Andre de Villiers

[Lee D]

With all your other knives, will this be a hard user, light user, or a safe queen?

 

[!!Micha]

He customized a "mini cleaver" for me. I didn't know how to upload pics here, I have a big bunch of other knifes, 67 Spyderco's, one Pohl-Force, two Eickhorns, one Böker Manufaktur and three Cold Steel.

 

[!!Micha]

With all your other knives, will this be a hard user, light user, or a safe queen?

 

[!!Micha]

I collect knives, all my Spyderco's are unused. The only knives I use are the Eickhorn G.E.K and the Pohl Force.

 

[!!Micha]

I'm surprised that the shipping time was so fast from USA to Europe. Even Fedex priority usually takes around 10 days.

He shipped it from South Africa with DHL priority.

 

[mrknife]

this has got to be the first positive mention of his name I have ever seen.

 

[!!Micha]

this has got to be the first positive mention of his name I have ever seen.

That surprises me, I didn't know that! I just wanted to write a positive review because everything worked so well with him. It was the first time that I ordered something directly from a knife maker and it worked.

 

[Thomas Linton]

Jeff Dahmer did not kill, much less eat, a single person whom I know.

 

[number41]

Lots of controversy with this guy, and lots of negative reviews. Some questions about who actually makes what knives and where also....

Its definitely not custom made... I have seen 2 of them. They are made by what looks like OEM factories in China

 

[!!Micha]

Jeff Dahmer did not kill, much less eat, a single person whom I know.

I think my knowledge of the English language is not sufficient to understand your contribution and the context....

 

[!!Micha]

Its definitely not custom made... I have seen 2 of them. They are made by what looks like OEM factories in China

The knives from this manufacturer are very rare in Germany, the knife I had him make doesn't look like a mass product, as you can see he made it exactly to my specifications. I'm a bit irritated that there are so many people here in this forum who are apparently not satisfied with his work and have problems with him.
Can anyone tell me what kind of trouble they had?

 

[!!Micha]

this has got to be the first positive mention of his name I have ever seen.

What were the difficulties with this manufacturer? Were the goods faulty or were there delivery problems?

 

[benchwarmer380]

What were the difficulties with this manufacturer? Were the goods faulty or were there delivery problems?

There have been multiple threads on issues with this maker from over the years.

So many in fact that they now reside in the Hall of Shame, a rare honor.


Here's the post in the HoS where you can find the various threads.
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bad-problems-with-adv-andre-de-villiers.1331040/