So a few months ago I contacted Dan Sullivan at DSK custom knives and commissioned a piece from him.
I asked what finishes he offered and he proceeded to send me several different pictures of available finishes. The one I ended up selecting was called “Acid rain” and it was honestly incredible.
https://imgur.com/a/hH4xaDx
[DSK Acid rain finish: pictured above]
I processed payment and began waiting for him to start on my build. So what I had asked for was a lightly stonewashed blade with polished flats which creates a very nice contrast, and “Acid rain” frag scales. Eventually a video popped up on his Instagram page of a heavily stonewashed “deluxe” (which is the model I ordered) with flamed frag scales and I asked him if it was mine, he said yes. When I asked about the crazy difference between the two pictures he told me the original “Acid Rain”
picture was photo shopped and that he could not achieve what was in the picture.
https://imgur.com/a/ToFnSl7
[DSK admitting to photo shopping
ictured above]
All of this happened after he was paid in full, hell I even threw in a tip after he gave me a sob story about having a bunch of kids and not being able to afford his own knives. The knife was 900 shipped and I paid a little over 1k and I made plans to purchase another of his models after this build was completed.
https://imgur.com/a/Eu99EVh
[Proof of full payment + tip: pictured above]
The knife I was promised and the one provided was a night and day difference, it wasn’t even close. Not only was the blade entirely different but his “acid rain” had become nothing more then a torch job.
When I expressed my concerns I was told if I didn’t like it then I could feel free to sell it.
Below: is all relevant proof including the difference between what I paid for and what I got, and the subsequent deletion of all proof of wrong doing from Instagram (Luckily I took screen shots beforehand. )
https://imgur.com/a/ONT2gsX
Thank you all for your time and hopefully this is enough to add DSK (Dan Sullivan knives) to as my buddy calls it “The blade forums shit list of shitty people.”
I also posted up a buyer beware video on my shitty little YouTube channel if anyone is interested.
I asked what finishes he offered and he proceeded to send me several different pictures of available finishes. The one I ended up selecting was called “Acid rain” and it was honestly incredible.
https://imgur.com/a/hH4xaDx
[DSK Acid rain finish: pictured above]
I processed payment and began waiting for him to start on my build. So what I had asked for was a lightly stonewashed blade with polished flats which creates a very nice contrast, and “Acid rain” frag scales. Eventually a video popped up on his Instagram page of a heavily stonewashed “deluxe” (which is the model I ordered) with flamed frag scales and I asked him if it was mine, he said yes. When I asked about the crazy difference between the two pictures he told me the original “Acid Rain”
picture was photo shopped and that he could not achieve what was in the picture.
https://imgur.com/a/ToFnSl7
[DSK admitting to photo shopping
ictured above]All of this happened after he was paid in full, hell I even threw in a tip after he gave me a sob story about having a bunch of kids and not being able to afford his own knives. The knife was 900 shipped and I paid a little over 1k and I made plans to purchase another of his models after this build was completed.
https://imgur.com/a/Eu99EVh
[Proof of full payment + tip: pictured above]
The knife I was promised and the one provided was a night and day difference, it wasn’t even close. Not only was the blade entirely different but his “acid rain” had become nothing more then a torch job.
When I expressed my concerns I was told if I didn’t like it then I could feel free to sell it.
Below: is all relevant proof including the difference between what I paid for and what I got, and the subsequent deletion of all proof of wrong doing from Instagram (Luckily I took screen shots beforehand. )
https://imgur.com/a/ONT2gsX
Thank you all for your time and hopefully this is enough to add DSK (Dan Sullivan knives) to as my buddy calls it “The blade forums shit list of shitty people.”
I also posted up a buyer beware video on my shitty little YouTube channel if anyone is interested.
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