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Post by chuckinohio on Feb 3, 2011 19:53:29 GMT
Perhaps just a simple scabbard like Kris Cutlery offers.
It works as a blade cover for transport, if they want fancy they go to Christian or DBK.
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Post by ChrisA on Feb 3, 2011 19:59:25 GMT
Problem is even simple scabbards take time to make and expecting one for under $100 and still turn a reasonable profit is something I think would be very hard to impossible to do. Hopefully you guys can prove that wrong  For me, one of the main attractions of the DYO Atrims was the custom grips. So I am also hoping you guys can come up with something along those lines. |
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Post by Sean (Shadowhowler) on Feb 3, 2011 20:16:30 GMT
^ this for me as well. Christian was offering so many different grip options, they really made the sword. Brian of DBK used to do grips... and they were great... but he doesn't do it anymore. Sonny's CSS does it.. but not as many different options as CF was offering... and CF does the best custom grips I have ever held... so it is a bit of a bummer.
Those are big shoes to fill... I dunno if Tom is going to want to mess with that.
The main theme for his Tried and True armory seems to be performance and utility and great price... the munitions grade and mercenary grade lines reflect this... he is seeming to be looking for the most affordable way to get the quality and performance of an Atrim into the hands of people who might not be able to afford the top of the line stuff. Thus... not doing fancy grips falls in line with that mode of thinking.
So... that sort of thing might not be a direction he wants to go in... and it is a shame that option wont be available from CF for those who want it anymore.
DIY'ers can have a blast with these new swords tho.
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Post by TomK on Feb 3, 2011 20:30:39 GMT
Sean is right, BUT I think I have an ace up my sleeve. no promises yet but I am working hard for this. The Build Your Own project is all about getting people a finished sword they won't want or need to fool with to be the perfect sword for them. it will be a new direction for us, but we are going to take a swing at it. I ask that you all be patient while we get set up. maybe we'll hit a home run with this, mabe just a single, but you know what? hit enough singles and you still win the game. we want a homer but if we get a single we're gonna run with it and see if we can stretch it into a double. is that enough baseball analagy for one post? hang with us guys, we aren't done pulling out tricks yet.
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Post by chrisperoni on Feb 3, 2011 21:07:43 GMT
Personally I think Tom's really taking it to the hoop with this, and he's really going the whole nine yards to give us a hat trick of price, quality and performance.
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Post by Tendrax on Feb 4, 2011 2:04:44 GMT
*groan*
Anyway, I too am a little sad to see the CF grips go the wayside with the BYO atrim, but I'm also very happy for the mercenary line, and the split pay options. Those two thing will see me with an atrim sword in my hand. And likely faster then it would have been. Damn minimum wage jobs. Lol.
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Post by TomK on Feb 4, 2011 3:44:03 GMT
we will have a decent grip, it is just going to take a little bit of time to get things set up. it won't be too long though and I don't think you'll be sad when you see what we have.
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Post by chuckinohio on Feb 4, 2011 3:46:54 GMT
Tom, you already have a decent grip, I cant wait to see what you come up with for the swords though.
I think that everyone realizes it will take a bit to get things switched over, set up, and running at full steam again.
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Post by TomK on Feb 4, 2011 3:51:37 GMT
I'm a Coasty, I'm good at sudden dramatic change.
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Post by Kilted Cossack on Feb 4, 2011 3:59:51 GMT
Well I think this is just awesome. I am thrilled to be in the sword game right now, when so much is going on that is new and good. Everything I have said in the past in praise of Sonny Suttles also applies to you guys, TomK and Hiroshi. Using your passion and specialised knowledge to set up something new and different. My dad used to say "Everything starts with an idea, and everything better starts with a better idea."
I will be placing an order in the next 60 days.
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Post by TomK on Feb 4, 2011 4:02:42 GMT
thank you KC, both for your praise and your promise. they both mean a lot to us.
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Post by Sean (Shadowhowler) on Feb 4, 2011 5:42:44 GMT
You wish ya Puddle Pirate! :lol:
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Post by TomK on Feb 4, 2011 5:49:31 GMT
the real Coast Guard Motto:
We have done so much with so little for so long we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.
how else do we do 5 times the work of the Navy with a tenth of the people and a 20th the budget?
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Post by Sean (Shadowhowler) on Feb 4, 2011 6:14:09 GMT
I dunno... but I'm gonna take a wild guess and say... blatant lies? :lol: C'mon... your just sad your not a rescue swimmer like Costner and Kotcher. 
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Post by Hiroshi on Feb 4, 2011 6:51:24 GMT
Now them's dangerous words. You know Tom is a Chef Electrician. You don't know what he is capable of... He could rig your toilet seat to the power lines! Now that would be an electrifying experience! :twisted:
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Post by Sean (Shadowhowler) on Feb 4, 2011 8:46:55 GMT
I'll have to have my buddy Toby, also a Chief Electrician, insulate my crapper. 
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Post by TomK on Feb 4, 2011 14:21:17 GMT
I'd never do something to dirty and underhanded as juice your john. I'd just slip a capacitor into the hilt of your next sword so every time you touched the steel you'd get punched. well, ok it'd only happen once, but I could make it a good one. :lol:
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Post by Hiroshi on Feb 4, 2011 18:16:59 GMT
Haha, my uncle who was a fleet mechanic has a capacitor from a big AC unit, nothing funnier then when someone walks into the room and he yells catch, of course they always try to catch it :twisted:
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Post by Sean (Shadowhowler) on Feb 4, 2011 18:32:05 GMT
That's cold! If I tried that on some of the construction sites I used to work, I'd get my ass kicked big some big hairy burly men...
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Post by JohnnyC on Feb 21, 2011 18:54:19 GMT
Best wishes to all of you involved in this new adventure! i know i am getting this news a bit late but i still wanted to wish you the best. Tom, do you have plans for a showroom by chance? i live in washington and i am guessing you are on the oregon coast. would be pretty easy to talk the wife and kids into going to the oregon coast again, its just beautiful there. and now i have 1 more reason to go!
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