A big *** of Chris Reeve's mnandi

morrowj_98 said:
Where is the proof this knife was received NIB? The OP hasn't responded to any of the questions in this thread.
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Knife is fresh out of the box - no doubt about this for me. There is no scratches only dust from paper box stack to factory oiled surface. Titanium is very easy to scratch and it will look way different after minor use. This is absolutely new out of the box knife.

Topgas may not respond because he do not like to be "under investigation" - I do not see any problem here. Only this unfortunate event make him do this first post - he did good job providing all proves. And honestly - it is clear from those close ups that this is fresh from the factory knife no really need to answer.

May be he do not like to be called OP?

Thanks, Vassili.
 
nozh2002 said:
Knife is fresh out of the box - no doubt about this for me. There is no scratches only dust from paper box stack to factory oiled surface. Titanium is very easy to scratch and it will look way different after minor use. This is absolutely new out of the box knife.

Topgas may not respond because he do not like to be "under investigation" - I do not see any problem here. Only this unfortunate event make him do this first post - he did good job providing all proves. And honestly - it is clear from those close ups that this is fresh from the factory knife no really need to answer.

May be he do not like to be called OP?

Thanks, Vassili.
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This isn't your knife. You do not know it is NIB. Your jamming your opinion in this thread expecting it to be taken as fact. Your opinion is not fact. The "OP" posted a thread to which people politely responded. There was no dog pile on the "OP" only questions that any reasonable person would ask. He still has not answered any of the questions. You can't answer the question whether it is NIB. You can only give your opinion which you have already done. The rest of us are still patiently waiting for the "OP."
 
This has been going on for almost two weeks, and the original poster hasn't been back to answer any of the questions about the knife.

The only "info" in this thread is pure speculation about some photos he posted.

You have to admit, it's pretty crummy to see that on a CRK knife, unless something got stuck in the bolster area, or the knife is secondhand and was damaged by the original owner. He should send it in and get it repaired.

Admittedly, this thread could be a trolling attempt, and it's been pretty effective if it was.


But does anyone else blame the guy for being irritated that his high-end knife is defective? Most people figure the higher up in price you go, the higher the build quality and QC will be on a knife. Is it wrong to get one that's defective and then be irritated that you have to send it right back because it's defective?

I've been through that multiple times with knives well past the $100.00 mark, and it's frustrating. You decide to spend the money on a nice knife, and as soon as you open the box and handle it for a while, you realize you're going to have to spend more time and money shipping the knife back and waiting for a replacement.


I don't know if some of the collectors here are just immune to that sort of frustration because it's happened to them so many times, or they have so many other knives they don't get caught up in the thrill of having a brand new one to carry around and use. But darn it, for the po'folk it sucks!
 
The original poster is not good at english, his original post is on a Chinese knife forum, and I think he is still contacting with CR to solve the problem.
 
If it is true that the OP is in China I know there are a few very good fakes available. Maybe the OP bought a fake? The images are struggling to load for me so I cant see if there is a birth certificate with the knife etc. I know that is not right for CRK standards.

Keep in mind that even some people buying custom knives have made some self tinkering to knives costing $500+. It does happen.
 
I checked his EXIF - his camera is Leika D-LUX-3 - pretty good and expensive top level camera. If he is from China - does not really mean it is fake CRK. Are any clear signs that this is fake?

It has snake-wood scales, I am pretty sure it is titanium liners, but can somebody provide picturse of real model taken from similar positions to see if there are in fact clear differences?

I do not really see point to make fake knife with titanium liners and snakewood scales.

Thanks, Vassili.
 
marthinus said:
If it is true that the OP is in China I know there are a few very good fakes available. Maybe the OP bought a fake? The images are struggling to load for me so I cant see if there is a birth certificate with the knife etc. I know that is not right for CRK standards.

Keep in mind that even some people buying custom knives have made some self tinkering to knives costing $500+. It does happen.
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He bought it from ebay, a power seller in USA. And the reason he posted here because no email response from CR for more than 7 days after he sent his email to them.
 
