Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
We are pleased to say we are currently running ahead of schedule for our production time on the Hoo Knives V1 Blackout.
We wanted to take this time to share with you some minor updates we have made to the design to improve it for users and keep the design unquestionably within the boundaries of being a UK friendly EDC.
As many of you will be aware, the British government recently updated Knife Law guidelines on its website.
Where it used to read that the ‘cutting edge must be no longer than 3’ has been amended to say ‘blade less than 3 inches long’ while this can still be interpreted as being the cutting edge of the blade and no changes have been made to the law, to remain on the side of caution and to refrain from any potential near-future issues regarding blade size, the blade size of the Blackout V1 has been marginally updated to be entirely under 3”.
We have had multiple people say they would love a V1 but because they are very cautious about the law they would only carry a blade under 3” in total.
We feel the change will not negatively impact the design with it being so fractional, it will, however, put many’s minds at ease.
In the images shown above is an uncompleted blackout V1 without our logos or an edge on the blade to give you an indication of the current production stage.
After listening to V1 users feedback, the pocket clip on the blackout has also been amended to a more sturdy stainless steel version.
Further to pocket clip changes, we have requested that all the V1s be sent with a paper/plastic stopper under the pocket clip to avoid any potential clip rub on the scales before users get their hands on them, this is, of course, meant to be removed once it arrives with the user.
We look forward to the blackout V1s landing with us and getting them out to our customers.
You can click below to Pre-Order: https://hooknives.com/product/hoo-knives-v1-blackout
Further to our Blackout V1 updates, we know many of you are looking forward to the return of the original plain jane V1, we currently have 50 of these in production due to be completed and sent to us at the same time as the Blackout V1s.
We will not be taking Pre-Orders for these given it’s not a new product in our line but instead, we will be opening orders for them once they land with us.
Along with this, we should be receiving stainless steel pocket clips that will be made available for purchase for those who would like to change the current titanium pocket clip on their first production run V1s.
To keep you fully up to date we plan to continue our updates on the website, social media and via email.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a pre-order, the product will not be sent to you until productions completion and the products land with us for dispatch. We expect the batch of Blackout V1s will be ready for dispatch sometime in March of 2022, however, we are airing on the side of caution and asking customers not to expect their Blackout V1s until April 2022.
If you are interested in pre-ordering you can follow our link by clicking here.
We thank you greatly for your continued support and patience, if you have any questions please feel free to contact us.
Kindest regards,
Hoo Knives.
