OK, the winning number for the Talonite Mini Son of PryThing is:
#127 lance101010
An email has been sent.
Thanks so much folks, more goodies soon. BTW, I have to say that I was astounded to see 275 people express interest in this and enter for a chance to buy this piece. Amazing and humbling. :)
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Talonite Mini Son of PryThing Lottery
Alright, here's something really nice. A one of a kind talonite Mini Son of PryThing with my Chainlink patterning and royal purple cord wrap. Comes with a sheath and bead chain of course. Talonite is a special cobalt and chromium alloy that is completely rust proof and marine friendly. It also has special characteristics that make it able to keep on cutting even when the edge does not feel razor sharp. Neat stuff.
The price for this piece will be $225 plus $10 shipping for US customers, $26 shipping via Express Mail for international customers.
This lottery will run until 11PM EDT today, Tuesday October 7th.
List of Entrants: List
Lottery Rules
Going Forward
A few weeks ago it became apparent that my traffic was out of control on my site so I decided to announce releases via the blog so people could hammer on blogger instead of atwoodknives.com. Also, that way they could set up the notification methods associated with blogs and stop running robots and quit with the obsessive page refreshing.
Now some people are thinking that everything will be released via the lottery system. While that remains to be seen I was envisioning this primarily as a fair method of releasing small batches and one of a kind pieces, not batches of fifty or a hundred.
Right now I'm sticking with my previous game plan and I will be releasing larger batches via blogger with a link to a page on my site. Right now I am in between large batches and unless I get to work on the next one this week I expect it's going to be at least two weeks or more before we see the next major release.
In the past, there would be no activity whatsoever while I was grinding the next batch. I figure that with the lottery method at least there will be a trickle of stuff coming out on a more or less daily basis. And it will be more of the fun stuff that I have not been able to figure out how to post without getting fifty emails for one object and then having to decide who gets it. This way it is fair rather than subjective. Only those that actually want the item up for consideration will sign up for it so I think it makes a lot of sense.
Now some people are thinking that everything will be released via the lottery system. While that remains to be seen I was envisioning this primarily as a fair method of releasing small batches and one of a kind pieces, not batches of fifty or a hundred.
Right now I'm sticking with my previous game plan and I will be releasing larger batches via blogger with a link to a page on my site. Right now I am in between large batches and unless I get to work on the next one this week I expect it's going to be at least two weeks or more before we see the next major release.
In the past, there would be no activity whatsoever while I was grinding the next batch. I figure that with the lottery method at least there will be a trickle of stuff coming out on a more or less daily basis. And it will be more of the fun stuff that I have not been able to figure out how to post without getting fifty emails for one object and then having to decide who gets it. This way it is fair rather than subjective. Only those that actually want the item up for consideration will sign up for it so I think it makes a lot of sense.
Monday, October 06, 2008
RingThing Lottery Numbers...
Winning numbers as chosen by software from Randomizer.org for the RingThing Lottery are:
3
12
15
46
48
59
A big Thank You to everyone who signed up. I will be having a bunch more of these offerings in the next few weeks as I finish small batches and one off pieces so please come back and check in again.
3
12
15
46
48
59
A big Thank You to everyone who signed up. I will be having a bunch more of these offerings in the next few weeks as I finish small batches and one off pieces so please come back and check in again.
Lottery for Six RingThings
Hi folks! Got six more RingThings done this morning and I thought I'd put them up for your consideration. I have already done two or three regular releases of these little tool knives in the past few weeks. I figure this is a good way to let some other folks who did not get a chance to get in on those earlier sales to have a shot at getting one. I'll have another dozen or so RingThings coming up in a few weeks too, once I get more sheaths done.
These run $145 each plus $8 shipping via Priority Mail for US customers and $26 shipping via Global Express Mail for international customers.
RingThing Lottery ended at 9PM EDT Monday October 6th. Winners will be announced shortly, thank you EVERYONE who entered, I appreciate it. :)
List of Lottery Entrants: List
These run $145 each plus $8 shipping via Priority Mail for US customers and $26 shipping via Global Express Mail for international customers.
RingThing Lottery ended at 9PM EDT Monday October 6th. Winners will be announced shortly, thank you EVERYONE who entered, I appreciate it. :)
List of Lottery Entrants: List
Saturday, October 04, 2008
Atwrench Winners Are:
Alright, no duplicates this time, 138 entries, wow. You guys must like my stuff is all I can say. :D
BTW, I reviewed the post and went back to my site to check on the price. I had it wrong, the Atwrenches with the tiki grinds and glow dots with no v notch are listed at $70 plus shipping on my site and that's what we'll go with here.
Lucky numbers are:
4
14
17
78
88
138
Thanks very much guys! :) I'll send emails out in a little bit.
BTW, I reviewed the post and went back to my site to check on the price. I had it wrong, the Atwrenches with the tiki grinds and glow dots with no v notch are listed at $70 plus shipping on my site and that's what we'll go with here.
Lucky numbers are:
4
14
17
78
88
138
Thanks very much guys! :) I'll send emails out in a little bit.
How About an Atwrench Lottery?
Alright, the titanium Prybaby Lottery was fun but there was only one of them available and thus one winner. How about we juice this up a little and try a multiple item approach? :)
I have six S30v steel Atwrenches with stonewashed finish. These are the ones with the tiki grinds but no V notches. All six have glow dots. Now, two of them have glow dots as shown in the picture and on the other four the glow dots are on the tips and the name stamp is in the middle, in other words, reversed from what is in the picture. I could have posted these separately but I figured they are close enough to the same that I could batch them together and hopefully no one complains.
The Atwrenches will be $75 plus $6 shipping in the US or $12 shipping international...also please add 5% sales tax if there any Massachusetts winners.
Lottery is closed!
Lottery will run until 9PM EDT tonight, Saturday, October 4th.
Lottery Entry List
I have six S30v steel Atwrenches with stonewashed finish. These are the ones with the tiki grinds but no V notches. All six have glow dots. Now, two of them have glow dots as shown in the picture and on the other four the glow dots are on the tips and the name stamp is in the middle, in other words, reversed from what is in the picture. I could have posted these separately but I figured they are close enough to the same that I could batch them together and hopefully no one complains.
The Atwrenches will be $75 plus $6 shipping in the US or $12 shipping international...also please add 5% sales tax if there any Massachusetts winners.
Lottery is closed!
Lottery will run until 9PM EDT tonight, Saturday, October 4th.
Lottery Entry List
Winner Is....
I think in the future drawings I will email the winner first before posting results. That way if I don't hear back from them within the 24 hours I can pick the next winning number. But in this case since everyone is dying to know I will post it now.
Also, want everyone to know, there were two duplicates, one guy double tapped to fix his misspelled email address and one other guy entered twice despite being told not to. I discarded each duplicate entry. Will have to think about whether those who intentionally appear to be gaming the system will be removed completely or not...
Anyway, the winner, drawn at random is: #50, barrettorama! An email has been sent...
This has been a lot of fun. Thank you folks for participating and I will be putting up another round for a different item later today.
Also, want everyone to know, there were two duplicates, one guy double tapped to fix his misspelled email address and one other guy entered twice despite being told not to. I discarded each duplicate entry. Will have to think about whether those who intentionally appear to be gaming the system will be removed completely or not...
Anyway, the winner, drawn at random is: #50, barrettorama! An email has been sent...
This has been a lot of fun. Thank you folks for participating and I will be putting up another round for a different item later today.
Friday, October 03, 2008
Feeling Lucky? Lottery Test...
I got a few emails and comments about the latest releases and as usual I am not able to make everyone happy. Many of you understand that it is impossible to keep everyone happy and I do try hard to get things into as many different people's hands as I can. But there sometimes are lingering questions of fairness and I'm always looking for ways to even the playing field.
OK, I had been thinking of this for about a year but wasn't sure how to go about it. Jenny kindly helped me think it through and wrote some software to do it and I am immensely grateful for her help. Folks, we had literally hours of heated arguments over this and how to best do it. I'm not claiming it is perfect but I think it's worth a try for one of a kind or very short run items.
Here's how it would work:
I would post an item with description, picture and the price on the blog for your consideration. If you are interested, you can sign up and enter your name into the drawing for the chance to purchase the item. It could be one thing at a time or it could be several of the same items at once.
You'd be able to see your number and a screen name displayed publicly but your real name, address and email address would remain invisible and would never be shared.
The winner or winners would be picked via an online random number generator service (randomizer.org) and I can post the winners on the blog. Winners would then be sent an email with link to a special purchase page on my site. Winners would have 24 hours to respond to my email and if I don't hear back before then, I would draw a new number.
Only one entry per person and duplicates will be discarded. Shipping address on lottery entry MUST match the actual shipping address if a purchase is made.
Here's the first time test item. An old school titanium Prybaby. This is a full sized Prybaby that has been cut down to make a shorty out of it. It's bead blasted, has a subtle pattern on it and is anodized in the UV color. Price is $75 plus shipping. Shipping runs $6 for US and $12 worldwide.
Lottery is now closed. Will post the winner very soon...still waiting for Jenny to wake up. ;)
This will be closed to entries at 9AM EDT Saturday October 4th. Winner will be notified shortly after that.
List of entries so far: Lottery List
OK, I had been thinking of this for about a year but wasn't sure how to go about it. Jenny kindly helped me think it through and wrote some software to do it and I am immensely grateful for her help. Folks, we had literally hours of heated arguments over this and how to best do it. I'm not claiming it is perfect but I think it's worth a try for one of a kind or very short run items.
