Emerson woes, update.






Next is the cqc 10. It's 2 days old. Never used on anything. I bought this and the roadhouse at the same time from new graham and knife center. It originally came squeaky and with lock rock. Sent for repair with the super 7. It came back still with lock rock, it is not as bad as it was before but still unacceptable. As you can see simply unscrewing the pocket clip resulted in this broken off screw. This is straight from emerson. Completely unacceptable and I just want an entirely new handle and liners from them. I don't think that's out of the question, considering this is the second time I received a piece of junk. It's brand new as you can see.
 



Next is the desert roadhouse. It came off center and scraping the liner. I fixed it up and tweaked a little and it seemed perfect. About a week later a little less, it developed rock lock and actually failed on me. The lock went way over toward the non lock side, so it doesn't have as bad of vertical play as it did but it still has it and is still dangerous. This knife is a couple weeks old, barely used, and I ordered it the same time as the 10 and received right after I got the 10.
 
I currently have 5 Emersons and they are all perfect. Except my cqc7v which still has a super sticky lock up for some reason... (almost a year old now). Used to have a mini commander with a shit load of problems. Instead of going to EKI I just went straight to the dealer for a replacement. I hope you get yours fixed!
 



Last is the mini 15. I got this about a week or so ago. It came very stiff as expected, clean and lube and a little tweaking and it it perfectly centered and smooth. It's pretty solid, tiny amount of vertical play but I'm okay with that because as you can see it's very early still and should get more solid with more use as it travels over. I'm satisfied with this knife. So here you have it boys, (maybe girls) I am not lying, I am not delusional, picky, or crazy. I am an emerson fan that fell in love with the knives and got straight burned for putting good faith in emerson figuring there's no way I would get burned on all of them. Oh and here is the warranty form.
I hope Ernie, or somebody with emerson sees this, and agrees that this was completely unacceptable and at this point I don't think that asking for something more than free shipping back to me is out of the question. Maybe a deal on another knife or something :) lol but honestly.

Ernie or somebody else with emerson, throw me a bone here.
 
MOhunter92

Apologies if I missed it, I think I saw this questions posed to you, but where did you originally buy these knives?
 
1st off thanks for taking the time to post pics and describing what is up with each of them.

Follow me here, as far as the free spinning and broken screws, it is not the liner. I promise that. It is the screws themselves. I had the same thing happen with a gentleman Jim. Went to replace the pocket clip....one free spinning screw....then two....then SNAP! one broken off in the liner....then SNAP! another broken off...

A super good guy here works on my knives time to time. He got the broken screws out of the liner. I too worried that the liner may be the reason, but three spare screws went in with no difficulty.

On a 7 of mine I went to change the pocket clip. Nothing broke, but three screws free spun. Replaced them and they are solid.

I am not blessed with a gentle touch when it comes to things, but I learned to go slow and work a certain order screw by screw and knock on wood have had no issues with Emerson screws since.
 
Mctrinket, that is a good post. Thank you for this post. This is a well informed post. You are good and lovely. You have the ability.
 
RiverRat84 said:
1st off thanks for taking the time to post pics and describing what is up with each of them.

Follow me here, as far as the free spinning and broken screws, it is not the liner. I promise that. It is the screws themselves. I had the same thing happen with a gentleman Jim. Went to replace the pocket clip....one free spinning screw....then two....then SNAP! one broken off in the liner....then SNAP! another broken off...

A super good guy here works on my knives time to time. He got the broken screws out of the liner. I too worried that the liner may be the reason, but three spare screws went in with no difficulty.

On a 7 of mine I went to change the pocket clip. Nothing broke, but three screws free spun. Replaced them and they are solid.

I am not blessed with a gentle touch when it comes to things, but I learned to go slow and work a certain order screw by screw and knock on wood have had no issues with Emerson screws since.
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No problem. And I thought the same thing, I used screws that were perfect in my roadhouse and when I screwed it in, it stripped the screws. It's definitely the liner wasn't tapped correctly. I am very meticulous and careful with these kind of things and am a craftsman myself. So I do not misuse or crank on anything needlessly.
 
They honestly just speak to me. They are no frills, supposed to be tough knives made for work and defense if you were to ever need it. Right now my seven I would trust with my life, it's just a brick. The knives just feel like they are extensions of myself. Idk, I've had 3 Emerson's that came to me as pieces of shit and I still love them. I just hope Ernie does something to show that my loyalty even though I've been burned by 3 of his knives deserves something more than free shipping no matter how small the gesture is.
 
MOhunter92 said:
No problem. And I thought the same thing, I used screws that were perfect in my roadhouse and when I screwed it in, it stripped the screws. It's definitely the liner wasn't tapped correctly. I am very meticulous and careful with these kind of things and am a craftsman myself. So I do not misuse or crank on anything needlessly.
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That sucks man, I was hoping it'd be an easy fix. Not to derail, but your 7 looks awesome. I am stumped about the up and down. Maybe 10 or so Emersons and not a budge on any. A buddy of mine rocks a 7 everyday for the last couple years. I asked to see it yesterday and the thing is solid. He beats the crap out of it so I was honestly surprised.

Guess I'm saying, I totally believe your post, just stumped and truly hope you know it's really not the norm.
 
RiverRat84 said:
That sucks man, I was hoping it'd be an easy fix. Not to derail, but your 7 looks awesome. I am stumped about the up and down. Maybe 10 or so Emersons and not a budge on any. A buddy of mine rocks a 7 everyday for the last couple years. I asked to see it yesterday and the thing is solid. He beats the crap out of it so I was honestly surprised.

Guess I'm saying, I totally believe your post, just stumped and truly hope you know it's really not the norm.
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I love my 7! Thanks man. Lol I am pure stumped too. I haven't exaggerated or falsified anything here, it's nothing but the truth. I don't feel like it's the norm, not to sound like I'm a whiner because I'm far from it but I just have bad luck honestly. Just really sucks cause I love the knives it's just extremely disappointing because I thought my broken emerson days were over when I got that package today.
 
Email them a link to this thread. Keep your 7 and mail back the other three. I'd get the 15 looked at before it gets worse. Not normal to have any up and down on these and you don't wanna lose a finger outta hoping it gets better with time. Be cool with them (hard after frustrations I know) and just ask that they fix em up because you like em so much.

For sure let us know how they return. Crossin my fingers for ya, but I bet they get em back in shape.
 
RiverRat84 said:
Email them a link to this thread. Keep your 7 and mail back the other three. I'd get the 15 looked at before it gets worse. Not normal to have any up and down on these and you don't wanna lose a finger outta hoping it gets better with time. Be cool with them (hard after frustrations I know) and just ask that they fix em up because you like em so much.

For sure let us know how they return. Crossin my fingers for ya, but I bet they get em back in shape.
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I think I'm gonna do it tomorrow. Good idea.
 
I wrote a note and am sending the knives back to Emerson today. I mentioned this thread in the note and for a manager to contact me. We will see what happens.
 
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