Hello everyone,
Thanks to Kent Harrison and Rhett for this old information regarding dealer specials. I have been asked some "follow-up" questions. It appears that what was going to happen and hold true 10 years ago is not always the case. Let me clarify a point.
"BOTH" blade lengths of my "Stanaback Special", i.e. the 4" and the 4 5/8" are "still" available and will continue to be available in stainless steel "only".. When Kent first wrote this story for Blade magazine, I was in the middle of a transition to a carbon steel forging of my special in 4 5/8". That single forging never worked out well enough to justify loosing the very popular 4" stainless steel version, which I would have had to do in order to keep the stainless and carbon longer version. Something had to go...The carbon steel "went". I hope this is clearer than mud.. Best, Capt. Chris Stanaback