We're trying to work with them through another system, which some other manufacturers are also trying, but I can't say that it's been very successful to date. I can assure you that we will continue to try to find optimal solutions to serve you, the end line user, which who we consider to be our customer, and we'll work with all of distribution which we consider to be the conduit to reach you.
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As many might know, I live in Europe.
To get Spyderco knives is not as easy as Victorinox but it's doable. Internet helps also.
BUT many big US knife shops do not ship to EU. Not even for more money. And that's very bad.
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