Another BRK post sorry

That’s one of the benefits of this forum. From the experiences of others I’ve read BR is definitely off my list. I support independent knife makers with good reputations. I can’t imagine spending a dime with a manufacturer who is so cavalier about their problems. My question is why do folks continue to support a shady company like BR? Thanks for the continued heads-up. There are a fine group of independent makers who do much better work who will stand behind their work: Steingass, Dalibor, Patton, Seward, Bailey, Haso, Mantovani, etc. Support these independent bladesmiths and let these corporate snakeoil vendors dry up. Are they more expensive? Possibly; but I would rather support a true bladesmith than a corporate entity who trades on its name and delivers questionable quality than a smith who can deliver what you want and in whose interest it benefits its name to satisfy a customer.
 
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Jonah Shorter said:
Not yet, I’m guessing it’ll be here in a few days. The initial issue (wavy edge damage) MAY be fixed but will my knife look like a toothpick now?
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Jonah Shorter said:
I’ll post some pics when the knife gets back to me. I’m really concerned now that they took a considerable amount of blade height off.
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If so, you can always sell it as a factory one-off Edwin (Not For The) Forest Toothpick Bowie. ;)

(Apologies for the joke - I’m sorry this has been such a crappy situation…)
 
ADBrown said:
That’s one of the benefits of this forum. From the experiences of others I’ve read BR is definitely off my list. I support independent knife makers with good reputations. I can’t imagine spending a dime with a manufacturer who is so cavalier about their problems. My question is why do folks continue to support a shady company like BR? Thanks for the continued heads-up. There are a fine group of independent makers who do much better work who will stand behind their work: Steingass, Dalibor, Patton, Seward, Bailey, Haso, Mantovani, etc. Support these independent bladesmiths and let these corporate snakeoil vendors dry up. Are they more expensive? Possibly; but I would rather support a true bladesmith than a corporate entity who trades on its name and delivers questionable quality than a smith who can deliver what you want and in whose interest it benefits its name to satisfy a customer.
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Agreed 100% on this. There's a guy 5 miles from me who does (did) absolutely fantastic work. Does (did) everything in house. He's way underpriced IMO, and would never in a million years let anything other than perfection escape his shop. He's working on one for me right now that he's done over at least once.
 
That's so crazy. It's a damn shame too because their knives are so beautiful. I've lusted over seeing pics of their knives for years and years and always wanted one but every time I start to get serious I see something like this. It's just wierd to me, like what is their reasoning on being so cheap and dishonest? Is it because they're constantly on the edge of bankruptcy and can't afford, financially, to fix things, or do they just have these weird messed up ethics that they strongly stick to. It's a pity that their knives are so popular with business tactics like that.
 
Not surprising from that scamming con-artist. BTW, if they offered a refund, you should have immediately taken it. Never let a con-artist choose the outcome because they will always choose in their favor and in this case it was an option that you didn't even know about. What a joke.
 
Fixall said:
If you want to support a local, Michigan business, I’d check out Hess Knives. Beautiful, Marbles styled knives, with blades made by Great Eastern Cutlery from 1095. They’re made to order, with all kinds of handle options too, which is cool.
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Dude I did not know about this!!!! They are awesome! THANKS!
 
shane45-1911 said:
The have been MUCH worse BRK threads that went on for pages and pages. This thread is rainbows and unicorns compared to the other ones.

I don't see this one getting locked.
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I’ve been here since ‘98.
I’ve seen them all, participated in a few.
Give it time……
Oh, and buy a Dozier instead :D
 
Anyone have any idea where I could find another knife similar to this one? It’s an Edwin Forrest bowie. I really liked the design and blade length.
 
J. Doyle said:
David Mary would be capable I would think.

Not speaking for them but Redmeadow Knives Redmeadow Knives and Richard338 Richard338 also come to mind. You might check with them.
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In all honesty, I'm sure any of our resident craftsmen could do whatever the op desired, and stand behind their product to boot. Paul CPE_Knives CPE_Knives is another that's right up there for great work.
 
UPDATE:
I received the knife. It looks pretty good aside from the same grind issues that it came with. It doesn’t look like they took a lot of blade height off. Really just looks like they took the waves out and made a steeper edge angle.

The description on the paper they sent back said the knife had been purchased from eBay heavily used and not taken care of. The knife was like new when I bought it. I had already made them aware of where it was purchased, and knife was taken care of and not heavily used.

Their description led me to call them again. I asked if the description was the reason they didn’t go through with the original deal to replace or refund me. They said because it was bought from eBay it was up to their discretion. Ended up arguing with them over phone for a while and finally got them to agree to refund me for the knife and shipping I’ve had to pay. Ultimately the guy on the phone did help me out and talked to the owner a couple different times to get it worked out. I guess I’ll send it back in and see how it goes this time.

Here’s the knife:
 
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