folding kerambits

Brad,

Please contact me ASAP. I was under the impression that the design was by Liong and that you made them from his drawing. Is that true? I understand that a lot more work is necessary to get a design to market but I need to know if he is the original artist for the design.

 

I still dont see what's so special about this thing. It seems to put someone at a disadvantage by having a shorter blade. What can you do with it that you can't with a longer bladed knife?

 

When do the cheetahs come out?

 

A Gil Hibben for me, please...

/Colinz

 

I just HAD to check out Think of the Children's Spydie collection before
posting this ( BTW : I have 27 Spydies ( 4 customs))

I read an article in the January 2003 issue of BLADE magazine ; yeah, the Emerson's "state of the art" but the MSRP is $229 This po' boy's gonna go for the Turber version. BELIEVE ME, if I had the $$$, it would DEFINITLY be the Emerson!

AET

 

Mike's trying to shoot for the first week of December. The new colors he added held him back a couple of weeks. And the Kerambits suppose to be coming out late December-Early January (last time I checked).

 

You must not be smoking that much weed as your memory works just fine

Teh blade really is not all that short. I consider 3 3/8" to be a good size. Not to mention this will be one helluva box cutter!

 

Mike whats the deal with the pocket clip, it looks alittle thin in the pic http://www.wowinc.com/images/boss/LiongMahKermabit-1200.jpg is this the way it's gonna be made, and on the fixed blade is it possible to make a double edge kerambit.

 

I never gave much thought to a Kerambit before reading this thread. Never had much interest in balisongs either, til I read a thread on 'em, but that's how ol' BFC works, aint it?

Gotta tell ya, I got the kind of cash for that Emerson version, but this boy's STILL gonna buy the Turber version. 420HC don't scare me none a'tall.

 

You can't read it (at least I can't ) but
there are some nice pics of the Emerson folding
karambit in this forum link here:

http://budo.net.pl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6629

the blade looks to be hollow ground, but I believe
the model shown is one of the pre-production "custom"
runs from Emerson and the production model will be a
chisel-grind:grumpy:
awesome looking knife no matter-I would certainly
like to grab one if possible:

any word on release dates for production models?

 

For what it's worth, those photos were actually taken by SouthNarc of SDF. You can see his original pics here in more clarity (with english explanations ):

http://www.selfdefenseforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1055

 

Thank you TOTC,

it was an interesting read.

 

Liong designed the knife, he could have gotten quite a few makers to make it and now you think it is yours. How would you have made it without his designs ? You screwed Liong and tried to turn it to be all his fault.

 

Its well established that the design is pure Liong and Brad made the knives. Period. Any other reading of the history here is pure fantasy.

 

Mr. Duncan,

Liong designed the knife, you made it (wrong I might add) and now Mike/WOW is making it. As public as this whole thing played out, it's foolish to claim anything else :footinmou .

Kirian

 

On a side note, since I just found out, you have only delivered 18 of the 20 knives that Liong paid for, you have proven yourself to be not only a liar, but a thief, way to go.......

 

OK. Let's get the facts straight.
1) Liong came up with the design on paper. You converted that design to CAD. True. Still, not your original idea.
2) You were commissioned by Liong for the run of 20. Included in that commission is payment for your skills as a knifemaker, to translate Liong's original design into a final product in titanium and steel. Your conduct during this commission was highly unprofessional.
3) Of the original run of 20, nearly half had to be returned for repairs. And even though Liong paid for the full run of 20, you've only delivered 18 to date, and still owe him 2 knives. This is from March 2002.
4) You each have your reasons for the bad blood, but attempting to claim the originality of the design as yours is just not ethical, when you did not come up with it.

Mike: If you like, I can represent Liong on this matter. Brad did not come up with the design, Liong did. Brad executed the design into the Folding Eroder. The Folding Eroder is Brad's interpertaion of the design Liong submitted to you for evaluation and selection for BOSS. Your execution is not based on any feature Brad came up with in the execution of the Folding Eroder. The specification can be easily determined with arbitration, should that be required.

 

Brad, you say it yourself...Liong had the idea and came to you. Now if you'd done the prototyping and the run for free you might have a leg to stand on, but you were paid to execute Liong's idea, right? His idea, your work.
Sure, you probably did the conversion to a working CAD file (from liong's concept) and want some credit...but you ain't getting credit thisaway

 

Brad, this is the same infantile BS you pull all the time....it's painful for you not to receive the attention you so desparately want...so you've retaliated against Liong for getting some and you conveniently get the spotlight by posting this stuff in a public forum. Nope, nobody's buying your BS, bud...we're all stocked up here.

If this were really your idea, then how is it you completely screwed up the pocket clip, eh? I mean, had you truly conceived this knife, wouldn't you have known to put the clip on the right side? I would say that your failure to do so demonstrates your lack of knowledge on how a kerambit works in the first place.

I apologize for being so angry here, and I don't often post on BF, but I could no longer contain myself given this individual's manner of operating. I got hot when he put up a table outside of a knife convention (real classy, might I add....everybody else pays for a table, but I guess Brad just decided "screw it, I'll sell here") and this only makes me hotter. I really do hope you grow up.

(I better go have my last look around before I'm banned! )