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Comment by Luca Vignelli on January 31, 2011 at 21:39

Oh, and we're up to eleven so far. I figure some folks are waiting to get some more info before they sign on. For some reason our fellow iKC members on the Elephant Toenail Collectors Club group haven't signed on so fast, except for one. One day this will be a vintage knife they can all be proud to own... I'm planning on ageing with this knife in hand!

Comment by Luca Vignelli on January 31, 2011 at 21:34

Craig, 

So glad to hear you've got the "get er done" attitude! Today I sent an email requesting a formal estimate for the minimum fifty piece order and the payment details.  Also asked for details on a larger order, if we can swing it. Just sitting here waiting for a response from GEC which I'd expect should come soon. I hope GEC is paying attention to us here, haven't checked the GEC/iKC group members list to see if any of them are personally on here, other than Ken who is one of their distributors and he's on board! Let's work on getting some more members up for this, one at a time.

I'm on it!

Luca

Comment by Luca Vignelli on January 29, 2011 at 16:24

Jan,

Perhaps we can have some made with and some without writing on the shield, as this is not an officialy sanctioned iKC knife, but rather a more personal project I started within the community of iKC. I also wouldn't want to compete with the upcoming official 2011 iKC knife. I have a nagging concern that if any members decided to sell their knives in the future, a knife with an iKC/GEC shield may appeal to a smaller group of potential buyers than one with a plain shield, even though it is a limited run knife.

I welcome your input and will include your request in the estimate request to GEC.

On another note do you think the knives should be serialized or not? I had neglected to think about that in the specs. Thoughts?

 

Comment by Jan Carter on January 29, 2011 at 15:21

Luca,

To distinguish it as an IKC/GEC I would like it if the shield said just that

Comment by Luca Vignelli on January 29, 2011 at 14:32

A special thanks to Jan and Ken, and all of the other GEC group and iKC members who have expressed interest, for supporting my efforts in getting this project started.

Comment by Luca Vignelli on January 29, 2011 at 13:55

OK, we're beginning to build some momentum here, we're now up to 11 interested members. To keep that momentum building now, I will call Chris Tucker at GEC this coming week and have them formally prepare an estimate for the production of a first set of fifty knives with the following specs:

GE Northfield UN-X-LD Sunfish #36 all Steel, two blade polished 1095 Carbon spear point with the UN-X-LD stamped into the main blade and a double pull, with pure black (no lighter inclusions) buffalo horn handles and the "cloud" shaped plain shield.

I'll also ask them to price out a production run of 100 and even 150 knives, so we can see how the price may drop and since some members may want more than one.

While I have GEC on the phone, I will also formalize a payment method that works best for both GEC and our club members so that we can send payment for our knives directly to GEC. I will not consolidate our payments myself nor can I fund the production myself.

I'll keep you all posted and please feel free to contact me with any comments.

Luca

Comment by Alan on January 29, 2011 at 9:52

Luca, You can me in In on any special Sunfish From GEC

Comment by Luca Vignelli on January 29, 2011 at 0:36

This is terrific! We have 9 people so far, 8 here, and one from the ETTC group! And it's only the first full day of this posting. To those of you who have expressed interest in this project, I will not waver until we hit that magic number of 50 orders so that we can work with GEC on making this knife a reality. Tell your friends, spread the word among groups and members.

I just want to make one thing clear here. I will never ask anybody to send me any money, down payment or anything for anything ever. All purchases, once we get the final price from GEC, will be made directly through GEC and I will set that up for us for this knife. What am I getting out of this effort? The knife I want from a company whose work I admire at a price I can afford and some friends to share the experience with.

I'm really excited about this and as soon as we get this first one done, lets talk about a second special knife order!

Best to you all!

Luca

Comment by Richard L Campbell (Dick) on January 28, 2011 at 19:41

You can count me in.

Comment by Jack Crook on January 28, 2011 at 18:26

Ok I'm in ,,,,

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