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Dude, not insulting anyone. You don't like how this knife turned out, then cancel you order. To me that's not the spirit of this knife. Scale color, blade steel, blade grind, knife model, those are all secondary. This is about supporting Blade Forums and the Kershaw sub-Forum. We'll be getting a unique knife that no one else will ever be able to buy once they are all sold. We'll be supporting Spark and Blade Forums and the Kershaw sub-forum. That, to me, is what this is about, not nit-picking over the details of the knife.
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All of them have, and still do, make special runs all the time. Yes, they were advertised as FFG and they are not, to you that might not be a big deal and to others it might, and then there are some in the middle. To some $90 is a lot of $, to others it is not. But if you are inferring that If I order A and pay $189 in my case because I bought 2, and I get B, and I am a nitpicker because I say I am dissapointed, wondering what to do, IMO that is a bit dismissive and slightly insulting, the grind is a major property of a blade. $90 isn't alot for a blade, but it is for a Skyline, SV30 or not. Relatively speaking in the knive steel world SV30 pretty low on the steel totem pole, I have bought several Kershaw SV30 editions, and the cost different was usually only about $10-$15 more (I have a few Blur's for example off of the top of my head that fall in that category).
For me personally FFG blades are what I collect as much as possible, I just love that grind, but in this case, true, it isn't all about the grind, but it was a good chunk of it for me, given 14C28N is darn good steel too, SV30 wasn't much of a factor for me. I AM curious about the new grind that Jim mentioned, hence my question in another post, maybe this Skyline WON'T look like all of my others with blue scales?
As Spark very nobly said (and I mean that sincerely), he took full responsibility, and gave everyone the option to do what they want regarding canceling, etc. No better way to handle the situation IMO, he has done everyone right. And the Kershaw God Jim (777 best blade I believe I have ever seen in my life, engineering, materials, looks, you name it, to ME 777=perfection, and Jim being responsible for that knife makes him a genius in my mind) stepping in as well protecting his own and addressing everyone's questions when he could be working on the design for the next blade of the year is pretty awesome too. So it is all handled, everyone has a decision to make based on why THEY chose to purchase this knife.
So why post to make general insults at the population of BF, and since you posted in this thread, I am assuming targeting people in this thread, because they are disappointing that they ordered A and got B? You have to admit, it is a curve ball, and this is a thread dedicated to talking about this knife. Looking for someone to blame isn't really productive I agree, but Spark was a man and put an end to that. And If Thomas banned himself because people reacting to the curve ball? That surprises me... maybe he is just under a lot of pressure or feels under-appreciated because or ? I dunno, but all in all I don't see this as that big of a deal enough for him to quit BF? Perhaps I missed some posts that were a lot worse than what I have read so far, which were all, dang, that stinks, count me in anyway, and a couple saying they were now on the fence (I am one of those). Maybe some posts were edited or deleted?
To be honest, I am just straight up confused, I started reading backwards to catch up on this thread and expected to find a lot more drama than I did going backwards.
I expect to get banned for even posting my opinion in my thread as it has been made clear that unless I have been a member for years I am a nobody and my thoughts aren't worth a shit, but at this point in what little time is left of my life, I am willing to take that risk, seeing people getting insulted for reacting to what happened to me seems unnecessary vs. saying nothing.
