Allan Blade

I'm not insistent that this is all in vain. If this thread is the ONLY venue Joe has to get his money, then the BTTT and continued posts are worth it.

Joe, I am siding with you easily on this--don't mean to minimize your bad deal.

Like in showbiz at some point enough bad publicity is a good thing. People are now very curious about Blade's blades. That's my take. A bit of a reversal.

Coop
 
SharpByCoop said:
I'm not insistent that this is all in vain. If this thread is the ONLY venue Joe has to get his money, then the BTTT and continued posts are worth it.

Joe, I am siding with you easily on this--don't mean to minimize your bad deal.

Like in showbiz at some point enough bad publicity is a good thing. People are now very curious about Blade's blades. That's my take. A bit of a reversal.

Coop
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It has been said that Allan makes a good knife. I am not surprised that his knives sell quickly on the resale market. If however, someone decides to buy directly from Allan and then comes here to whine about getting ripped off, if that happens, that persom will not get any sympathy from me. Is the bad press good for his business? I doubt it very much. I know a few people that have decided not to purchase from him because they read the threads here.
 
A lot of guys make good knives. If you're looking for the best go to Shop Talk and see who's giving advice to the newer knifemakers. If you're looking for a bargain look at the newer knifemakers who are asking questions there -- some of them are doing great work at very low prices.

(Some dork will read this and think, hey, all I have to do is give advice in Shop Talk and everybody will think I'm a great knifemaker -- but everybody will spot him immediately. Only buy from the knifemakers who are giving good advice. :cool: )
 
Living in Spokane, WA for the last 30 years I am very familier with Allen Blade, AKA Scott Fowler, and his knives. We were even in the same National Guard unit in the 80's. He can make a good knife, yes, but he has always been a big flake, from his claims of being a former special forces soldier, to his hunt for bigfoot, to his almost criminal business practices. About 15 years ago it was common to find AB knives FS in most of the local pawn shops and gun shops for $50 or less. Seems he would crank out a bunch of knives at the end of the month and make the rounds of the shops so he could catch up on his bills. Most of the gun/knife shop owners thought he was a joke. My last dealing with Allen was about 10 years ago when I bought some knives from him at a local gunshow. Knives were nice but did'nt have sheaths. He promised to make the sheaths for the 3 knives if I'd drop by his shop the week after the show, but every time I visited his shop he could'nt find the time to make them. Of course he wanted me to leave the knives so he could make the sheaths in his off time. I refused and had someone else make the sheaths. 2 weeks after the show I stopped by his shop to find he had moved out with no forwarding address. I have met several local knife guys who had the same problems with him, two who never got their knives back. I cant beleive anybody would want to do business with this guy after all the negative feedback.
 
Colt6731, it is interesting to read comments by someone that knew Allen Blade in the 80s. It seems he had the same business ethics back then as he has had in much more recent times. Establishes a very distinct pattern.
 
only problem was i wasnt in a national Guard unit in the 80`s,,,,,lol

and i wasnt making knives in the 80`s,,,,lol

mr colt or whoever you are, how bout sendng me your real name to my email at bladecutlery@comcast.net and quit hiding behind a nickname,,,,, lol

but then again i dont expect that to happen,, its alot easier to make comments behind a fake nickname then pony up and state who you are, what a joke.

i think your just another malcontent who doesnt know a thing about what i have or havent done,,,lol

simply amazing.

knives with no sheaths,,,,,lol,,,,, yea ok....lol

oh and who are these knifemakers whos knives i got and didnt return, you made the accusations now back them up big fella,,,lol or are you just another whiner with no proof, and please state names so i can make sure to get ahold of these other so called knifemakers whom i supposedly wronged,,,lol

Allan
 
Scott, I'm sure you dont remember me from B 1/161 back then, a lot has changed including your name. When I said 80's, I meant 1989 as I beleive you got out in 90 or 91. And you were making knives then. Remember the Spokesman Review newspaper article about your hunt for Bigfoot and how you were a former spercial forces soldier and all that? If you wanted names I guess Marv Miller would have some things to say about how you borrowed several knives he had bought from you to sell at his gun shop to take as displays for a knife show. And how you sold those knives and never paid him for them? And how about the guys at Skunkworks and Round Eye?
Really, this is nothing different than any of the bad press your getting anywhere else.
 
