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I agree. The best things come to those who wait.
Not quite sure this is apropos considering the thread...
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I agree. The best things come to those who wait.
I agree with the general sentiment of this post, and at least when it comes to the part in bold, think that Darrel would agree too. Darrel himself has been making custom knives for decades, but HTM is still a relatively young company. And Darrel and the rest of the people involved in shaping what HTM is -- not just the folks making your knives and responding to your calls/emails, but also those "behind the scenes" on the business/managing side of things -- are still working to find the right niche for HTM in terms of number of knives made, models, degree of customization offered, and so forth. Moreover, Darrel is aware of the issues that come when outside factors -- such as pressure to produce greater quantities because dealers want to sell more of the knives at a lower margin -- conflict with the core goal of making the best possible knife that HTM can at a given price point. Some of the changes that have been made over the past year (again not just in the physical location of the company, but also on the business side of things) have been made with an eye to allowing greater control over precisely those sorts of matters. (Sorry if that's a bit vague, but I'm not sure I'm at liberty to share the details.)Look at it another way. It's entirely possible that a big factor in the mistakes made may have been the concern about how long it was taking. If we'd waited another couple months, perhaps they all would have been perfect. Certainly the ones coming out later seem to be better quality than the earlier ones. While it took a long time, at that point it was long enough that a few more months for a better product might not have been a bad choice.
Not that I feel it was handled well at all. In fact, this might be the worst forum knife project I've ever seen, from the lack of communication, to the apparent priority given to other orders. Couple that with the QC issues from last year that still seem to be unresolved and it's apparent that HTM has some work to do. But it IS apropos if you think about it in the right way.
Sad thing is, my favorite pistol company moved locations too, and CS has been suffering for them as well. I'll be interested to see how Magpul handles their move, since they tend to do things very well.
Finally got my knife. Probably one of the last.
Have to say, pretty shitty knife for the price
What a piece of shit.