(and folks, here's the most important part, from my point-of-view...)
I'm not currently accepting any more custom orders, and I'm definitely NOT interested in pre-orders, either. I perform better for you when I make what
I want to make, and what I make best. I am a humble one-man operation with a wife who stitches my sheaths and helps me keep the books; I neither have nor want a staff to deal with all that mess of asking people for money before knives are made, and then scramble to keep up.
What I'm planning for THK signature models like the Fugitive, SideKick, my chef's knives, etc, is this: as time allows, I will be buying steel and grinding/HT'ing my blades,
then letting folks like yourself know when the blades are ready. That way you can pick out handle options, sheath styles, etc. I think that's both fair and fun for my clients and supporters.
I think that "semi-custom" approach is less stressful for everyone, and still allows a person to have their Terrio HandMade Knife built very much the way
they want it.
There will always be versions of my blades that I build and finish exactly the way
I want them... whether or not anyone else wants to buy them is always a roll of the dice at best... and I really don't care if anyone else likes 'em or not.
That's a big part of what keeps this business fun for me.
I got into this not to make money, but to make the finest knives I can, that I want to use and enjoy.