Hello,
I've cut and paste the following exerpt which is from Ernie himself in response to this in another forum. Hope this helps.
Dear Members,
Just so that everyone is on the same page about the Raptor knife situation.
Richard Ryan consulted me over a year ago concerning the knife and the blade catcher/ guard feature. In fact, at that time he was asking if we would be interested in producing it. Our plate was, as usual, already full and we declined. We talked about the wave-like feature and Richard assured me that it, (the knife) was drilled so that the clip mounting position (tip down) would preclude it being used in the wave opening position and that the knife would never be advertised as having a wave-like opening feature.
However, the clips were subsequently drilled for both tip up and tip down carry which of course has changed the dynamics. However, that being said, it was not anyones intent to knock off the wave feature but resulted merely as an honest mis-step along the way from prototype to finished product.
Both Richard Ryan and Blade Tech are stand up guys/company and they have assured me that in the future if more are made, we will make an agreement on proper licensing of the wave patent.
That my friends, is the long and short of it.
But, I must say.
Thank you all for being so very vigilant on my behalf and on the behalf of all the employees at Emerson Knives. Your efforts are never in vain and we appreciate it more than you will ever know.
Best Regards,
Ernest R. Emerson
Cheers and Regards,
Nick
