KW did that with the Green Para2 and it turned into a big fiasco.. It was about a year and a half from when the pre-order went up till they came available.yablanowitz wrote: I prefer the "pay up front and wait a few months to get it" approach myself.
So, this calls for the Para 2....and 3/4. Take an S110V blade same thickness of a MT18 and scale the Para 2 to 3/4 size, add thinner skeletonized liners. Let Halpern make the natural translucent or canvas micarta scales. Work with Taichung to put their perfecto cleano finish on it...... VOILA, a superparamagilistic, Spydie.Philo Beddoe wrote:KW did that with the Green Para2 and it turned into a big fiasco.. It was about a year and a half from when the pre-order went up till they came available.
Figure on 1 to 2 years before they get made.
CF/M4 be a good choice for a Para2, however M4 is used in several production knives..would be cool to see something less common like S110V Para2 or K390 Millie for something like this.
If your answer to all the questions is "Spyderco"... then you might as well as call it a "Sprint Run" directly from Spyderco.captnvegtble wrote:Not to burst the bubble, but I don't see this working out at all... you're talking about entering into a buisness transaction with hundreds of people you've never met... sounds like a recipe for disaster. Who's going to collect the funds and make arrangements with Spyderco? Who's going to take delivery of the 1000 knives and distribute them? What happens if there's customer disatisfaction with the knife they personally recieved because the blade, for example, wasn't centered? Etc.
Just my $0.02
I forget how the EDC forum knife was handled - wasn't it paid up front? Cash up front is probably the only way to eliminate a very sizeable financial risk ($60-80k) for whoever becomes the point person/organizer of this. And yes, that was a pain for KW and IIRC a pain for EDC, too - I remember him chasing people for a long time trying to match up pre-orders with the knives when they ultimately were delivered.Philo Beddoe wrote:KW did that with the Green Para2 and it turned into a big fiasco.. It was about a year and a half from when the pre-order went up till they came available.
Figure on 1 to 2 years before they get made.
CF/M4 be a good choice for a Para2, however M4 is used in several production knives..would be cool to see something less common like S110V Para2 or K390 Millie for something like this.
This is not correct. Previously, forum members paid full amount in advance. KW took only $20 deposit, which is not life time savings. I treated this like I bought a right to buy very special knife (knives) at reasonable price. I never understood complains on this regard.Philo Beddoe wrote:KW did that with the Green Para2 and it turned into a big fiasco.. It was about a year and a half from when the pre-order went up till they came available.
Very good idea!DougC-3 wrote:One way to get a little bit more meaningful result from polling would be, first, continue to haggle for a while until people seem to agree on five top selections, since the forum poll allows only five choices. Many choices would first be vetoed by constraints of reality and practicality.
Then, vote on those five and drop the knife with the lowest score. Repeat with the top four kinives, drop the lowest scoring one of the four, and so on until only one knife is left.
That way it wouldn't be like winning by a simple plurality, and the losers would at least feel as though they had had their shot at it.
This is how I approached it as well. People combining about it 24/7 were really starting to get in my nerves by the end if itbh49 wrote:This is not correct. Previously, forum members paid full amount in advance. KW took only $20 deposit, which is not life time savings. I treated this like I bought a right to buy very special knife (knives) at reasonable price. I never understood complains on this regard.
