I'll probably get my head in my hands here but here goes
I was lucky enough to get on the list this time so I may be being easy on Wolfman because of it so bare with me. From reading what has happened to other companies with similar products who have gone down the route of outsourcing to satisfy demand for such a specific product it doesn't seem to have ended well or quickly for them. This disappoints everybody again, something that if we are being honest no manufacturer wants to do.
I do believe the guy is just trying to find a way to please everyone but it's just not possible to do it with the rabid irrational way we get with these products in this game and I include myself in that.
Trust me I've had the issues in the past with the various Razorock "limited edition prototype" offerings , the Paladins etc that I couldn't get despite me willing to throw money at them and them more than willing to take it. This is not to criticise but It doesn't help guys who are trying to buy their first Wolfman, Wolf Whiskers etc that because of our nature they are having to compete with guys who have already got examples of the product but are so impressed and want to buy again.
I certainly wouldn't want people to go down the pitiful road Mongoose went down with QC and basic manners going out the window in trying to satisfy demand.
With Mongoose in the beginning the wait was long but you were certain to get one and people weren't happy then they outsourced or changed machinists and the products were more available but of decidedly a lesser quality and in my experience it told on their attitudes to customers who weren't happy with the product (me being one of them). Razorock was a well designed and superbly marketed farce but if you were lucky and took a day off work to press F5 on your keyboard the wait wasn't long and people weren't happy.
People weren't happy with Wolfman taking a huge order list and sitting on it until it was completed and now people aren't happy that he is taking a smaller list with the intention of getting through it quicker and opening up the list again as well as making an effort to have stock products available monthly as well. It sounds like he is waiting to get the right guy whom he knows the standard of his work to help him in the machine shop I assume so the quality does not drop while ramping up production.
The bottom line is we love buying from guys like Cadman , Brad Sears , Wolfman etc because we know these items are a labor of love to a certain extent and the quality is undoubtedly high but paradoxically that is why they can be difficult to get our hands on because they are hand made and take time to produce. They are not Merkurs that can be churned out 24 hours a day and of a far lesser quality in finish but granted do the same job , but that's the point they for the most part don't give the same level of satisfaction a ATT , Wolfman or the Timeless razors will. I appreciate ATT put a fantastic product out and are always available and I have 2 of my own but from anyone who owns a Wolfman the consensus is the final product is just better as a luxury item.
None of these methods of "quantitative easing" on the manufacturers parts are going to please all of us all the time and I can certainly understand why people who got on to the first 40 initially and subsequently didn't get into the final draw of 40 will be pissed off and will probably swear off Wolfman in future and I've no idea why James went down the lottery route at the final stage. Maybe the way this Waitlist webpage works is not necessarily apportioning you a number that is relevant to when you joined the list since it was already double subscribed in less than 2 seconds and we are dealing in such a small time frame and he felt it would be fairer to do it at random once the list was closed, I've no idea.
