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Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 7:54 pm
by vivi
Prices going up again?
Hmm, maybe I will make one more order this year.
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:43 pm
by Sharp Guy
Vivi wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 7:54 pm
Prices going up again?
Hmm, maybe I will make one more order this year.
^ That's what I was thinking too. I just got a nice Christmas bonus and I'd still like to pick up a Sage 5 LW and Ikuchi. I'll probably be better off buying them sooner rather than later
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:52 pm
by Mushroom
Sharp Guy wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:43 pm
Vivi wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 7:54 pm
Prices going up again?
Hmm, maybe I will make one more order this year.
^ That's what I was thinking too. I just got a nice Christmas bonus and I'd still like to pick up a Sage 5 LW and Ikuchi. I'll probably be better off buying them sooner rather than later
If it helps make your decision any easier, I believe the Sage 5 LW is already priced based on the new 30% MAP.
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 10:08 pm
by Sharp Guy
Mushroom wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:52 pm
Sharp Guy wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:43 pm
Vivi wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 7:54 pm
Prices going up again?
Hmm, maybe I will make one more order this year.
^ That's what I was thinking too. I just got a nice Christmas bonus and I'd still like to pick up a Sage 5 LW and Ikuchi. I'll probably be better off buying them sooner rather than later
If it helps make your decision any easier, I believe the Sage 5 LW is already priced based on the new 30% MAP.
Good point! Besides, I'm kind of hoping for a variation of the base version. I guess I'll hold off for now.
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:25 am
by VashHash
I better buy my respect now before it jumps in price. Wish I had purchased the darn daos when they first came out.
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 11:07 am
by archangel
VashHash wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:25 am
I better buy my respect now before it jumps in price. Wish I had purchased the darn daos when they first came out.
You're into the really small knives, huh? :eek:
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 11:31 am
by bearfacedkiller
VashHash wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:25 am
I better buy my respect now before it jumps in price. Wish I had purchased the darn daos when they first came out.
BHQ has a Opus/Respect combo right now.
Go!!!
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:17 pm
by VashHash
bearfacedkiller wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 11:31 am
VashHash wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:25 am
I better buy my respect now before it jumps in price. Wish I had purchased the darn daos when they first came out.
BHQ has a Opus/Respect combo right now.
Go!!!
I bought the bargain bin model. It has a stain on the spyderco pouch but it was $60 cheaper. Still got a free morakniv basic 511 too.
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 8:30 pm
by SG89
From bladeforums 2020 price change thread:
Sal Glesser, post: 19428757, member: 105187 wrote:
We haven't sold to Amazon for the past year. Yes, it does hurt us, but we couldn't get them to work with us and we don't think it fair for them to be our only dealer.
We've tried a number of things over the years to try to have an honest, fair and proper distribution, but I will admit it's challenging. Especially when one wants to look at business long term. We are always open to suggestions, but we prefer big picture suggestions rather than "just give me the cheapest price".
sal
Interesting they don't sell to Amazon anymore. I like it.
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 9:14 pm
by Albatross
Spydergirl88 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 8:30 pm
From bladeforums 2020 price change thread:
Sal Glesser, post: 19428757, member: 105187 wrote:
We haven't sold to Amazon for the past year. Yes, it does hurt us, but we couldn't get them to work with us and we don't think it fair for them to be our only dealer.
We've tried a number of things over the years to try to have an honest, fair and proper distribution, but I will admit it's challenging. Especially when one wants to look at business long term. We are always open to suggestions, but we prefer big picture suggestions rather than "just give me the cheapest price".
sal
Interesting they don't sell to Amazon anymore. I like it.
Absolutely. Amazon's business practices don't sit well with me, I'd rather see reputable dealers, both large and small, getting the profits from Spyderco sales.
This was yet another example of what integrity looks like.
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 9:19 pm
by vivi
Albatross wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 9:14 pm
Spydergirl88 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 8:30 pm
From bladeforums 2020 price change thread:
Sal Glesser, post: 19428757, member: 105187 wrote:
We haven't sold to Amazon for the past year. Yes, it does hurt us, but we couldn't get them to work with us and we don't think it fair for them to be our only dealer.
