BAD & UGLY: Britt Gudowski / Black Starr Knives

Thanks for the update. A while back I did a little reading here. And on his website. Apparently, everyone is lying but him:rolleyes:. Everyone and all the mods at this forum and pretty much anyone who posts here. Anyway. I look forward to hearing of the indictment. Can he still get out of it by sending you your money?
 
I'm trying to post another update for you guys but for some odd, unknown reason, I seem to be unable to post over a few words. Hmmm...not sure why this would be. Anyone...???? Any help is appreciated.

T. Lawson
 
I would like to tack myself onto this thread and on the list of people scammed by Britt Gudowski and Black Starr Knives. I have been in the hole for $615 from Britt since August of 2013. 1 year of excuses and lies for what was suppose to be 4 weeks and my knife would be in my hands. It has been said before many times but I would like to reinforce the well know fact that Britt is a scam artist and you should never send that man anything. I am currently in the process with my local Law Enforcement agency to get my money back or the knife I was promised. If you're in the same situation as many of us listen to Tdawg and put the pressure on.

Britt you know who I am. CPM 154 First Blood, EBay+Paypal. You have been ignoring my emails this far. Not anymore.

Well done. And don't forget, if the law enforcement agency where you are located needs to speak to the one that handling this where I am located, just let me know. Networking is how people like this get shut down. Be well.

T. Lawson
 
So in recap, sorry for the wait, we are moving as fast as we can.... Your waiting has cost you, but making the knife cost us too. So we see it as a partnership.
Knives being worked on now.

Brian G.
Tony-Japan
Kie-Japan
Steve- 2 knives
Darcy- 7 knives
Bill H.
Steve V.
Jason F.
Francois
Brian P.
Jim T.
Jim
Kevin
Scott
Mike.
Pre-Tore
Joe
Van
Brad
and everyone else....

Sorry for the delay.
We will be closing the doors on BSK in about 90 days or so, (after everyone gets their knives)
Thanks,


This was posted on his website about 10/2013. Guess he had a change of plans. Maybe he still hasn't gotten everyone their knives yet?
 
Thanks for the update. A while back I did a little reading here. And on his website. Apparently, everyone is lying but him:rolleyes:. Everyone and all the mods at this forum and pretty much anyone who posts here. Anyway. I look forward to hearing of the indictment. Can he still get out of it by sending you your money?

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I would like to tack myself onto this thread and on the list of people scammed by Britt Gudowski and Black Starr Knives. I have been in the hole for $615 from Britt since August of 2013. 1 year of excuses and lies for what was suppose to be 4 weeks and my knife would be in my hands. It has been said before many times but I would like to reinforce the well know fact that Britt is a scam artist and you should never send that man anything. I am currently in the process with my local Law Enforcement agency to get my money back or the knife I was promised. If you're in the same situation as many of us listen to Tdawg and put the pressure on.

Britt you know who I am. CPM 154 First Blood, EBay+Paypal. You have been ignoring my emails this far. Not anymore.

We have a very particular set of skills. We will persue you. We WILL find you, and we will... Get our knives and money
 
Ok guys, here's my two cents. I was contacted by Britt over a year ago to grind knives for him. I am a fulltime custom maker and do contract grinding for lots of companys and individuals . All was well for awhile even though payment was always a little late. He contacted me to pull him out of a hole. Said another maker had ripped him off on grinding and could I repair some blades. I told him I needed to see them first. They arrived and had been hacked up pretty badly. I told him I didn't think They could be saved. He said he had faith in me, he uses the word faith a lot. The way these were already ground dictated what could be done to them. I tried but I knew they were wrong by RAMBO standards. But told him at the start that I would be paid for work done whether they were right or not. He called me screaming at me from hello! Said I ruined his blades. I just tried to repair them. I guess I shouldn't have touched them. Then I look him up on this forum and find out that's what I should have done at the start. I trusted his BIG stories . Now I have been waiting for months on any payment for grinding , And have given up on ever seeing it. He calls himself a maker. He is not even close. I know it's my bad for trusting this guy. I just hope he doesn't scam anyone else. And one thing I cant stand is someone who talks GOD out of one side of his mouth, and curses out the other. And I know there are two sides to every story, but what I am telling you is the way it went down.
 
