Emerson Knives: A general Fluke

Well.., yeah...I find it pretty interesting that a guy buys a high quality production knife.., and comes to a knife Forum to complain about it before calling Ernie's place and seeing what they can do for him...????

I will never be one of the folks that you see on here touting Emerson knives as "The Best".., but I've had several.., used them hard.., and they are darned good knives!

If you want to wait some.., his customs are great knives!


"Hunters seek what they [WANT].., Seekers hunt what they [NEED]"
 
I don't belive a knife would just fall apart like that unless maybe, someone screwed around with it after it left the factory and was taking them apart and not reassembling them correctly, or unless it was glued together without its assembly screws. :confused:
I own a few Emersons and have handled many more. About the only "problem" I have *occasionally* noticed is sometimes the pivot screw is a bit loose...easily remedied with loctite, after which it remains rock-solid. None have come even close to falling apart. That the dealer had (supposedly) said there was a regular problem of Emersons automatically falling to pieces is very fishy.

I can't and won't say that Emerson knives are the best; there are too many other brands that are also excellent. But my experiences with Emersons is they are not cheap materials, nor are they cheaply constructed. And if there were such a problem, I think Emerson would really want to know about it. Has Emerson been told about this? If not, that makes the whole story even more suspicious.
Jim
 
Ok, for clawhands' story to be true (that the folder came apart in his pocket and he retrieved one half when he pulled it out), the following thing would have had to have happened:

1. All the screws in the left scale would have to fall out (3)
2. The pivot screw would have to fall out (1)
3. The G-10 scale would have to come off. Here's where we see lie #1 as he claims that the knife was still together until he pulled it out.
4. The screws holding the liner and backspacer would have to fall out (4) but this couldn't happen until the G-10 scale was off which he says it wasn't
5. Now, without noticing a pile of seven screws jingling around in his pocket which all miraculously undid themselves without actually removing the G-10 scale, he goes to retrieve the knife, which he says comes apart into two pieces. He claims that one piece remains clipped to his pocket while the other comes off in his hand. HUH?!?!?
If the knife came apart, it would be in alot more than two pieces: left scale, left liner, blade, washers, pivot assembly, plus a crapload of screws, even if the right side is still intact.
The blade certainly wouldn't be attached to either half anymore even if the handle neatly came apart in only two pieces.

I didn't want to comment until I took apart my Commander for the first time but now I can say with full confidence that the story is 100% BS.
 
Being generally bored lately, I did the same thing. I purposely took apart two Commanders and what you say happened DID NOT, because it can not.

It is a slam to the integrity of Emerson,and those who work hard for Emerson to do the best they can to insure QC.

Clawhands, how about some photos? How about shipping the knife back to Emerson as they would be very, VERY interested in seeing what you have reported on a PUBLIC forum.

My first post said this was ABSURD. After trying and TRYING and TRYING to duplicate this event, I have discovered it is absolutely impossible for this to have happened without YOU intentionally making it happen. This "IS" absurd

You should have retracted your post, NOT because of the lack of credibility on the part of the readers, but because of the LACK of credibility on the part of the writer.........YOU!!!!
 
Hey clawhands, i know how it feels, the other day i had my Chris Reeve fixed blade fall apart when i was cleaning it...lousy one piece of tool steel...im just kidding

i have a mini commander and a full sized commander and i would say the last words that jump to my mind are cheap and breakable. These things are so tough, and if you really did have one that fell apart in your pocket, i would imagine you were not actually holding a commander, but something that looked like a commander that you happened to pick up in a drunken stuper...

If anyone is thinking about getting one, dont let this thread get in the way of your purchase and shell out that 150 bucks. I think they are great knives that are bult to last. Call me crazy, but i got rid of my Sebenza because it didn't excite me like my Commander did...
 
I do not know what was in the initial post but I too had not so good experience with Commanders I handled. It was about 18 months ago and the QC probably changed a lot but I still would not feel confident buying one on-line (e.g. without handling it first). Those I handled felt strange (it seemend to me the handle was too light for a blade of that size) and the knives did not hold well together. One of the blades was scratching the liner. If you do search on this forums you will find many theads describing virtually the same problem. Would not it be possible he got one of the old models? Just a thought ....

It is too bad there is no chance for me to handle the new production Commanders because I would like to be convinced the problems are long time gone.... The knife itself looks nice and if it did not have the uneven grind I would be looking for one....

David
 
Hmmm, looks like I missed something interesting here.

I have never purchased an Emmerson but I have handled a couple and was impressed at first glimpse.

Now having read all of the supportive comments on this thread I am considering buying one. It sounds like they are well made and backed by great customer service. That's exactly what I look for in a knife company.

I don't know exactly what the unfortunate person experienced, but perhaps it could have been avoided if he didn't have "clawhands".
 
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