Status Tags Explained

Karve Shaving Co. is a small business.  Every razor we sell is manufactured entirely in-house, by us, on our own equipment.

In the past, we stockpiled inventory to stay ahead of demand and to allow for quick fulfillment.

Unfortunately, we've recently had to change our production workflow to better target our efforts.  We have more options than ever and costs have been rising, so it is currently impossible for us to maintain those same levels of inventory across our entire product line.

We are working to scale up our production capacity so that we can once again maintain inventory, but it will take time to do so.

As a result, the lead time to ship different items varies and depends largely on the nature of the item and our current order volume.

Please check here for our current order fulfillment lead times.

Each item is categorized as follows:

  READY  

These items are completely finished and are ready to ship. Examples include our brushes or items that are manufactured by other vendors, such as shave soap.

When one of these items becomes sold out, you won’t be able to purchase it until we add more to that same listing.

  WORK REQUIRED  

These items will be placed into our queue when you place your order.

• If we have finished items in our stores, we will draw from our stores to fulfill your order.
• If we have partially-finished items in our stores, we will finish them to fulfill your order.
• If our stores are exhausted, we will manufacture the required items from scratch.

These are items that we regularly manufacture, but we are simply out of them and need time to make more.  We monitor our inventory levels, so there is a very good chance that more are already scheduled for production.  We usually batch similar items together, so please expect some lead time.

Please note, you will be billed at the time of purchase.  This is effectively a pre-order system, so if you don’t want to take part in a pre-order, please do not purchase these items.

  ON DEMAND  

These are items that we regularly manufacture, but we do not maintain any inventory of these items. When you purchase one of these items, it will be placed into our manufacturing queue and will be built from scratch.

Please note, you will be billed at the time of purchase.  This is effectively a pre-order system, so if you don’t want to take part in a pre-order, please do not purchase these items.

  PAUSED  

These are items that we regularly manufacture, but have experienced a disruption. The two reasons for us to use this tag are that we are either busy catching up with our existing orders OR we don’t have the raw materials to make more.

Please note, if you placed an order for an item that becomes tagged with PAUSED, your item is not affected and will still be manfuactured.  If we are unable to make your item, we will refund your item.

If you have any questions or concerns about this system, please do not hesitate to contact us.