it is unique

ordawg and blg bring up some very valid points. Hopefully the test team concept is truly an attempt to get rapid feedback on the prototypes before mass production and not the establishment of an elite group with exclusive access to a product as some form of gratuity. I would hope that one of the guiding principles will be that no blade goes to the test team until it assured of some form of mass production of the concept. This would keep that team focused on a 2-4 week evaluation and feedback process from which any final design decisions can be made, rather than getting blades as an investment.

The test team process is six months, not 2-4 weeks. Interpret that as you will, but I think your estimate of 2-4 weeks to do ANYTHING around here is incredibly optimistic.

You are new enough here that you might not have heard of BST... Busse Standard Time, where time and space are warped, and traditionally standard units of time take on whole new meanings. "Two weeks" is the magic number, which can mean anything from "the next vernal equinox" to "when the cows come home"

Although I would have bought one...it is too thick for me anyway.

Without saying too much, I will say... don't be so sure about that <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

as a new guy , and unless i post +1 in a lot of post . it will take me about a year to be a Dog. but how do you get on the The test team ? and score one of those real nice blades ? ~RT

I agree.

If the point was to just hawk as many knives as possible, then Scrap Yard's business model would have started out a lot different.

I'm not going to answer this question again.

I don't have to measure it at this time. I have enough common sense to know that he would have sold more just over last weekend if he had released it to everyone at once.

It could be interpreted as spite for people who didn't attend Blade as well. I'm not really concerned with the extent that some people can twist the limits of interpretation.

Who cares what other knife makers do?

Okay, somebody has to say it. Aren't you Dogs blue in the face yet?
This thread is turning into Deathchat part 3. No offense! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />