Dartmoor survival;Blade unground

[john wings]

check his items if you like the dartmoor survival knife.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/UNFINISHED-UNG...742.m153.l1262

[Andy]

I've talked with him in the past

I feel that the prices are rather high

[wanderingblade]

No bevels / edge but already hardened?
Sounds like alot of work.

[Andy]

My uncle doesn't think they are fully hardened

I'll donate one to a maker

[john wings]

Ive never noticed these for sale;i may be wrong;an idea formed,that he may be selling,now,and so with less profit,if he were to sell in say,five years from now,due to forewarned,economic downfall!remember the full dartmoor survival knife,and kit,was selling for £160 on heinnies,just a few years ago.
doesnt this sound like a skit,from bremner,BirdAnd Fortune

[Andy]

I'm not sure I follow

you could buy the Dartmoor knife under a different brand for less money after WS packed up
Fernite had around 2000 of these left which were bought by a company who made a run of 1500 compleet knives. I'm guessing what he has is random left overs found along the way. Such things happen when so much of the production was outsorced.

around 5000 of these blanks got to the stage this one is in

[Andy]

I've just picked up the following email

Your ‘guess’ on British Blades is incorrect. I do not have ‘random left overs’. As I have stated in my eBay Shop pages, I have the job lot of Dartmoor components, which was auctioned by Wilkinson Sword Sword Division, on closure. I would be grateful if you would not spread false rumours in a public forum about my business.

[wanderingblade]

I've just picked up the following email

What is the difference between "random left overs found along the way" and an auction lot of leftover production bits?

What exactly did 'Sterling Supplies' think you were insinuating?

[mikesknives]

probably didn't like the insinuation his prices are too high

[mikesknives]

bits bought at the WS closing auction!!!! Sound like random left overs to me.

[Andy]

I merely felt that since someone was uphappy with my post I should let you know that the seller disagrees with my guess about what happened. I don't think i should make any guesses about whathe thought I was implying.

I hope that nobody thought that I was implyng that the compnants being sold were obtained by any means other than legitimate transactions with people or companies who had the right to sell them.

[TARGETZERO]

I merely felt that since someone was uphappy with my post I should let you know that the seller disagrees with my guess about what happened. I don't think i should make any guesses about whathe thought I was implying.

I hope that nobody thought that I was implyng that the compnants being sold were obtained by any means other than legitimate transactions with people or companies who had the right to sell them.

i read it ,the way it was wrote mate.some people are so touchey