Wicked Edge is turning 8 years old this year! That’s
significant enough on its own, as about 50% of small businesses
close before they've been going for 5 years, but it’s especially important for
us as this year will we be making some major changes.
The first of these is already well underway: The Gen 3
Sharpener. We’re going to be revamping our entire line of sharpeners and the
Gen 3 is the centerpiece of that new line. It has the newest and most advanced
hardware and is the product of a lot of hard work and help from our users.
We’ll also be expanding into sharpeners for the casual knife owner; machines
more for the folks who just want a sharp kitchen knife without all the bells
and whistles of the Gen 3 and Commercial models. These sharpeners will be as
high in quality as our current line-up, just simpler and more affordable. We’ll
be announcing the first of these new models as part of our Kickstarter in June.
We’re also very excited to be moving to a much bigger location
this April. We are currently working out of a suite of offices in Eldorado at
Santa Fe and we are absolutely bursting at the seams. The business has grown so
much that we've chosen to move the whole operation to a 3,836 square foot
warehouse plus over 3,000 square feet in office space. We will have to shut
down shipping for about a week (April 13-17) in order to complete the move, but
once we’re settled we will be able to do business even better than before. Check out some of the pictures we took of the
new space being spruced up.
Third, we will be attending more shows this year. We’ll be
attending the Blade Show in Atlanta and the New York Custom Knife Show as
usual, but we’ll also be returning to the National Restaurant Association Show
this May in Chicago and having our first go the Miami Knife Expo in April.
We’ll have more news on dates and booths numbers as the show dates get closer.