Ok guys, here's my two cents. I was contacted by Britt over a year ago to grind knives for him. I am a fulltime custom maker and do contract grinding for lots of companys and individuals . All was well for awhile even though payment was always a little late. He contacted me to pull him out of a hole. Said another maker had ripped him off on grinding and could I repair some blades. I told him I needed to see them first. They arrived and had been hacked up pretty badly. I told him I didn't think They could be saved. He said he had faith in me, he uses the word faith a lot. The way these were already ground dictated what could be done to them. I tried but I knew they were wrong by RAMBO standards. But told him at the start that I would be paid for work done whether they were right or not. He called me screaming at me from hello! Said I ruined his blades. I just tried to repair them. I guess I shouldn't have touched them. Then I look him up on this forum and find out that's what I should have done at the start. I trusted his BIG stories . Now I have been waiting for months on any payment for grinding , And have given up on ever seeing it. He calls himself a maker. He is not even close. I know it's my bad for trusting this guy. I just hope he doesn't scam anyone else. And one thing I cant stand is someone who talks GOD out of one side of his mouth, and curses out the other. And I know there are two sides to every story, but what I am telling you is the way it went down.

Michael,

I (and anyone who's ever dealt with Britt) have NO problem believing every word you're saying. I think it's now pretty much common knowledge that he doesn't "make" anything himself. He's an "assembler" at best. I hope you follow up with your local law enforcement to either get paid for your work or get this guy charged for not paying you. I know it may be more trouble than what he owes you is worth, but it's the ONLY way this guy is gonna stop ripping people off.

And just for the record, I had a typo in my last update. He has until Sept. 19th (NOT Sept. 29th) to have either my MCS or money in my hands or be indicted. I'll follow up with the LT. at the Sheriff's Office later this week to see if he has rec'd that tracking number yet!! To be continued.....:)

T. Lawson
 
I decided to mess with this jackass a little so I emailed him acting as a guy interested in his "awesome" Rambo knives. I asked him specifics like how the knives are made, what materials are used, also if he custom makes them which he said he did! I asked for a quote if I ordered all of the Rambo knives. I got an email back within a cpl hours! He was super nice and was very happy to hear that I was interested in his work! He was such a "nice" guy that he was going to knock like $100 off each knife if I ordered all 3! He did mention that he would need a large deposit. So I played along for a few emails and then I threw him a curveball! I mentioned to him that I looked around on the web at his work and stumbled upon all these complaints about him and his biz practices. I told him I still had "faith" in him but asked if he would explain these accusations against him. That ended our communication! LOL!! What a scumbag! I feel bad for all of you who got taken by this P.O.S. but like one of the posters said you knew about his past and still did biz with him. So if thats you I dont feel bad for you! You re a fool! Why on earth would you do biz with anyone with a shady past and/ or negative feedback?! Its been posted on here time and time again for all you blockheads! Do not do biz with people that have shady pasts and little or no feedback! Common sense people!! To Britt, you are a major scumbag and this will eventually catch up to you! And I hope it hurts, BAD! Shame on you!!
 
Nice. I love it!
I decided to mess with this jackass a little so I emailed him acting as a guy interested in his "awesome" Rambo knives. I asked him specifics like how the knives are made, what materials are used, also if he custom makes them which he said he did! I asked for a quote if I ordered all of the Rambo knives. I got an email back within a cpl hours! He was super nice and was very happy to hear that I was interested in his work! He was such a "nice" guy that he was going to knock like $100 off each knife if I ordered all 3! He did mention that he would need a large deposit. So I played along for a few emails and then I threw him a curveball! I mentioned to him that I looked around on the web at his work and stumbled upon all these complaints about him and his biz practices. I told him I still had "faith" in him but asked if he would explain these accusations against him. That ended our communication! LOL!! What a scumbag! I feel bad for all of you who got taken by this P.O.S. but like one of the posters said you knew about his past and still did biz with him. So if thats you I dont feel bad for you! You re a fool! Why on earth would you do biz with anyone with a shady past and/ or negative feedback?! Its been posted on here time and time again for all you blockheads! Do not do biz with people that have shady pasts and little or no feedback! Common sense people!! To Britt, you are a major scumbag and this will eventually catch up to you! And I hope it hurts, BAD! Shame on you!!
 
