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
Recently, Italy has been making some absolutely phenomenal knives, and I frankly think that Massdrop should get in on it. At this last bladeshow, Lionsteel, Viper (technocut) and Mercury have showed their team up and alliance with some really nice looking production pieces by Bob Terzoula and Lucas Burnley, and I feel that now might be a good time for Massdrop to consider this. Lionsteel is well known for producing for others and most of theirs have been really good. \
Also note that they WILL make things reversible.