My Doug Ritter RSK Mk2 arrives tomorrow. I paid way more than I wanted, but it looks like the perfect  6" general purpose do it all knife to me and I haven't seen any for sale in a while (who knows when another in like new condition would be available).

Some fights arent worth having...

Negative Ghostrider.

Sounds like you have good relationship goals

Would

Fine, I'll take it without the polished edge. But you owe me.

Titanium Thursday

I like everything in that picture.

They have a very small team given the volume they do (I have seen less than 30? feel like it be as few as 10-20), so it was either him or Jason Thoune, the owner. Jason Hamre usually answered the phone as Hammer.

Far be it from me to participate in idle gossip, but that is all I have right now...

It sounds like they are a pretty tight knit family of people. It also sounds like Jason Thoune and Paul Edgette treat their people pretty good. Even when they were slamming busy over the holidays Hammer said the employees were able to stick to about 40 hours a week and Jason and Paul sucked up the rest. I just talked to Hammer on the phone earlier this month and he spoke highly of the company and people. He was one of their main CS people I believe, did a lot with their social media.

Then in the last week, I was just catching bits and pieces, someone saw a GEC on ebay coming from Marinette Wisconsins and it was one that had not been released yet I don't think, and asked DLT if they would be selling hard to find models on ebay going forward. It came out that the sale was not from DLT, it was from Hammer, someone used the term "skimmed," and Jason Thoune posted in no uncertain terms that that behaviour was not permitted by DLT and he was reviewing what actions to take. Few days later someone congratulated the wrong Jason on a new kid and that's when Jason Hamre said it was him that had just had the kid and he had decided to resign.

I don't know what "skimmed" means here. It sounds like DLT takes good care of their people, i.e. no reason to steal. I'm inclined to believe, though I have absolutely no evidence at all, that maybe DLT let's their people pick up new models before being released with the understanding it is for themselves and not to make a quick buck on resale and undermine the image of the company, and perhaps that is where he went afoul? No idea. But it was odd.

ETA: I don't like gossip because it is usually just stupid BS that doesn't matter. I'm sure this type of thing happens all the time at a lot of companies. This instance just stands out for me because I chatted with Hammer literally three weeks ago and he gave a glowing review of DLT as an employer and for taking care of it's employees, and then this happens. He continues to speak well of them. Moment of weakness for a few bucks? Misunderstanding? Odd situation.

3 hours and 9 feet of cord later. Iphone makes the cords to shiny. Looks better in person.

A fitting background for sure.

Carrying the brown 95 titanium for titanium thursday.

So here's the deal with GEC - dealers usually get 5-25 knives of each drop, and they sell out in literally seconds. Hamre listed one on eBay under his personal account before they were listed on DLT's site. That's all I know for sure.

The rest of WIC's explanation matches what I saw, and I, like him, presume Hamre was allowed to buy the knife, but the reselling it was the problem.

Oh wow, 5-25, didn't realize the numbers were that low. Is the demand that high and they have to supply some to every dealer, or is the supply that low?

sphincter

couldn't help it

that's dedication. I usually get frustrated after 10-15 minutes.




I have that remote.

I need a hemostat like that....yeah...

Thats wild.

Dlt is my all time favorite knife shop

I like the shred. Now you have to figure out all the weird angles to get a good pic of the scales!

That whole thing is bonkers.

Nice! When I did a small amount of research into it earlier it seems like they are hard as hell to find

They give some to every dealer. I don't know the numbers for this run, I haven't been keeping up on the forums lately, but the last several they made something like 200-400 in each cover material. Spread those out between 30ish dealers.

The owner has said they can make about 100 knives per day, and he does small runs so employees don't get burned out on making the same exact knife for weeks on end.

Slimfoot autos are available again at Arcform.

cool. not so bad then. good to be in demand.

Want sooo bad, but a will a standard one be enough, when the others with the inlays are soooo hot

I wish they were bigger. I'm not an auto guy, but if they were the size of the regular ones or even a bit longer, might have to get one.

Nvm

The auto is made by protech.

Yeah, as soon as I saw the scales it sunk in. Thanks.

So can anyone tell me (IM if needed), for someone who doesn't have a brokerage account or anything, how would one go about getting some silver in the very near term?

The blue/stone wash is gorgeous in person. I really want the Damascus in blue.

Yeah, they could stand to be a bit bigger.

EE

Or go to your local fine coin dealer. There you can buy ingots or cool coins.

It's that time again.  Yeah, they're fat pills but you have to die of something.  3 raspberry, 3 Bavarian cream.  They are noticeably smaller this year but still delicious.  Soon though, they will be relegated to a distant second place as the St. Joseph's zeppolis arrive for the Easter season.

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Today is payday and in all probability the last raise I'm going to see for a few years the way the state budget is going.  So to celebrate my new found wealth,  I bought myself a new stabby thing with some accessories.  Be here early next week.  Yea me!

Got another m390 pm2 on the way....what should I do with it? Rgt micarta scales and mxg clip magazine?

Damn dude.

Solid pic. I like the vibrant colors against the dark knife.

Like the blue on the Chef.

1095 huh. You goin slummin?

I like the shit out of that

While it is unfortunate it happened at all, I feel like DLT must have handled it correctly. They nipped the bad action in the bud right away to avoid bad press, employee still speaks well of them after leaving. I can only imagine the conversation that must have taken place.

In other news...BHQ is giving up the storefront in Utah and moving headquarters to....Surprise! Marion, Virginia, where Blue Mountain is

Maybe they will get their shit together now.

Where you going to bitch about China? Did China touch you in a bad place?

I wish Protech wouldn't use aluminum for the handles. Just feel too light to me.

Wait til you see what I have coming.

ingot is such a great word

What is that style called? Turkshead beehive?

Looks great.

I seem to recall about the time you did this last year we came across some really good paczki locally. For the life of me I can't remember where now.

You should get a raise. And the state should pay you for staying in connedicut.

It's a great looking knife

That's an interesting strategy. Plus limited runs always keep the market lively

I may be biased but....yes to RGT, no to mxg, yes to RGT or Lynch clip. Though my preference would be for one more than the other. Because reasons.