I use to order from them from time to time but stopped after I had a hard time dealing with their methods of calculating shipping rates. I order a lot of "stuff" on-line and deal with a lot of companies so I'm used to paying shipping, sometimes it's a little too much, but it's always in the realm of being fair, all things considered.
I was going to order something from Duluth Trading that was quite small & lightweight, but high priced, and since the shipping was based on item cost, rather than size and/or weight, they were going to charge me a shipping rate that was
at least four or five times of what it would have actually cost them to ship, even if you figured in a hefty handing fee. Right around that time I had received an order of 2 or 3,000 rounds of .45 acp ammo where the shipping was less than what Duluth Trading was asking to ship something that weighed just a few ounces..........
Because of this I called & talked to them before placing that order and they explained that it all came out in the wash. My response (polite) was that from now on I'll take my baths elsewhere, and that's exactly what I've done ever since.
This was a little over a year ago, things might have changed since then.
Other than that I've always liked the products that I've ordered from them, so, if you're good on the shipping, I would have no qualms about recommending them to others. If you do order from them you might want to look at the "Japanese Carpenter Knife" that they offer. I gave away a number of these as Christmas Gifts a couple of years ago and, to this day, still get good comments from those who received them. So much so that I wish I would have snagged one for myself.
