Here's some bad news on five finger bags.

[shilala]

I managed to get in touch with the gentleman that drop-ships five finger bags for Gargoyle and found out what's up.
Gargoyle isn't out of business.
Though he had no idea their website was down and that their phone numbers no longer work, he assured me that they're changing the way they do things, still exist, and are phasing out cigar paraphenalia.
So far as five finger bags go, they're not going to happen. There are gazillions of three finger bags sitting in the warehouse and they absolutely have to be moved out or there will never be any more five finger bags.
That's for sure.

As the conversation happened I got the distinct impression that there just will never be any more finger bags, period (once the three fingers are gone).
This is just one of a bunch of products the parent company offers, it's a very low profit item, and although they're important to us and we love them, their importance to the manufacturer and distributor is near zero.

I also found that they are patented. As such, manufacture is protected to the extent of the patent. That doesn't mean that someone can't make five fingered resealable bags, it just means that no one can make them the way they're made, kinda.
Long story short is that I've talked to a few poly bag makers and so far they can only make two finger bags.

The point of sharing this story is that I've been waiting for months on five finger bags to become available again. I know lots of you guys are waiting, too. I've decided I'm not waiting anymore because it looks like I'm waiting for something that's not going to happen at least in the next year and it's highly likely that they'll never be available again.

I'm going to continue to try to get them made if at all possible, but that looks less likely with each conversation I have.
I know how to make them, but they'd take lots of hand time and cost a lot, so although I could make them for myself, making them for others is highly unlikely.
It may be a good idea to get some three fingers while you can. I had a bunch but I just cleared them out in the WTS forum. I'm not sure if I can score any more, either.
Sorry, guys. I thought some of you might like to know this stuff.