Drop+EDC

An Update on Blades

Hey everyone, We are excited to announce improved shipping for our blades as well as new developments around upcoming increases in pricing due to government-imposed tariffs. Last year, we made the decision to begin shipping our Drop Studio knives manufactured in China from a China-based warehouse. This was done to leverage the tariff’s personal importation exemption and allowed us to avoid increasing prices. However, as many of you may know, shipping from China has proven difficult, even more so during the ongoing global pandemic. What was a month’s lead time for delivery pre-COVID has stretched to twice that, and in some cases, even longer. Tracking numbers are only valid for a certain amount of time and some orders were taking so long to be delivered that the tracking had expired. These issues have made it clear that shipping from China is no longer a viable option at this time, so we’ve made the decision to begin importing all Drop Studio knives to our US-based warehouse which...

Sep 8, 2020