I bought two knives from a dealer in Wisconsin.  He is reputable and I have bought from him before. I expect the knives to show up in maybe five days. The tracking show them arriving in Rochester, NY. They sit there for a day are scanned four times and then I am shocked to find they have travelled to Long Island, NY. This is 350 miles east, far beyond where I live. I assume someone didn't load them in the right truck but surely they would be arriving soon as tracking showed they had left the Long Island Post Office. I could not have bbeen more wrong. Imagine my surprise and displeasure to find thy had just landed in Charleston, South Carolina. Charleston is over 800 miles south of me. The package is scanned 4 times before leaving for Rochester, NY. Well now we're getting somewhere. SIX DAYS LATE THE TRACKING SAYS IT IS OUT FOR DELIVERY. The mailman drops my mail but no package. I nearly attack him wanting to know where the hell my $800+ package is. He says "it was too heavy so I left it on the truck." I'll drop it off in 40 minutes on my way back through. over an hour and a half later he does return with my "too heavy" package weighing in at 1 1/2 pounds. When I ask the dealer/seller about this he says oh that is not unusual. I've had packages show up 35 days late!! What the heck is going on? And we are supposed to trust our votes for president of the US to these buffoons? 

Well I got an email from the publisher agreeing to make changes to the contract that are more amenable. Looks like we might have a deal and I am happy about that. Book will probably be ready sometime in the beginning of 2021! This is the one that will have all of the images of my Clandestine knives collectiona nd more than are shown on this website. As things develop i will keep you posted. Fingers crossed. The publisher said that it should be a "splendid book.'