Over on the Blade Forum (
www.bladeforum.com), they do knife "passarounds." In essence, a manufacturer or dealer provides, or a group decides to buy, a single knife and it gets passed around according to a sign up list. You get a chance to use the knife for a few days, then you pass it along, in the same condition you received it, to the next person. Each person posts a review with their thoughts and impressions. At the end, the knife is either returned to the owner or is raffled off to participants in the passaround, with the proceeds going back to the person who bought it to offset the costs.
This seems like a great idea -- especially in a smaller group like we have here. It could really be done with any kind of Rohrbaugh accessory, but makes a lot of sense with holsters. We all are curious to try other holsters, are we not? The holster makers here will generally take one back if you don't like it, but thats not always fair or practical. And lets face it -- its hard to tell if you like a holster until you use it.
So -- here is my idea. How about doing some holster passarounds? In talking with Kevin from K&D Holsters, he has offered to start us off with a black Belt Defender (pancake style, adjustable cant belt holster with thumb break) from his line. With a bit of arm twisting, we may get RJ and Ron Graham and Azrael and others to do the same. If there are other we want to try, someone would have to offer to sponsor the passaround.
There is a bit of risk, I suppose. Holsters could disappear, but with just minimal precautions I think it would work alright -- especially among the people here who are known quanities so to speak.
What do you guys think? Who is interested? Am I way off base here?
