Work has been underway since January with Great Eastern Cutlery (GEC) and we are close to finalizing our knife specifications. Since specifications are still subject to change until finalized, I can only confirm that this years knife will be a multi-blade knife that hasn't been produced by GEC in over six years, it is not a duplicate of a GEC pattern that AAPK has used in the past and the bone handles that it will be sporting are a first for AAPK (and possibly GEC).
We will be using a pre-order system like last year with a few tweaks. This year, premium subscribers will have 3 weeks to pre-order 1 or 2 knives in a single order, after-which any remaining knives will be available for pre-orders by non-premium members. This "perk" allowed nearly every premium subscriber to get the knives they wanted last year which is why we are repeating and improving the offering this year.
In the next 30-days we will finalize the 2025 AAPK Club Knife with GEC. Shortly thereafter Bryan will send all Premium Subscribers an email to the address recorded in your profile to announces the launch of the 2025 Club Knife pre-order sales along with a link to the AAPK store listing to make your purchase. I will also be making a general announcement in this thread once pre-orders have started as our checkout software will initially only allow sales to a Premium Subscriber.
We are planning to fulfill all pre-orders months ahead of last years schedule, well ahead of the holiday season. Thank you for your support of this important annual club event; I believe everyone will be pleased with this years knife!
Peace