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hlc said:
He bought it from ebay, a power seller in USA. And the reason he posted here because no email response from CR for more than 7 days after he sent his email to them.
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Where is this info coming from...another forum?
 
nozh2002 said:
I checked his EXIF - his camera is Leika D-LUX-3 - pretty good and expensive top level camera. If he is from China - does not really mean it is fake CRK. Are any clear signs that this is fake?
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No clear signs I agree. I was just wondering, because I know there was a lot of good fakes of CRK, Emerson, Benchmades etc being spotted on a Chinese website. But I see he bought it from ebay so there goes my theory. :p

Maybe send them another email? Spam filters are weird things. Some of my inquires at other knife makers where lost due to things like that.
 
OK,I'll say something.
I am in China PR and my English is very poor.
It's hard for me to say some details in English.
1.I'm not a beginner of knives.I had collected knives from 2002 and had ownned some CRKs when he used BG42.
2.I have said the mnandi is new in box.It is new and never used.Its stop pin is clean and all the other parts of the knife are in normal condition.
3.I showed the links of the knife to my friend and she bought this knife on ebay from a seller called customerfavourites.He is a senior seller and has sold a lot of CR knives.
But my friend is on her vacation and I can't connect her.So I don't know the details of the transaction.
4.I have post some emails to CR.Neither Mr Chris Reeve nor I knows what cause the problem of this mnandi.
5.I want to know that mnandi's main shaft is eccentric or not.If it is eccentric ,I think that is the reason why the problem happened.
6.I'll show you the newest progress.
7.I love CR and CRKs.
 
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topgas said:
OK,I'll say something.
I am in China PR and my English is very poor.
It's hard for me to say some details in English.
1.I'm not a beginner of knives.I had collected knives from 2002 and had ownned some CRKs when he used BG42.
2.I have said the mnandi is new in box.It is new and never used.Its stop pin is clean and all the other parts of the knife are in normal condition.
3.I showed the links of the knife to my friend and she bought this knife on ebay from a seller called customerfavourites.He is a senior seller and has sold a lot of CR knives.
But my friend is on her vacation and I can't connect her.So I don't know the details of the transaction.
4.I have post some emails to CR.Neither Mr Chris Reeve nor I knows what cause the problem of this mnandi.
5.I want to know that mnandi's main shaft is eccentric or not.If it is eccentric ,I think that is the reason why the problem happened.
6.I'll show you the newest progress.
7.I love CR and CRKs.
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Glad you are back! And welcome to the bladeforums! Hope you can solve the problem.
 
Thanks for taking the time to respond. There never was any angry CRK fans here, just concerned ones. I've always gotten top-notch service from CRK. So are you going to send it back to the states to CRK? or waiting to hear back from the Ebay seller?
 
Are people seriously going to start arguing that the CR knife is actually an identical fake copy, instead of accepting maybe just one bad one may have slipped through QC? Has anyone heard of Occam's Razor?

This is the first problem with a Mnandi I've ever seen posted on the forum. Every manufacturer is bound to have one slip through. And just a handful of CR knives with issues is pretty darn good, considering the amount of people out there who own them.

I don't get why people are attacking the guy instead of commiserating with him over a knife that is quite possibly defective.

CR will fix or replace it, but I don't think there should be an issue with the guy voicing his irritation with getting a defective knife.

I dunno. Apologies in advance if I rubbed anyone the wrong way, I'm not trying to start a side argument, I'm just kind of surprised at some of the reactions ITT.
 
People were not arguing if it is a fake. I asked if it might be and I was answered.
 
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enderwiggin said:
Are people seriously going to start arguing that the CR knife is actually an identical fake copy, instead of accepting maybe just one bad one may have slipped through QC? Has anyone heard of Occam's Razor?

This is the first problem with a Mnandi I've ever seen posted on the forum. Every manufacturer is bound to have one slip through. And just a handful of CR knives with issues is pretty darn good, considering the amount of people out there who own them.

I don't get why people are attacking the guy instead of commiserating with him over a knife that is quite possibly defective.

CR will fix or replace it, but I don't think there should be an issue with the guy voicing his irritation with getting a defective knife.

I dunno. Apologies in advance if I rubbed anyone the wrong way, I'm not trying to start a side argument, I'm just kind of surprised at some of the reactions ITT.
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You shouldn't be at all surprised at the reactions from the fanboys. It's amazing at how a CRK must be used (when it clearly wasn't) or a possible fake when a problem arises. Kind of sad when the fanboys have to get so riled up over a defective knife.
 
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