It has been a considerable space of time since one has read such whining by an Internet jury of experts.
I had a Cat Tanto. It is tough to break. It bent almost 90 degrees to then return back to true.
The pommel withstood slamming into concrete, brick, wood, and other rigid objects. It performed as advertised. CRKT has put a number of unsafe designs out in the last decade, some having to be pulled. Comparing a quality control issue like off center grinds and uneven bevels is a strawman to compare to, for example, the M16 by the aforementioned. It has proven to break, LAWKS, Auto-LAWKS, or not, being sold as a hard use knife marketed to servicemen.
Cold Steel's Ram Lock on the Bushman is often misunderstood, but it did fix the issue. CRKT has not
If that CRKT knife cannot do what the claim is, a "... virtual fixed blade", that is false advertising.
What is a bit funny is that most complaining here already own knives from either maker, or have been interested.
Now, that's fandom to the extreme.
Yes, Thompson is an arrogant pariah that will give the shirt from his back. He also refuses to play the games of the cutlery industry. It does not appear he is out to appease or please anyone. Are those tests safe; does not each one issue a warning against the performance of these tests in each video? You can call these abuse tests whatever you like, but Cold Steel stands alone actually proving its marketing. Where is CRKT's proof, or most any other manufacturer, of the issued claim? The Glessers are a classy clan, but have not proven the claims about the Tatanka, though it is pretty tough. What about Leatherman, Benchmade, SOG, Buck, and so forth?
Like it or nor, or call it snuffing out competition, but to do something about the honesty of the industry is actually a noble, righteous thing. In one of the destruction test videos, Demko says the videos were done at the request of fans. Doesn't that show at least a segment of buyers want honesty made by maufactuerers? Ask yourself if 1/10th of all claims made in the knife industry would hold salt in any other.
Bad grinds or broken blades? How many thousands were lost replacing defective knives?
It seems wise to let the court decide, and see how it plays out.
I can see what Thompson and co. are attempting.
