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SMKW the End of an Era.

Happy to have received the CHRISTNAS Catalog from SMKW this year. I know many didn't. Sad to say that according to the last page of the catalog this is the LAST Printing since the 1970's. A standard in my knife collection Media are the SMKW Catalogs from many years. Somje of my early Case Classics were purchased from those old catalogs and the 1 Case xx 5165 1/2 pattern, Bull Knife I got for Christmas years ago for less then $65.00 came from those Catalogs. They were great reference materials. It is SAD that everything has changed so much. But I guess things change. This one may be worth a few $$$ in the future. I know the knife on the front cover is advertised for Big $$$ on ebay and is sold out on the web page.

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Comment by Mike Bryant on November 22, 2024 at 13:51: As Paul Harvey used to say" NOW THE REST OF THE STORY". I receivd a text this Am that the Trappers on the front of the last Catalog were back in stock. I ordered 1 to put up with the Catalog. LOL my Heirs will one day curse me for leaving so much junk for them to sort through and get rid of.

Comment by Jan Carter on November 20, 2024 at 18:58: I am sorry to hear about this. I am with Mike...is this for the best?

Comment by Mike Bryant on November 20, 2024 at 17:04: Yes Andy they are changing and I wonder if that is good?

Comment by Mike Bryant on November 20, 2024 at 17:03: I agree with you dead left. I am Old school and yeah i like the printed type media. Years from now unless you join one of those On line places like Shepherd Hills collectors club their won't be any way to research knives.

Comment by Mike Bryant on November 20, 2024 at 16:59: I agree J.J I usually try to get pretty detailed when I do a search. about 80% of the time I have already seen the item I want some place else and I come to SMKW to check availibility and price.

Comment by J.J. Smith III on November 19, 2024 at 14:34: We didn't get one this year.

Haven't got one in many months either.

Í always looked forward to the Christmas and the 11th hour catalogs because they always had a little bit of everything in them.

Now, unless you know pretty much what you want, it's hard to find things on the site.

KnifeMaker Comment by Andy Larrison on November 19, 2024 at 6:03: Oh wow, I guess I missed that. I used to like seeing them come in the mail also, times they are a cha-an-ging.

Featured Comment by dead_left_knife_guy on November 17, 2024 at 20:40: Thanks, Mike, for letting us know about this! Gotta get my hands on one of these catalogs. I have some catalogs from when I started collecting knives back around 2007, and always looked forward to receiving the SMKW catalogs (they had some great sales!). Print is just so expensive, and then postage is expensive on top of it all -- especially when they rely more on online sales.

I understand the problem, but the physical catalogs (like magazines) were just nice to hold, to look at, and to page through -- wondering what will be on the next page, always anticipating something irresistible on the next page, getting the catalog in the mail & wondering what you'll be buying soon... So yeah, I'll miss it, too.