I just survived a week "down", without an air compressor {machinery will not run without "air"}, and can comment on it being an annoyance, not a disaster..... What a difference having the machine paid off makes........

Right now, I have three machined and heat treated 1566 blades, three 1403 blades, four 1557 blades. I need handles for all of them........

I have three 2104 blades on the floor waiting for heat treat, machining four 1404 blades..............

Material here for the remainder of the 1403 blades. Material on order for the remainder of the 1566's the 1520's and the 1506's.........

Guard stock here for half the blades {the week down meant not getting any of this machined}. Rest of guard stock to be ordered in two weeks........

All handle material here.........

If I can get the handles done, the three 1566s will possible go out in January, if not, then February. The 1557 blades need to be matched up with the guards, and it looks possible for February on these.........

The time without "air", meant that I got the tax work done, and some shop maintenance, as well as some key grinding done...... so time that I would have needed anyways for none "Sale" work, is now done.................

Hi Angus! It's good to hear that things are moving along.

Just a quick question. Are the 1502's from the sale coming along as well? Or was mine the only one? Or did you have one sitting around?

At any rate, I would like to thank you for hosting this sale!

-Cheers!

Thanks for the update and a weeks delay is really not a big deal when it actually means every project being delayed by one week in a simple one to one ratio: The actual situation seems better than that as you seem to have been able to use the time to do stuff that would have taken some time away from making these swords in any case.

Depending on the cause a delay can have a multiplicator effect on a crowded production cue slowing things down more than a week i.e. a week of down time adding up to a much longer delay.

It seems that the 1403 blades are progressing nicely. :cool: Can't help looking forward to getting mine. ;) :lol:

Wow, Gus, you must be very frustrated and I guess that mean's Corey's sword is slowed up as well, which is no doubt what has you the most upset, since you strive so hard to make your customers happy. Which by the way, at some point in the future I am going to jump on the "Gus Trim Customers" bandwagon too :!: I like your swords a lot, you have great prices and I know first hand from this forum the pride that you take in your work!
Which is no doubt the reason that you stay so busy. I am just wondering what the average (ballpark estimate) wait time is from the time of ordering a sword?
I've got to do an Albion acquisition next, but somewhere not too far off, I look forward to doing business with you as well!

You've always had something nice to say whenever you've replied to a post that I have written.

Wishing you a flow of good luck now! :lol:

Bob

Thanks for the update Gus. I'm sure what when the 1566 arrives that it will be well worth the wait.

Thanks for the update Gus. Any update on my 1501? I don't see anybody asking questions on them, so I'm guessing mine is the only one.

Haven't heard any kind of update in a while and was wanting to know if the swords were still on "schedule" or where they are in the production line.

Don't forget the 1506s! They need updates too! :)

That "one more in the scabbard queue" wouldn't happen to be a 1520 headed toward Texas, would it? :D

Any chance that includes any FALCHIONS on their way to Texas? :lol:

Well it been a long long time in coming but I finally have my AT 1403 today.

Here is the story how I finally got it: Since reaching Angus was near impossible and that P.M.(s) here and on another site where never replied to or even read i.e. still marked unread for more than a year I finally reluctantly e-mailed Tinker if he could find out the status of my 1403 .

Tinker got back to me the same day that he had spoken to Gus and that my sword was unfinished but only needed a handle wrap to be finished so he took the project over from Gus about 2 months ago.

I think I can assume that the sword may have been in this almost finished condition for a good long while but finishing it got put off to later for a variety of reasons ....... ( good or bad reasons I don't know, but communication about the project's status was zero ).

Tinker did a good job of taking over the project and doing the handle wrap but I also asked him to make me a disk pommel for it as I had seen other 1403s here on sale that had a disk pommel. I hadn't thought at the time of ordering to request a disk pommel. So now I have the pommel made by Gus, the scent stopper one, and I have the disk pommel made by Tinker.

For those still waiting for their sword you can try asking Tinker to find out the status of your sword and if it's close to being finished like mine you might be able to arrange the same thing with him or at least get some information.

Now Gus has sort of turned uncommunicative curmudgeon on us but he is still a good maker but impossible to deal with as far as customer service is concerned, luckily for him or for anyone wanting his swords, Christian Fletcher is now taking care of any new orders i.e. the new business model. Unfortunately there are some customers remaining from the old business model.

I can give Gus a lot of slack because of the health problem, mild stroke, he had a while back as well as challenges due to the bad economy, but it's still really bad customer service to not at least give updates to his customers ....... :!: :?:

Anyway, I finally got my sword and the above is to give some hope to others who still haven't gotten their sword and my best advice on how to get it or some information about it by communicating with Tinker.
http://tinkerswords.com/

Note: I asked Tinker if it was O.K. for people to contact him before posting this.

If some of you are members on SFI please let them know this information or link this post/topic on the SFI site on their topic on this subject: http://www.swordforum.com/forums/showthread.p...mp;page=11