We've tried a number of things over the years to try to have an honest, fair and proper distribution, but I will admit it's challenging. Especially when one wants to look at business long term. We are always open to suggestions, but we prefer big picture suggestions rather than "just give me the cheapest price".
sal
Interesting they don't sell to Amazon anymore. I like it.
Absolutely. Amazon's business practices don't sit well with me, I'd rather see reputable dealers, both large and small, getting the profits from Spyderco sales.
This was yet another example of what integrity looks like.
This makes me like Spyderco even more.
I don't do business with Amazon. I won't go into the details, but often times I feel alone in this decision. Nice to not feel that way for a change!
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 1:23 pm
by SF Native
From what are you carrying thread...
sal wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2019 12:20 pm
Thursday was a Lil' Pattada prototype. Friday was a Shawn Houston prototype. Yesterday was a Kaila Cumming prototype.
:p
sal
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 1:29 pm
by SF Native
sal wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2019 12:08 pm
...
I will say that Eric is planning a few more Mule Teams with some new steels.
sal
From slipit as a mule thread
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 10:21 pm
by 5-by-5
We're in the process of making tooling for a Pacific Salt 2. It will be made with the same pattern as the Endura 4 (I know some people don't like the handle pattern but most do ). It will be made the same as the Salt 2 with no liners, just a internal FRN frame.
We will be using H1 in both plain edge and serrated edge. I know some don't like the edge retention of PE H1, but some do, including me because it gets very sharp. It just need to be sharpened more often, which I for one am willing to do. Easy peasy with a Sharp-maker. We have also worked with our Seki maker to use LC and I have an LC Pacific Salt PE that I've been using for 6 months and it's also very nice and hard enough. We do have plans for the future, as you might expect? There are also more things in-the-works that I cannot mention at this time. Thanx for your interest.
sal
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 8:28 am
by Doc Dan
Wonderful news. The Endura handle is very comfortable for me with a slight mod so this is good news. The LC200N sounds interesting too as I just can’t love the Native 5.
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 1:08 am
by SG89
On BF concerning Gayle Bradley folder-
Sal Glesser, post: 19465861, member: 105187 wrote:Gayle has been working on a 3.0" blade folder design.
sal
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 2:31 am
by BornIn1500
Spydergirl88 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 30, 2019 1:08 am
On BF concerning Gayle Bradley folder-
Sal Glesser, post: 19465861, member: 105187 wrote:Gayle has been working on a 3.0" blade folder design.
sal
And that was in response to someone asking about whether the Gayle Bradley 2 will ever be in stock again. Seems like that was Sal's way of saying "no".
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 3:11 am
by Larry_Mott
BornIn1500 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 30, 2019 2:31 am
Spydergirl88 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 30, 2019 1:08 am
On BF concerning Gayle Bradley folder-
Sal Glesser, post: 19465861, member: 105187 wrote:Gayle has been working on a 3.0" blade folder design.
sal
And that was in response to someone asking about whether the Gayle Bradley 2 will ever be in stock again. Seems like that was Sal's way of saying "no".
I hope that's not the case. I have no idea how well they sell/sold though, so maybe they're going the way of the Dodo..
Looking forward to new Bradley/s, still sad to see the old ones go.
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 7:42 am
by Notsurewhy
BornIn1500 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 30, 2019 2:31 am
Spydergirl88 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 30, 2019 1:08 am
On BF concerning Gayle Bradley folder-
Sal Glesser, post: 19465861, member: 105187 wrote:Gayle has been working on a 3.0" blade folder design.
sal
And that was in response to someone asking about whether the Gayle Bradley 2 will ever be in stock again. Seems like that was Sal's way of saying "no".
I hope not. I've been waiting for the SFO to get these back in stock for months. I'm pretty sure it hasn't been readily available since before the disco list came out. I don't know why it wasn't on the list of they weren't planning on making more. I guess all plans can change, but that's disappointing.
On the bright side, a 3" Bradley folder, possibly/probably in m4? Sign me up! Hoping it doesn't have CF laminate; I'd rather have plain g10 for the same price or pay more for real CF.
Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 7:53 am
by Mushroom
I hope I'm wrong, but I believe the Gayle Bradley 2 was "shadow discontinued." It didn't appear in the annual discontinued list, but was discontinued sometime during the year without a formal announcement.