Here's how it would work:
I would post an item with description, picture and the price on the blog for your consideration. If you are interested, you can sign up and enter your name into the drawing for the chance to purchase the item. It could be one thing at a time or it could be several of the same items at once.
You'd be able to see your number and a screen name displayed publicly but your real name, address and email address would remain invisible and would never be shared.
The winner or winners would be picked via an online random number generator service (randomizer.org) and I can post the winners on the blog. Winners would then be sent an email with link to a special purchase page on my site. Winners would have 24 hours to respond to my email and if I don't hear back before then, I would draw a new number.
Only one entry per person and duplicates will be discarded. Shipping address on lottery entry MUST match the actual shipping address if a purchase is made.
Here's the first time test item. An old school titanium Prybaby. This is a full sized Prybaby that has been cut down to make a shorty out of it. It's bead blasted, has a subtle pattern on it and is anodized in the UV color. Price is $75 plus shipping. Shipping runs $6 for US and $12 worldwide.
Lottery is now closed. Will post the winner very soon...still waiting for Jenny to wake up. ;)
This will be closed to entries at 9AM EDT Saturday October 4th. Winner will be notified shortly after that.
List of entries so far: Lottery List
Full Size SOPThings
All gone guys, thank you!
Stonewashed finish, a couple with black cord, rest with steel blue cord.
Not enough available to make a sales page.
I'm sorry to say that Mini Son of PryThings will not be available next week after all. Upon further inspection in better light this morning I decided to redo them all yet again and add them to the growing batch to be sent for DLC. Pissed me off as I had already cord wrapped some of them but these remaining ones just didn't look good enough to me to release.
The problem with the MSOPTHings and the Boogers is that they are so small and light that when they are in the tumblers, they tend to "float" to the top rather than sink lower in the bowl of ceramic media. As a result they may not get the necessary crushing force of tons of stone on top of them which is what gives you the wearing, deburring and "stonewashed" effect. So many of them looked a little underdone compared to pieces with more mass such as a Prybaby.
Stonewashed finish, a couple with black cord, rest with steel blue cord.
Not enough available to make a sales page.
I'm sorry to say that Mini Son of PryThings will not be available next week after all. Upon further inspection in better light this morning I decided to redo them all yet again and add them to the growing batch to be sent for DLC. Pissed me off as I had already cord wrapped some of them but these remaining ones just didn't look good enough to me to release.
The problem with the MSOPTHings and the Boogers is that they are so small and light that when they are in the tumblers, they tend to "float" to the top rather than sink lower in the bowl of ceramic media. As a result they may not get the necessary crushing force of tons of stone on top of them which is what gives you the wearing, deburring and "stonewashed" effect. So many of them looked a little underdone compared to pieces with more mass such as a Prybaby.
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Boogers, SOPThings, etc.
I'm getting a lot of email inquiries and wanted to give an update.
I wasn't happy with the finish on a lot of the plain Boogers even after retumbling so they have had additional handwork done to them and rather than retumbling yet again I decided to send them all out for DLC.
So, all the plain Boogers that remain have been redone and blasted and are waiting to go to the DLC plater with the next batch. There are only about 20 of them in all guys...I do not know just when I'll send them out as I am still gathering pieces so that I have a reasonable number of parts to make a full load.
The first batch of DLC'd parts may be coming back as early as next week. A lot of the batch is knives so they will be released in a trickle rather than a torrent.
SOPTHings are very close, probably have them done tomorrow. Plain MSOPTHings will probably be released early next week. There aren't a lot of each.
I'm going to be doing a bunch of grinding next week and getting some batches started. I have the new mini CC knives to do, the G3 Prybabies with screwdriver tips in both American and Metric versions and also the new fixed blade knives. Will take several days and I suspect I'll divide them up into 2-3 batches. Once the batches are ground they will be sent out for heat treat and tumbling which takes about 2 weeks to get done. So we are looking at late October for those items.
I wasn't happy with the finish on a lot of the plain Boogers even after retumbling so they have had additional handwork done to them and rather than retumbling yet again I decided to send them all out for DLC.
So, all the plain Boogers that remain have been redone and blasted and are waiting to go to the DLC plater with the next batch. There are only about 20 of them in all guys...I do not know just when I'll send them out as I am still gathering pieces so that I have a reasonable number of parts to make a full load.
The first batch of DLC'd parts may be coming back as early as next week. A lot of the batch is knives so they will be released in a trickle rather than a torrent.
SOPTHings are very close, probably have them done tomorrow. Plain MSOPTHings will probably be released early next week. There aren't a lot of each.
