There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
Also I have a thorburn custom and it is absolutely great for the money in terms of fit and finish- and the action is actually the best of any flipper I have held period. Both makers have deals with certain dealers I believe so the dealers are buying them at discounted prices but buying a bunch at the same time. So not sure why not they couldn't do something like that for massdrop.
Also with Jim Skelton, his rockstead shin is still one of his top favorite knives and still has not sold it. Heck he even sold his Frank Fischer battle before the rockstead.