Allan Blade problems resolved?

Ok, If you've provided Mr. Blade with a deposit and haven't received your knife yet, you have a right to be concerned. The rest of you sound like a bunch of hens around the coop. How could a guy in his situation possibly make ammends with some bringing up past issues. The guy hardly has a chance. Is it even possible for Allan to get back to even, or are you going to thump him every time his name comes up?

I have an order with him, it's been slow, I admit. But when I email him, he keeps me up to date, and I'm not out any $ yet. I expect he will provide the knife in time, and that will probably spark a few more sales with him. I bet if you show a little faith, Allan will respond in the positive.
 
I will continue to cluck like a hen until Allan makes good on the deals that he has been paid for. I do not believe that his past indiscretions should be kept quite. People that are about to deal with Allan should know about his past. That way they will be able to make an educated decision. Personally, I am just as concerned about people that are thinking about getting a knife from Allan as I am about people that are already waiting to get knives they have paid for or have deposits on.
 
I`m not familiar with Alan Blade, however the situation sounds similar to problems customers have had with another maker talked about on the forums. Hopefully Mr. Blade will come through for his customers, before his backlogs overwelms him.
 
He promised delivery of one of his Bushcraft knives in 90 days if I paid him immediately, now 160 days later and the only thing I've gottem from him are more promises. All of which were unfulfilled! I don't think I'm going to order anything else unless it's from A.G. Russell or a reputable maker such as W.D. Randall, this guy has soured me on ordering from small makers.
 
Welcome to the forum!

Sorry to hear about your misfortune; Joe Chen has been waiting for his knife/refunded money since 2003 (~$1200 which he paid for up front, as well)!

As there is already another +7 page Alan Blade woes thread (among others) in the GB&U forum, you might be SOL.
 
Deadhead Archer said:
Welcome to the forum!

Sorry to hear about your misfortune; Joe Chen has been waiting for his knife/refunded money since 2003 (~$1200 which he paid for up front, as well)!
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It has actually been over five years since Joe paid for his knives. In July 2004 Allan agreed to refund Joe's money at $100.00 a month instead of sending him knives. In the year and a half since making that deal with Joe he has sent him under $400.00.

G.M. Merrill, good luck getting your knife. Allan once again owes a whole lot of knives to a whole lot of people. He has promised to get people their knives as soon as he can. Of course, he has made promises like this in the past and he has still not fulfilled his promise to at least one person. Many of the folks on British Blades are waiting for knives, and at best they will be waiting much longer than first told by Allan.
 
G.M. Merrill said:
this guy has soured me on ordering from small makers.
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There are large numbers of small knifemakers who are scrupulously honest and a pleasure to do business with. Just search this forum first....
 
Old Guy - backlog? I mean, it's a backlog if the guy was trying to communicate and make knives, but just appearing taking the money and disappearing is not a backlog, that's, hmmm, how do we put it? Fraudulent?

Mr. Merrill, I personally have had really good luck with smaller makers - Randalls are at 4 years anyway, aren't they? And you pay up front? Hell, you could sell your spot in line 3 years from now....I like AG Russell and he has a bunch of nice stuff around all the time.

Again, there are some really good small guys out there, and they will mostly listen to what you want, offer their opinions and input based on their experience desiging and hopefully using blades for your intended purpose, and you go from there.

Sorry to hear about this - wish it were not the case.
 
G.M. Merrill said:
...this guy has soured me on ordering from small makers.
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Don't let this experience sour you on all lesser known makers. Allan is an anomaly, believe me. The percentage of makers that are unethical, lying dirtbags is incredibly low. You just happened to have the misfortune of finding one of them. Most makers would rather drink battery acid than take advantage of those that put their trust in them.
 
If you have sent money to Alan blades and he has filed bankruptcy; it is more than just "his business"..it is the business of the court and the people he owes goods and services to. I wonder if he made a proper and truthful filing with the court?
 
Merril,

Might help if you checked your email before you get all knotted up,,,,,, i sent you the tracking number a few days agao, it does help to check EMAIL.

but again here it is 0304 1560 0000 2525 6724 that is the delivery conformation number for USPS priority mail, the package is also insured, so im not worried about it arriving....... As far as nobody else posting they recieved knives yet,, maybe they dont want to post they got them, who knows,,,, Im making knives and sending them out until im caught up and then im getting out of knifemaking altogether,,, probably make quite a few people happy to hear that,,,,,,

As far as bankruptsy , here is a clue, i never filled for bankruptsy, i was going to but decided not to,,, so those rumors can stop........ as Far as ROb simmonich is concerned,,, i sent him back his TALONITE material so my debt with him is null and void, Talonite is crap anyway for a knife, so im glad i sent it back to him.

