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Re: Z-Wear Shaman lookout thread
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:05 am
by Buddafucco
They are an authorized dealer.
If you asked me which dealer i thought would be last to put it up... I would have picked Wylaco. This could be the last of them.
Re: Z-Wear Shaman lookout thread
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:10 am
by izzoyournizzo
I was able to snag one, thank you so much!!!
Re: Z-Wear Shaman lookout thread
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:22 am
by Buddafucco
izzoyournizzo wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:10 am
I was able to snag one, thank you so much!!!
Congrats! Better late than never! :D
Still shows In Stk...
https://www.wylaco.com/spyderco-c229mpz ... rta-handle
Re: Z-Wear Shaman lookout thread
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:33 am
by Buddafucco
Wylaco... Out of Stk now
Re: Z-Wear Shaman lookout thread
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:35 am
by Bradley
I may have been the last one to buy. Thank you buddafuco! I was hoping to the the ops discount on Spyderco website but really didn’t want to miss this one!
Re: Z-Wear Shaman lookout thread
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:13 pm
by steelcity16
Buddafucco wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:05 am
They are an authorized dealer.
If you asked me which dealer i thought would be last to put it up... I would have picked Wylaco. This could be the last of them.
I've been here a few years and this is the first time I have heard of them! You have some serious google-fu!
Re: Z-Wear Shaman lookout thread
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 4:26 pm
by Gil P.
Perhaps_OCD? wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 5:10 pm
GarageBoy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 4:47 pm
I wonder if Spyderco has reached the point where they can offer only the fancy version of the knife. Like when the shaman came out, most people were indifferent. "How much for g10 and s30V?"
Would non knife geeks be turned off by micarta and cruwear/4v if it was the only version?;
I think black g10 may be more universally accepted than Micarta, but I don't think they care about the steel. Unless they're like my brother, a former knife geek from the 2000's where s30v was the hotness, and they think s30v is the best steel to have. Haha!
I don't know if the regular Shaman is big seller as is though. $210 is a lot for a knife to most non knife geeks, while us knife geeks think s30v in a $210 knife that's made for hard use is retarded. I wouldn't be surprised if the regular shaman is one of the weakest selling Golden knives. This would explain why they twice incorrectly assumed a Shaman sprint wouldn't sell as well as it did.
I also think the Shaman deserves a better steel even if it raises price a bit. Benchmade is far better at selling $200+ knives to non knife geeks than any other company, and they have switched to Cruwear and 3v in their hard use knives. It will probably help, not hurt, sales.
I've seen salesman at the knife counter of sportsman's warehouse pull out a knife steel table for customers who don't know much about steels. Even if most people aren't knife nerds, there are still those who want something "better".
The downside of multiple steels available for one knife is probably higher prices for base steels like S30V. Not that I would know, that's just a guess.
Re: Z-Wear Shaman lookout thread
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 9:30 pm
by Perhaps_OCD?
Gil P. wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 4:26 pm
Perhaps_OCD? wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 5:10 pm
GarageBoy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 4:47 pm
I wonder if Spyderco has reached the point where they can offer only the fancy version of the knife. Like when the shaman came out, most people were indifferent. "How much for g10 and s30V?"
Would non knife geeks be turned off by micarta and cruwear/4v if it was the only version?;
I think black g10 may be more universally accepted than Micarta, but I don't think they care about the steel. Unless they're like my brother, a former knife geek from the 2000's where s30v was the hotness, and they think s30v is the best steel to have. Haha!
I don't know if the regular Shaman is big seller as is though. $210 is a lot for a knife to most non knife geeks, while us knife geeks think s30v in a $210 knife that's made for hard use is retarded. I wouldn't be surprised if the regular shaman is one of the weakest selling Golden knives. This would explain why they twice incorrectly assumed a Shaman sprint wouldn't sell as well as it did.
I also think the Shaman deserves a better steel even if it raises price a bit. Benchmade is far better at selling $200+ knives to non knife geeks than any other company, and they have switched to Cruwear and 3v in their hard use knives. It will probably help, not hurt, sales.
I've seen salesman at the knife counter of sportsman's warehouse pull out a knife steel table for customers who don't know much about steels. Even if most people aren't knife nerds, there are still those who want something "better".
The downside of multiple steels available for one knife is probably higher prices for base steels like S30V. Not that I would know, that's just a guess.
That’s awesome of them! I wish we had places like that here. And yeah, cost increase definitely. It’s already $210 tho, I’d pay another $30. Lol.
Re: Z-Wear Shaman lookout thread
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 9:32 pm
by Perhaps_OCD?
Ha! Looks like I missed another chance. I suck at this sprint thing. LOL! I thought they were done, my mistake.
Re: Z-Wear Shaman lookout thread
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:13 am
by kensei
Re: Z-Wear Shaman lookout thread
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:45 am
by Buddafucco
30 minutes later... still In Stk
Re: Z-Wear Shaman lookout thread
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:51 am
by steelcity16
Buddafucco wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:45 am
30 minutes later... still In Stk
Maybe everyone unsubscribed from this thread? Longest they have been in stock for sure.
Re: Z-Wear Shaman lookout thread
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:58 am
by ABX2011
Ordered one. :)
Re: Z-Wear Shaman lookout thread
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 11:01 am
by Buddafucco
steelcity16 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:51 am
Buddafucco wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:45 am
30 minutes later... still In Stk
Maybe everyone unsubscribed from this thread? Longest they have been in stock for sure.
You are probably correct. I'd like to imagine that eventually somebody will see this and spit their lunch all over their computer screen when they realize it's still there!
Just like ABX probably just did. :D
Re: Z-Wear Shaman lookout thread
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 11:20 am
by swigert
Just missed it! Dang it!
Re: Z-Wear Shaman lookout thread
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 11:28 am
by Zive
The irony of people spamming this thread with complaints about missing out...
Re: Z-Wear Shaman lookout thread
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 12:02 pm
by Eratus
I looked less then 10 minutes after this post, just out of curiosity, and it said “out of stock”.
Re: Z-Wear Shaman lookout thread
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 1:10 pm
by jb19
I was one of those people that had given up hope and just happened to look at my phone when the notification came in. Got one out of sheer luck.
Re: Z-Wear Shaman lookout thread
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 4:23 pm
by Perhaps_OCD?
ARGH!!! I really wish my email notifications for subscribed threads would work. Anyone know what vendors haven't released theirs yet?
Re: Z-Wear Shaman lookout thread
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 4:26 pm
by jb19
Right now it is vendors that are releasing a second batch of the knives. Don't know which ones have released their second set (if they're getting one).