Welcome to the Yard keith!

Hi Keith, welcome to the Yard.

Fu - congrats on making Scrapper! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I don't post much, or buy much, but I had to get a few of these, awesome looking knives! One of the better looking Scrap Yard knives, in my opinion, and extremely functional to say the least. (love the green handles)

Here's what I snagged:

Scrapper 5
Handle Color: Green
Blade Color: Moss Green

Scrapper 5
Handle Color: Black
Blade Color: Sage

Scrapper 5
Handle Color: Green
Blade Color: Sage

Scrapper 5
Handle Color: Brown
Blade Color: Brown

Nice choice! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I got green handle and gray blade. Trying to talk myself into my #2 choice.

Just think, about 12 weeks for some of us (I was pretty quick but knowing my luck I will not make it in the first several batches LOL)

Don't worry - be happy! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I am very confident I got the first batch. Can't wait to be one of the first ones with an S5 in hand, showing off pictures to all you suckers who waited MINUTES or even HOURS to buy yours <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

There are a lot of batching assumptions being made based on single/few color options that may not be valid with this run -- if I were making S5s, based on machine setup times and whether sufficient storage space is available, the most efficient production schedule might be be something like:
1) Begin making and heat-treating blades.
2) As sufficient quantities of blades are available to complete a blade color (for all three handles), have someone coat all the blades for that sub-batch.
3) Pick a handle color (probably the most popular) and setup the handle machine
3a) Have someone else begin handling the coated blades.
3b) Depending on the handle machine setup overhead, the time to prepare each blade color batch, and whether you have space to stage coated/un-handled blades, it may or may not be worth swapping handle colors before all the blades for each handle color batch are completed (i.e. it may be most efficient to complete all the black handled knives, then all the brown handled knives, then all the green handled knives.)

I suspect this would be the most efficient production plan, but I don't know enough about Scrap Yard's production facilities to make that declaration definitively. Also, that process requires sufficient space to stockpile completed knives until the colors for each person's order are all finished (or incur greater shipping expenses than were charged for multi-knife/multi-color orders). However, I am fairly confident that production batching will based on color combos rather than the sequence of orders.

I could only swing 1 brown/sage. Wish I could have picked up another but oh well I am glad I was at least able to get in.

Good points Jim, hadn't considered the additional complexity of the production process. Will be interesting to see how they do this one...

In todays economy,be glad you can
afford 1 even. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />