Well Tedd, after over a year in the works, we scrapped the custom pattern idea. My rep had originally estimated a price with a commitment of a 1000 dz shafts a year that was comparable to their current offering.
But once we finally had everything worked out, they determined that a run of old a 1000 dz would put my cost nearly as high as retail on the current woodgrain GTs so we scrapped the idea all together.
We sell about 5000 dz shafts/arrows a year, but a significant amount of those are blems. The average shop won't get near a 1000 dz in a years time.
The micros probably won't be ready until at least may.
BigJim