LoL,,, Marv Miller,,,,,,, oh you mean the Ran out of town GUn dealer who sold stolen handguns and National Match Springfield Armoury 1911`s that he did crappy trigger jobs on that went full auto after the slide followed. lol

seems to me i traded him a bunch of knives for that GUN,,,,, wonder who got the shorty on that deal,,,lol

as for Frank Olson at SCUNKWORKS,,,,, no wonder he did KYDEX work, i taught him and he ripped off all my designs,,,,,lol

And as far as TACTICAL tools,,, same story, taught JIM FIELDS how to make KYDEX and he to RIpped off all my designs for kydex, in Fact he also ripped off two of my knife designs,,,, on the SPOKANE street scalpel that he calls a "Street Knife" and the other that he calls a Utility somthing or another,, but what it really is is my PACK PAL model.....lol

As for ROUNDEYE,,,,,,,, lol what a joke, oh and yes they also Took my design for the PACK pal, they just didnt put handle scales on it and left it skeletal , interestingly enough the two companies i did some work for both ROUNDEYE and Tactical tools both were selling the same Knife design ,,,,, what a coincidence,,,,,,,,,,,,,muahahahaha.

you might want to contact JIM FIELDS at tactical tools and ask him who broke into my shop and ripped off TWO Random pattern Damascus RECON blanks i had in my shop while i was in NEW YORK and who then Had BOB BROTHERS grind them for him,,,, interestingly enough it was FRANK OLSON from SKUNKWORKS,,,,,,,, lol oh how i love it when a plan comes together,,,,,,,,, keep dreddging im sure you will come up with more unfounded drivil and whaaaa, whaaaaa antics to amuse me.

Oh and by the way , your name IS? See i dont have a problem responding with Facts about whatever you wish to bring up, but atleast have proof and use your real name, others DO, why not you,,,,, no Balls?

Allan
 
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In your dumbass rambling, you forgot to address. . . . . have you recently paid Joe any money that you still owe ?
 
i wanna here more about his search for big foot, its the most intelligent thing i've heard about him.
 
I mean Marv Miller, the owner of Wooden Rail Gun and Knives who retired at the old age of 75 and sold his business to what is now Northwest Collector Arms. Marv was honest, something you are not. I did'nt know the world was so against Scott Fowler or Allen Blade or what ever your next name will be. Did you ever have a business or business relationship that did'nt fail? For such a large man you have such a small heart. If you look my name is easy enough to see, I dont need to hide anything.
 
Allan emailed me to say that all of the bad press he is getting here is not negatively effecting his business at all. He sells all the knives he can make. If that is the case then there is something really wrong with how he is paying Joe. If he sells all the knives he can make then he is either not able to make very many knives, not charging enough, he really doesn't care about getting Joe paid off, or a combination of any of these three. I mean, if he is selling all the knives he can make he should be making plenty of money, and should have been able to pay Joe within a few months, at the most.

Colt6731, if you have followed the comments of Allan Blade over the years you will find that he has consistently stated that everyone that has ever complained about doing business with him have actually been the people that ripped him off in some way. He has also stated that Rob Simonich was a business and that what happened to Rob by losing money dealing with him is just part of doing business.:jerkit:
 
Keith Montgomery said:
If he sells all the knives he can make then he is:

a. either not able to make very many knives
b. not charging enough
c. he really doesn't care about getting Joe paid off
d. a combination of any of these three.
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Keith, I hope that you don't mind if I add to and rearrange the selection. :D

a. either not able to make very many knives
b. not charging enough
c. he really doesn't care about getting Joe paid off
d. Blade is a POS
e. Piss poor financial management capabilities
f. Blade is a thief
g. a combination of the above



I honestly believe the correct answer is. . . . . "c., d., e., and f." :D

As brought up previously, answer b. is his method of luring buyers, so that he can take advantage of them.

I find it rather amazing that most makers that require a deposit or prepayment are typically "high-end" knife makers.

Blade is the only p.....per.......pers......OK, POS. . . . ., that I personally know of, that makes an inexpensive knive and requires a deposit or prepayment. Maybe it's me, but that is a sure sign of a "ripoff artist."
 
Gig, you forgot :

h. knives are being sold to Bigfoot

as everyone knows, the current market value of Bigfoot currency is low now which explains why Joe is still waiting. Hopefully it will rebound shortly and everyones problems will be solved.

In the mean time Blade is doing a valuable service to Bigfeet everywhere by arming them to allow them to prevail in the inevitable invasion by the hordes of Chupacabra.

-Cliff
 
Cliff Stamp said:
Gig, you forgot :

h. knives are being sold to Bigfoot

as everyone knows, the current market value of Bigfoot currency is low now which explains why Joe is still waiting. Hopefully it will rebound shortly and everyones problems will be solved.

In the mean time Blade is doing a valuable service to Bigfeet everywhere by arming them to allow them to prevail in the inevitable invasion by the hordes of Chupacabra.

-Cliff
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I honestly don't see how I missed that one. :D
 
yeah ya gotta watch out for those pesky chupacabra lol.

all jokes aside this "gentleman" needs to get joe the $$ he has owed him for months now...........
 
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