you pre-ordered? IIRC I got mine in early May, no idea where that puts me in the queue...

Ankerson · #429

Apophis wrote:Congrats!! Care to share approx when you pre-ordered? IIRC I got mine in early May, no idea where that puts me in the queue...

Early April. :)

JNewell · #430

Got mine from GPK...wondering about trying to get a backup...that is a LOT of gray G10. :D

Nate · #431

That gives me hope :) Thx much.

I decided that I won't try to chase one down from another vendor, so it's all or nothing on KC for me.

JNewell · #432

1200 is a big run. I would be optimistic.

The Mastiff · #433

Got my shipping notice for KC.

Jim, if you want to test it sometime in the future comparing it to Ingot Cruwear just let me know. I keep one set up with grips for daily use.

Joe

twinboysdad · #434

FCM415 wrote: What's up with CutleryShoppe? I'd like to give Jeff my business as often as possible but he lags with sprints, I dont want to sit around and wait to see if he gets them and maybe miss out altogether.

With all due respect, CS needs to get their heads outta their heinee. If I understand correctly, Jeff gets 5 of a sprint when everboby first gets them, but he holds those. No idea for who or how long they are held. My b&m has steeper than the web prices, but their 2 of every sprint perma-order is as regular as corn through a goose. Their SB E4's, Cru Mil's are gone and 1 Lava and 1 SB D4 are still around. Just not sure what is up with CS. Would not be surprised in a year or so when they show 5 Cru Mills in stock at MSRP like they did recently with a few Para, Goddard, and Matriarch sprints.

senorsquare · #435

My CC# from HKS finally arrived today. I typically prefer non-CC knives but there is so much real estate on the blade that the number doesn't stand out too bad. I also got really lucky and managed to snag a backup from KW.

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mikerestivo · #436

twinboysdad wrote:With all due respect, CS needs to get their heads outta their heinee. If I understand correctly, Jeff gets 5 of a sprint when everboby first gets them, but he holds those. No idea for who or how long they are held. My b&m has steeper than the web prices, but their 2 of every sprint perma-order is as regular as corn through a goose. Their SB E4's, Cru Mil's are gone and 1 Lava and 1 SB D4 are still around. Just not sure what is up with CS. Would not be surprised in a year or so when they show 5 Cru Mills in stock at MSRP like they did recently with a few Para, Goddard, and Matriarch sprints.

I would suggest calling Jeff and talking to him about your concerns. He is very approachable. I wouldn't recommend using the same wording as in the above post, but if you have an issue just call him and discuss.

My guess is that he does this now due to past experience with sprint runs, but I don't want to speak in his place.

DougC-3 · #437

bdblue wrote:Has anybody received one from knifecenter yet? They were the ones actually taking pre-orders at one time, maybe the only ones. There is nothing at all about it on their website now.

They are shipping now.

Edit: Oops... didn't notice there was another page in the thread until after I answered this question, which was already answered above.

Philo Beddoe · #438

xceptnl wrote:Provided the use of them recieves positive reviews and the HT is done properly, I would expect these to be comparable with the M390 exclusives in price on the secondary market once the supply runs out.

I don't know about that, with it being a 1200 piece run the price might stay low for awhile? That many made should effect the prices some?

w3tnz · #439

Starting to get worried, my dealer wasn't sure if he was even getting any :confused: It's a "large" run sure, but the way they are drip feeding into the market is what creates the problems at the buyers end... would be nice if all 1200 hit the shelves at once but I'm sure its not that simple, nothing ever is.

Have been seriously considering paying retail from SFO but even they don't seem to even keep them in stock for more than 24hrs. I would have jumped already but worried that the extra $120 cost+shipping is going to put me over the customs threshold and will be stung with an additional 15% tax + import duty.... so I'm looking at about a $325 military... before currency conversion.

Just hoping another large batch gets out to dealers.. I certainly wont be supporting the secondary market.

DeathBySnooSnoo · #440

I may have to buy off the secondary....none of my usual places has or is getting it.

Though I am hoping that we are seeing the first trickle now, and then there will be a large shipment done in a little while and they are more widely available.