Ok, I know they mostly hand make knives. Thats fine. Great. They do a good job. But...
Sharp corners on the knives is not a preference thing. It is a tool. Supposedly anyway. How exactly are sharp edges on your hand a good thing for a tool to have? Do you have a preference for your scewdrivers to have sharp protruding spots? Hammers? Thats bad design.
Sharp edges can also be a sign of tight tolerances, and easily remedied with a couple of swipes of a file.
Saying that, I can understand your point though.
Not all models display these characteristics, so if a model is uncomfortable to the user, it can be returned.
As far as pull strength, yeah I guess some people like their ridiculous nail breaker pulls so that is subjective. I guess I just need to eat more Wheaties or something, because GECs sometimes are kinda painful on my thumbs to open. Some of their knives I would honestly be a bit nervous about trying to open. Especially since they add half stops to most knives which makes for a jerky opening.
I prefer a stiff pull. If it's too hard for someone to open, then likely that model is not for them. Also, these springs will weaken over time.
The bone splinter thing is an objective issue. Not sure how you can spin that one into a subjective preference. Maybe you like your knife leaving a little reminder of GEC quality in your thumb? I did not.
Also, the crap warranty is an objective problem. I guess you could spin it though. Maybe the crap warranty keeps collector values high due to some knives getting trashed and not fixed, thereby making the remaining knives more valuable? Lol
Natural materials will sometimes have variable characteristics.
And to state they have a crap warranty is debatable.
They will replace any knife that has defects. They won't for one that's been used. They are upfront and share this with buyers, so they are doing exactly what they say they will do.
It is likely by not having to constantly warranty used knives, it keeps initial cost down, and keeps labor on creating new knives, which means more products.
Remember, this is a niche brand that is not a large conglomerate. Despite not servicing older and used products, they still sell all their new ones.
By comparison:
A person can buy a $35,000 Polaris, and you receive a six month limited warranty on defective parts, and only if Polaris dealers deem them so. They still are selling faster than they can make them, and at full MSRP.
It just is what it is.