I'm going to be doing a bunch of grinding next week and getting some batches started. I have the new mini CC knives to do, the G3 Prybabies with screwdriver tips in both American and Metric versions and also the new fixed blade knives. Will take several days and I suspect I'll divide them up into 2-3 batches. Once the batches are ground they will be sent out for heat treat and tumbling which takes about 2 weeks to get done. So we are looking at late October for those items.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Ti Whistles
I have a handful of titanium whistles left over from last year's batch which I finally have completed. There are a few plain satin and some blue anodized ones for $100 shipped. I also have a couple of tropical anodized ones for $115 shipped.
Whistles are all gone guys! I'm still sorting through the emails but I have about 50 emails and only 15 whistles so these are definitely all spoken for. Thanks.
Whistles are all gone guys! I'm still sorting through the emails but I have about 50 emails and only 15 whistles so these are definitely all spoken for. Thanks.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Atwood Knife and Tool Museum
This is still a work in progress but I thought that having a separate site devoted exclusively to pictures might be a nice idea. This way I can post older stuff that is no longer available, stuff from the past, one of a kind things, items from my own collection, customer's pictures, etc.
Atwood Knife & Tool Museum
Atwood Knife & Tool Museum
Friday, September 19, 2008
Taking the Weekend Off
I know, it's a novel idea but I think I'm not going to do a darned thing this weekend except drink beer, watch football and have some good food. :)
See you all on Monday and I swear I WILL be getting more sheaths done next week for the few wharncliffe Boogers that I have finished and for the 1 dozen SOPTHings. I have a few more RingThings coming as well. Also a handful of MSOPTHings will be coming in about two weeks but they haven't even been cord wrapped yet so they are further out.
See you all on Monday and I swear I WILL be getting more sheaths done next week for the few wharncliffe Boogers that I have finished and for the 1 dozen SOPTHings. I have a few more RingThings coming as well. Also a handful of MSOPTHings will be coming in about two weeks but they haven't even been cord wrapped yet so they are further out.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Some G2 Gasbabies Available
I have a few of these available in a stonewashed finish, not the bead blasted as shown in the pic:
Sold out for now...
Sold out for now...
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
More RingThings
Got a second wave of these done today. :)
Sold Out! Thanks folks. Will be working on a few more soon and also some other edged stuff in the next day or two.
http://www.atwoodknives.com/home/22159735.php
Sold Out! Thanks folks. Will be working on a few more soon and also some other edged stuff in the next day or two.
http://www.atwoodknives.com/home/22159735.php
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
RingThings!
These are similar to the SharkTooth knife that I did this past spring. Also closely related to the RingLeader tool. The full specs are in the description on my site, link is below:
First wave is SOLD OUT. Thanks very much folks and all will be shipping tomorrow. BTW, I'd be interested to hear in the comments section on this thread or by email from anyone who did not receive a shipping confirmation from Paypal when I created the shipping label. It seems sometimes they don't send a confirmation out but they are supposed to...
First wave is SOLD OUT. Thanks very much folks and all will be shipping tomorrow. BTW, I'd be interested to hear in the comments section on this thread or by email from anyone who did not receive a shipping confirmation from Paypal when I created the shipping label. It seems sometimes they don't send a confirmation out but they are supposed to...
Sunday, September 14, 2008
How New Releases Will Be Done
I will be posting new releases in brand new threads on this blog each and every time.
So let's say I do a release of an item such as the batch of Son of PryThings below. Once they are sold out I will take away the link and that will be the end of it. If I have more SOPTHings or when I have the next release of the next item ready to go I will make a brand new announcement each time. Hope that makes it clear for everyone...I think it is the easiest and clearest way to go about it.
So let's say I do a release of an item such as the batch of Son of PryThings below. Once they are sold out I will take away the link and that will be the end of it. If I have more SOPTHings or when I have the next release of the next item ready to go I will make a brand new announcement each time. Hope that makes it clear for everyone...I think it is the easiest and clearest way to go about it.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
How to Sign up for RSS Feed?
I'm not a big blog watcher so I don't know all the ins and outs of it doing the RSS feed (RSS feeds send you an alert when a blog has been updated). However, I'm sure someone will pipe up in the comments on this thread and give some specifics. Or you can Google the question and find out easily I'm sure... I do know that if you go down the right hand column of this page it will show you a button that says "Syndicate" and that's one way to get to the sign up options.
Son of PryThings
Full sized Son of PryThings with kydex sheath and mini teklok. This is a small release. Will have more in the coming weeks and also many more knives so no worries if you miss this batch.
SOLD OUT! Thanks very much folks, I really appreciate it! And I appreciate you bearing with me while I get this new system figured out. It worked very smoothly indeed and it's an easy way to get the word out to everyone fairly and at the same time.
SOLD OUT! Thanks very much folks, I really appreciate it! And I appreciate you bearing with me while I get this new system figured out. It worked very smoothly indeed and it's an easy way to get the word out to everyone fairly and at the same time.
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