Brian.Evans
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NEW UPDATE--1/10/16
The backordered scales are packaged and ready to ship. I am on shift tomorrow for a 24, so I will be shipping these out on Tuesday after I drop the kiddos off at school.
I will be sending out an email to the people that were high enough on the Companion wait list to get a knife this time within the next hour or so. It is about 1015 CST here. I have around 30 to send out.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE WILL BE NO MORE COMPANIONS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. It is with a heavy heart that I say that. I don't have a manufacturer. He went dark and has not responded to several emails over the past month and a half. Once I ship the 30 or so out, I have no more knives in stock and have no more in the pipeline. In fact, unless I get a manufacturer, I AM DONE WITH KNIVES COMPLETELY. Of course, I will continue to support the knives that already out there with regards to warranty claims, etc., but I have no way of making any more right now.
I am working on a solution, but I can't discuss it right now as it is pretty tenuous. If it happens, it will be awesome, but I don't know if it's going to go or not.
I thank each and every one of you that has become a member of the Evans Knife and Tool family over the past several months. My life and my business have taken some pretty wild swings over the past 6 months, hopefully it starts settling down soon. I've been battling depression and just general malaise over not getting to see my kids, my life changing so much, my business changing, all that crap. I was pretty far down the rabbit hole, to be honest. My weight ballooned up to around 304 lbs, which was the highest it has ever been. My apartment was a wreck, just junk and trash, and clothes everywhere. I didn't give a shit what happened next and I really didn't care about anything.
At the urging of a friend, I went to the doctor and had my lipid panels and Vitamin D3 levels drawn. My cholesterol was through the roof. Vitamin D is supposed to be 60-80 and mine was 12. My doctor wanted me to go on statins, which is a scary conversation given that I'm only 30!
I made a decision that I couldn't live like this anymore. I had too much going on and too much to do to feel like crap all the time. I cleaned my apartment spotless and have been keeping it that way. My kids have been through enough chaos, they need somewhere to live that isn't full of it because of clutter. I began losing weight. Today is Day 13 with no sugar, artificial sweeteners, or caffeine. I have been very religious about following low carb/high fat eating and it is showing. I feel much better, have more energy, and the back pain is gone. I've gone from that 304 lbs to 283.8 as of this morning. I started on prescription high dose D3 supplements yesterday, so hopefully that issue will self resolve.
I feel like I'm finally taking back control of my life and my future again. I don't know exactly where my life is going to be in a year, but I have to believe that it will be better than it is right now. Thanks for listening.
The backordered scales are packaged and ready to ship. I am on shift tomorrow for a 24, so I will be shipping these out on Tuesday after I drop the kiddos off at school.
I will be sending out an email to the people that were high enough on the Companion wait list to get a knife this time within the next hour or so. It is about 1015 CST here. I have around 30 to send out.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE WILL BE NO MORE COMPANIONS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. It is with a heavy heart that I say that. I don't have a manufacturer. He went dark and has not responded to several emails over the past month and a half. Once I ship the 30 or so out, I have no more knives in stock and have no more in the pipeline. In fact, unless I get a manufacturer, I AM DONE WITH KNIVES COMPLETELY. Of course, I will continue to support the knives that already out there with regards to warranty claims, etc., but I have no way of making any more right now.
I am working on a solution, but I can't discuss it right now as it is pretty tenuous. If it happens, it will be awesome, but I don't know if it's going to go or not.
I thank each and every one of you that has become a member of the Evans Knife and Tool family over the past several months. My life and my business have taken some pretty wild swings over the past 6 months, hopefully it starts settling down soon. I've been battling depression and just general malaise over not getting to see my kids, my life changing so much, my business changing, all that crap. I was pretty far down the rabbit hole, to be honest. My weight ballooned up to around 304 lbs, which was the highest it has ever been. My apartment was a wreck, just junk and trash, and clothes everywhere. I didn't give a shit what happened next and I really didn't care about anything.
At the urging of a friend, I went to the doctor and had my lipid panels and Vitamin D3 levels drawn. My cholesterol was through the roof. Vitamin D is supposed to be 60-80 and mine was 12. My doctor wanted me to go on statins, which is a scary conversation given that I'm only 30!
I made a decision that I couldn't live like this anymore. I had too much going on and too much to do to feel like crap all the time. I cleaned my apartment spotless and have been keeping it that way. My kids have been through enough chaos, they need somewhere to live that isn't full of it because of clutter. I began losing weight. Today is Day 13 with no sugar, artificial sweeteners, or caffeine. I have been very religious about following low carb/high fat eating and it is showing. I feel much better, have more energy, and the back pain is gone. I've gone from that 304 lbs to 283.8 as of this morning. I started on prescription high dose D3 supplements yesterday, so hopefully that issue will self resolve.
I feel like I'm finally taking back control of my life and my future again. I don't know exactly where my life is going to be in a year, but I have to believe that it will be better than it is right now. Thanks for listening.
