My vote for a Peanut.
I can tell everyone this much: the 2017 BF knife will be a GEC if one is made at all, since they are the only remaining company willing to work with us.
I hope it happens as it will likely be the only non-scout pattern slip joint I'll buy this year. I can only imagine the headache it is for the coordinators. It's great GEC is willing to work with those coordinators even with their (reasonable) limitations, else there'd be no possibility of a BF knife.I can tell everyone this much: the 2017 BF knife will be a GEC if one is made at all, since they are the only remaining company willing to work with us. So with that in mind, I believe the 2017 BF, if there is one, will be a similar model to whatever they are producing around November. This is about the only feasible method for us to produce a short run (350 at most) of forum models, and even at that, we are still 150 short of a full 'special factory order'.
That is the situation, so a lot of wishing for peanuts or scout knives is just wishful thinking. We will have to coordinate/cooperate somewhat with the manufacturer or we won't get a 2017 BF knife.
However, I think it will happen, God willing and the creek don't rise. It is a major project, not without financial risk, and having a very selective clientele, but we have the best possible person at the helm in Charlie Campagna.
Fingers crossed....
I can tell everyone this much: the 2017 BF knife will be a GEC if one is made at all, since they are the only remaining company willing to work with us. So with that in mind, I believe the 2017 BF, if there is one, will be a similar model to whatever they are producing around November. This is about the only feasible method for us to produce a short run (350 at most) of forum models, and even at that, we are still 150 short of a full 'special factory order'.
That is the situation, so a lot of wishing for peanuts or scout knives is just wishful thinking. We will have to coordinate/cooperate somewhat with the manufacturer or we won't get a 2017 BF knife.
However, I think it will happen, God willing and the creek don't rise. It is a major project, not without financial risk, and having a very selective clientele, but we have the best possible person at the helm in Charlie Campagna.
Fingers crossed....
If a European manufacturer is mooted, won't there be import-tax to pay on top of the knives for US customers and more again for European customers when they are shipped back to European addresses? Dealing with returns or QC problems is going to be even more fraught, would anybody like to take that on?
I can tell everyone this much: the 2017 BF knife will be a GEC if one is made at all, since they are the only remaining company willing to work with us. So with that in mind, I believe the 2017 BF, if there is one, will be a similar model to whatever they are producing around November. This is about the only feasible method for us to produce a short run (350 at most) of forum models, and even at that, we are still 150 short of a full 'special factory order'.
That is the situation, so a lot of wishing for peanuts or scout knives is just wishful thinking. We will have to coordinate/cooperate somewhat with the manufacturer or we won't get a 2017 BF knife.
However, I think it will happen, God willing and the creek don't rise. It is a major project, not without financial risk, and having a very selective clientele, but we have the best possible person at the helm in Charlie Campagna.
Fingers crossed....