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Recently I've had a few people say that they'd like to order a knife but the wait list is to long for their tastes. I can understand that and just wanted to explain my thinking behind it. Hopefully it'll make sense.
The wait time as of today (2/18/11) is running about 10 months from the date of order. I know that's a long time to wait for a knife so I can understand people being turned off by it. This post isn't to try and convince anyone to go ahead and order it's just to explain why the wait list is so long.
I'm a full time maker and I spend on average about 10 hours in the shop six days a week...sometime seven. I'm not the fastest person in the world but I do my best to get after it.
These are some possible remedies to a long wait list that I can think of and why I can't or won't do them.
1. Stop taking orders. I don't want to do this because I think there's no reason to stop a person whose willing to wait from ordering a knife.
2. Outsource work. Absolutely not a option for me. I'm way to much of a control freak to do that. My knives aren't perfect but they are the best I can do and have my sweat in them. I don't want that to change. I've got nothing against makers the do outsource so don't get me wrong, it's just not for me at this point.
3. Hire help. I just simply can't afford it right now. And with the before mentioned control freak in me it'd be hard to pay someone (even if I could) who had no previous experience in knife making. And if they had previous experience like I'd like then they'd be making their own knives anyway.
4. Raise prices. Also out of the question at this point. I make knives to be used and I don't want to price them to where a person would be afraid to do that.
So I guess I typed all that hooha to say, I'm sorry for the long wait but there's nothing I am willing to do that will change that.
Hope you understand.
God bless and thanks for listening,
Iz
The wait time as of today (2/18/11) is running about 10 months from the date of order. I know that's a long time to wait for a knife so I can understand people being turned off by it. This post isn't to try and convince anyone to go ahead and order it's just to explain why the wait list is so long.
I'm a full time maker and I spend on average about 10 hours in the shop six days a week...sometime seven. I'm not the fastest person in the world but I do my best to get after it.
These are some possible remedies to a long wait list that I can think of and why I can't or won't do them.
1. Stop taking orders. I don't want to do this because I think there's no reason to stop a person whose willing to wait from ordering a knife.
2. Outsource work. Absolutely not a option for me. I'm way to much of a control freak to do that. My knives aren't perfect but they are the best I can do and have my sweat in them. I don't want that to change. I've got nothing against makers the do outsource so don't get me wrong, it's just not for me at this point.
3. Hire help. I just simply can't afford it right now. And with the before mentioned control freak in me it'd be hard to pay someone (even if I could) who had no previous experience in knife making. And if they had previous experience like I'd like then they'd be making their own knives anyway.
4. Raise prices. Also out of the question at this point. I make knives to be used and I don't want to price them to where a person would be afraid to do that.
So I guess I typed all that hooha to say, I'm sorry for the long wait but there's nothing I am willing to do that will change that.
Hope you understand.
God bless and thanks for listening,
Iz