First, a dozen more knives arrived, and have been taken out for engraving. Second, the Motorola radios are here! Here's a shot of them after I cut them loose from that plastic anti-theft packaging. I put batteries in long enough to make sure they powered up properly. I also used the electric engraver to mark a smal "HH" below the PTT button, to tell ours apart.
The radios will be mailed tomorrow. While at the post office, I'll try to collect on the 24 knives I sent to Steve's platoon on Dec 3, and never heard from again. It was sent insured, and I have all the paperwork, but the post office is notorious for not paying claims. We have $400 tied up in this, folks, so your prayers are really appreciated.
Third, I got a thank-you card from a GI in Iraq for one of our knives. I got his name from a friend, and sent him a knife. I'm sure he'll appreciate other tokens of appreciation as we put together care packages.
Finally, once the sample EMT shears arrive, we'll have to decide if we want to "branch out" into this line of merchandise.
Like I said, it's going to be a bit busy around the Hobbit Hole supply depot for a while.
