At this point you might even have to question whether the fire was intentional or not. He was posting videos of it burning down on Instagram, making jokes as he surveyed the damage. I’ve never met him or handled one of his knives and he seems to be pretty respected in the knife community, but damn if he isn’t trying hard to sink his own ship.
If you will look at most of my posts, if not all of them. I am always joking around. Even in these. When your stuff is destroyed, you only have two options to sink into pity or laugh it off. I chose and will always choose to laugh things off. There was no gain in me losing my shop, however, I can make knives with only a file if I have to. Things are what you make them.
Smrfn will hopefully get back on here to tell you he received his refund + more months ago. I did as I have always done. If they don't want a replacement knife, then I give them a refund of the current market price for the knife/knives they had ordered. In this case, those knives were worth more than what he paid. So he literally made money off this. I've had what? 30 complaints in the last 12 years, filling thousands of orders. So if you are wondering why this case and the one other on here, doesn't bother me and why I was fine with sending them both the amount more, that is the reason. I know a few people will get mad a year. I know at the amount of business that I do, things will fall through the cracks. Those are short comings on my part, because I just take on more than I should. Regardless, I always handle it the best way possible. As I believe is shown in every instance?
On to my personal life, that everyone seems to be enthralled with, yet only a few hundred of you have reached out to me about.
For the record, it has been dismissed.
I know that isn't as dramatic and you guys aren't talking about that after slandering and committing defamation as well. lol. That's funny, right? That you are doing something illegal while claiming that I have? I find it entertaining too. lol
If you read that defamation and slander that is an article. (One that I am proud of, because once they start quoting you on facebook and talking about personal e-mails and it being gossip, you know you have 'made it') Anyone with any common sense or that knows me, sees that for what it is. Like this West_21 profile was made at the time they were trying to do their hatchet campaign. It was made what, that day? They posted 3 posts. All just about this, then hasn't logged in again since it didn't take off after a day or so. Maybe they will now that I have responded.
I wanted to wait until I had ran the Arkansas Show to respond. Mainly, because I wanted to watch and see how everyone acted.
My ex-fiancé and my wife's ex-husband, who is a county cop, have been at this since me and my wife got married. If you will notice, most of the stuff didn't start happening until after our daughter was born. All things we have on record and with patience, you will see once the investigation on them is over with. Most of you who have done any business with me, will remember that you never gave money to me. It was always to my ex. At the knife show, she was the one that took the money. She ran all of my accounts. She even made this account on here.
Again, that's where common sense comes into play. I have found that if you read what you want to read and believe the same. If you hope that I am something, then that's how you will read it. If you want drama and want to see me fail or something of the like. If you found happiness in an article written in a state that the supposed crime was committed....when that city/county/state didn't even recognize it, then chances are you were wanting this for me. Which is cool. The problem with it is I don't care what people think of me. The only reason I am writing this is because you are trying to harm my business, for no apparent reason. I felt like that was the appropriate thing to do. I know as time goes on, you will see the truth. You won't like it, because you want it to be bad.
Either way, I will enjoy this ride. I know where it ends. I'll keep doing the right things, even as those around me try to tear it down. Which is stupid and pointless. You are all wasting your time. I've been here this whole time and I will continue to. I've continued to grow even with people spreading rumors and lies.
Also, our ex's will continue to try and do stuff. There's a recording of my wife's ex-husband trying to get one of the local meth addicts to plant drugs in my vehicles from right before all of this. With witnesses. Burning my shop down didn't turn out the way they planned. This whole deal has brought them pleasure, but it didn't turn out how they planned.
I assume everyone thought I would bow in shame or humiliation.
You guys clearly don't know me.
Again, in time all of this will come together and make sense to you. (I'll probably copy half this and post it on the other thread of you guys trying to spread the slander of as well. The thread that was dead but you revived after like 5-6 years just to cast a bigger net. I found that all rather tacky. Pointless and entertaining, but tacky. The whole world could turn against me and I would still be here making knives and helping the community. It's going to take more than an angry ex, a dirty cop, and some internet trolls to make me waver in the slightest.)
