October 2, 2012
Good news – I just spoke with our supplier and the new Base Rods shipped yesterday, so we should have them in another day or two and then we’ll be sending them out.
Great news! I think? This means shipping complete PPII orders (my orders #’s are 10655 and 10728, second one I called to add more stuff when I came looking to see if the serration sharpening solution I have seen you mention was posted yet), or just shipping upgraded components to those with PPI systems?
I debated and researched for months between this (well the PPI) system and the other one (EPA), and honestly not very long into my research I had made up my mind IF COST WERE NO OBJECT. BUT in my case, it definitely is, hence the months of research. I finally ran across this video from someone I know from various forums as someone who knows he is doing comparing the two systems(NOTE: Most of the cons for the WE system the YT poster describes have been addressed with the additional stones and polishing options available and the newer arm system, making the decision for me even MORE of a no brainer):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGo3pKhp6L8)
combined with your (Clay’s) “let’s use a file to destroy this knife and fix it again” video with an excellent edge in like less than a minute (NO WAY you could do that on an EPA, that thing takes too long and too hard to get consistent blade placement from one sharpening to the next making things worse, AND you have to tape the blades too since it is wet), I decided there was only way way I could go and not regret it, additional cost or not. I have never regretted buying the best (once I have toiled to pay it off :)), but have many times regretted making compromises, ending up going back and buying what I should have bought to begin with :). So I called to order the PPI in early Aug, and I added a bunch of additional stuff (courser and finer stones, granite base upgrade, pretty much everything on the site except the japanese wet stones :D), when they told me about the WEP PPII coming out with the upgraded base system with more adjustments, etc. AND that it included more than half that I was ordering as extra with the PPI, so the PPII it was! It was perfect timing, placed the order, been anxiously waiting ever since…
Anyway, I am curious what the ETA’s are for August orders of the whole system, as I have just been buying new blades to EDC and throwing the dull ones in a box to sharpen when my PPII and extra stuff gets here. At least that is how I am rationalizing my purchasing addiction :). Plus, hunting season is coming up…
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