As far as anything else,,, no fear for the croonies on bladeforums,,,,,, ive taken a position with a new knife manufacturer as there head maker and R&D person so i wont be making anything of my own anymore , so there ya go,,, i wont be working for myself, nor will i be worried about falling behind anymore.

Allan
 
In fact he sent back the portion of the Talonite that he hadn't already used, and still hasn't paid for the rest of it.
 
bladeblade said:
Merril,

Might help if you checked your email before you get all knotted up,,,,,, i sent you the tracking number a few days agao, it does help to check EMAIL.
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Get knotted up ?
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You made a delivery promise on a pre-paid knife. Almost six months later, and your customer hasn't received anything.

Here. . . . . . .reread what was said. :D


G.M. Merrill said:
He promised delivery of one of his Bushcraft knives in 90 days if I paid him immediately, now 160 days later and the only thing I've gottem from him are more promises. All of which were unfulfilled!
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Dayum, now I see how you're going make some "cutlery company" a butt load of money as their "Head of Manufacturing and R&D."

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bladeblade said:
As far as bankruptsy , here is a clue, i never filled for bankruptsy, i was going to but decided not to,,, so those rumors can stop........ as Far as ROb simmonich is concerned,,, i sent him back his TALONITE material so my debt with him is null and void, Talonite is crap anyway for a knife, so im glad i sent it back to him.
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Don't complain about rumors that you started yourself. How the hell else do you think we all found about it?

As far as Rob goes, you are lying. Cougar has it right. You sent him back what you didn't use. You did use some of it and never paid him for it. I'm sure I can dig up Rob's old posts where he goes over this in detail, and yes, I totally believe that Rob was being truthful.
 
what a crock of BS imho, with all the good decent smiths/designers around why would anyone hire him, i dont see were he would be an asset to anyones company, he cant keep his own schedule straight and now he's gonna manage a cutlery companies production, lol, if its true that wont last long, the company i mean.
 
bladeblade said:
..as Far as ROb simmonich is concerned,,, i sent him back his TALONITE material so my debt with him is null and void, Talonite is crap anyway for a knife, so im glad i sent it back to him.
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Am I the only person who has read this and had the immediate reaction of, "poor, poor form" with Rob not able to respond and that it sounds as if Allen is proud that he returned "crap"??? :rolleyes: Perhaps just my cynical attitude reading into the statement... At least I would hope.


bladeblade said:
...ive taken a position with a new knife manufacturer as there head maker and R&D person so i wont be making anything of my own anymore , so there ya go,,, i wont be working for myself, nor will i be worried about falling behind anymore.
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Are the folks at the UK forum who have been waiting for delivery of knives aware of, "...i wont be making anything of my own anymore..."?


I have no dog in this fight but find this repetitive attitude amazingly...well...I'm just glad that I never invested in this whole thing and my sympathies for those that have.

All the very best to all,

Stuart
 
Stu Gatz said:
Am I the only person who has read this and had the immediate reaction of, "poor, poor form" with Rob not able to respond and that it sounds as if Allen is proud that he returned "crap"??? :rolleyes: Perhaps just my cynical attitude reading into the statement... At least I would hope.
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He also doesn't seem to be too upset about selling people knive made with a material that he thinks is crap. He sold a few people one of these Talonite knives. I guess as long as he is making money he doesn't care if he sells his customers crap.
 
Something I find so strange about this person is the Jekyll and Hyde nature of his responses. As I said, I placed an order with him a while ago as an experiment, and his response was prompt, punctuated correctly, and fairly--how should I say--normal. Even the request for early payment with the tale of woe that arrived shortly after (horrendously funny since I'd already read of that same tale of woe here long before, as well as many others) was written intelligibly and, from a structure point at least, like it was from somebody not on crack.

Counter that to his posts here, which are rambling, disjointed, and just generally weird, leads me to wonder whether this is genuinely a bipolar individual, a fully crazy person who has learned to hide it long enough to suit his purposes, or someone hoping to establish evidence of mental defect in case of future legal troubles. Time will tell, I suppose.
 
Or he uses someone else to craft the b.s. requests....so they look well written and finely tuned?.....here...he is himself.:thumbdn:
 
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