Oh yeah. That's our boy. Only thing I can't believe is that he didn't try to tell you that all of us are the liars and that he's never ripped anybody off. I suppose that story is gettin kinda old and tired now though with more and more people coming forward about his thievery and now with law enforcement actually getting involved. I spoke with the Sheriff's Office again today. They're gonna check in on him Wednesday since Friday is his deadline in my case. I told them (nicely, I might add) that they were delusional if they thought this guy was gonna do ANYTHING he says he will. They said "Thats fine too. That's what we're here for". Personally, I'm good either way!!! Should be interesting.

T. Lawson
 
What I would like to know is why the Hell has this piece of low life garbage not been arrested yet?
 
What I would like to know is why the Hell has this piece of low life garbage not been arrested yet?

Great question. And believe me: I'm workin on it! For some odd reason, most of the people he's stolen from have not even come forward. The few you see on BF's who have come forward are just a small percentage of his actual victims. Most that I've talked to seem to think if they keep quiet and don't speak out publicly against him, they'll eventually get a knife or a refund. Even some that have been waiting over 2 YEARS told me that. And some others have said they were afraid to say anything about him publicly because Britt told them he'd sue THEM if they did. What a joke! He tried this with me too, by the way. Oh yeah. He's gonna sue me for slander. I can hardly wait! Fortunately, we've got enough people speaking up now to take care of him. It's comin. BELIEVE ME!

T. Lawson
 
Update:

Well, I'm VERY happy to say that my dealings with Britt Gudowski and Black Starr Knives are officially over. Once again, he didn't do what he said he'd do (and ship the knife), BUT I did get a full refund of my $500 tonight via someone's Paypal account on his behalf. So, at this point, I'm owed nothing from him and any legal action toward him on my behalf is over and done. I know there are several of you who are going the same route that I did to get compensation from Britt and I encourage you to stay the course and do not let this guy off the hook like he's betting you will. Remember, you're not just doing it to get your money back. You're also doing it to keep him from continuing his unscrupulous business tactics in the future. And to anyone thinking of sending money to Britt thinking "he seemed like a nice enough guy on the phone, I bet it won't happen to me", don't be stupid like myself and others. But if you do send him money, just like we did, AFTER seeing all the bad press out there on this guy, you deserve whatever you get. Just like I did.

T. Lawson
 
Wish I'd seen this post a year ago when I gave him $300.00 and another $215.00 in July when he emailed me the FB knife was finished.
Still no knife and no replies to emails since Aug. 01, 2014
I'm pursuing legal action tomorrow.
Take care all,
M
 
Wish I'd seen this post a year ago when I gave him $300.00 and another $215.00 in July when he emailed me the FB knife was finished.
Still no knife and no replies to emails since Aug. 01, 2014
I'm pursuing legal action tomorrow.
Take care all,
M

Vaquero,

I feel for you brotha. It's pretty sad to have to go through all this crap to get your money back, BUT DO IT! Whatever you do, don't let him off the hook. That's EXACTLY what he's betting you'll do. Be sure when you talk to whatever law enforcement entity you're using, that you give them the link to this thread so they can see how many people have had the same problem. It establishes the fact that your case is not an isolated incident but rather another in a pattern of illicit business dealings. If I can help you with the process, feel free to PM me. Best wishes.

And THANKS to the mods for making this thread a sticky!! Now it'll always be here to warn others so they won't have to go through the hassle.

T. Lawson
 
well the FB knife finally arrived. maybe there is hope for all the rest that sent him money.

Dude, that's awesome! Hopefully now that the word is out on him, he'll start following through on what he owes people. Great news!

T. Lawson
 
I gave him $1550. $650 for FB knife, $150 for sheath, $50 for shipping, $500 for Mission knife, $150 for sheath,
$50 for shipping. No replies to emails since Nov. 02, 2014. He is a liar. one lie after another after another after another. He have told me many times that my knives were completed. but has never shipped them!
 
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