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"Who makes this knife" is a thread I started recently. The pattern is that a few of these same guys(names) start posting comments that have nothing to do with

the thread...... then the moderator conveniently steps in after they've mucked it up and closes the thread. No professional would conduct themselves the way

they are. It would appear that there are no rules when posting on "Blade Forums". I hope I'm wrong.
 
Just because you start a thread does not mean you own it.
If you get the same results time and again, stop doing the same thing.
 
When you can be taken seriously you might have a complaint, until then, sit down and STFU already.
 
Mike,
When you can reply to people in a coherent professional manner to the people that answer your questions by then answers theirs, you will be amazed at all of the knowledgeable & experienced knife makers & users that can help you around here.

If you dish out crap, guess what you are going to get!
 
Laurence,
Sir.....every post or reply made by me was overwhelmingly respectful......and you know it ! I cant believe you would make a comment like that knowing full well

the effort I spent trying to take the high road, trying to keep people focused on the thread. True Professionals at any vocation do not behave like that on a forum or

anywhere else.....whether they've made 5 knives or 5 million knives. I'm not a knife maker by trade. I was told to purchase the Knife maker membership to discuss the FFK , and

I complied. Sir I do know something about machining, steels and the makeup of alloys when matching them to certain applications. When someone is posting an insult because

they don't know what Vanadium is or does to components in a knife , and I choose not to respond,...well that's to bad....get over it !
 
FFK said:
Laurence,
Sir.....every post or reply made by me was overwhelmingly respectful......and you know it ! I cant believe you would make a comment like that knowing full well

the effort I spent trying to take the high road, trying to keep people focused on the thread. True Professionals at any vocation do not behave like that on a forum or

anywhere else.....whether they've made 5 knives or 5 million knives. I'm not a knife maker by trade. I was told to purchase the Knife maker membership to discuss the FFK , and

I complied. Sir I do know something about machining, steels and the makeup of alloys when matching them to certain applications. When someone is posting an insult because

they don't know what Vanadium is or does to components in a knife , and I choose not to respond,...well that's to bad....get over it !
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The majority of your threads have been closed... Consider how many hundreds of threads are started here every day vs. how many get closed? Maybe others aren't the problem? Maybe you need to "get over it"?
 
Part of the issue is that your threads seem to have a constant theme to them, FFK. In fact, I don't even need to look at the titles of your threads anymore to have a pretty good idea of what they're about. All I need to know is that you started them.

I'd suggest you kick back for awhile and participate in some threads that don't have anything to do with your agenda. That way, you can get to know the folks around here and they can get to know you. Then, after awhile, ease your way back into the topics you're interested in discussing. I think you'd get a better reception that way.

Just a thought. :)
 
bld522 said:
Part of the issue is that your threads seem to have a constant theme to them, FFK. In fact, I don't even need to look at the titles of your threads anymore to have a pretty good idea of what they're about. All I need to know is that you started them.

I'd suggest you kick back for awhile and participate in some threads that don't have anything to do with your agenda. That way, you can get to know the folks around here and they can get to know you. Then, after awhile, ease your way back into the topics you're interested in discussing. I think you'd get a better reception that way.

Just a thought. :)
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Some of the best advice yet, although it has been said many times to you, it seems to turn into a pi**ing match with you.

2000 posters can't all be wrong.
 
'Meltdown in Aisle 3...'

Tick tock tic, tic, tic, tic, tic, tic...
 
Hey Mike,
There is a sub forum set up for just such issues; Whine & Cheese. It is open to members here who are unsatisfied with certain issues and it gives them a venue and outlet to express their discontent. People there are very understanding. I noticed in your profile you have never posted there. Again, Whine & Cheese. I think you'll find what your looking for.
Just open a new thread and express yourself.
 
Mike (FFK),
While there's no denying that SOME "derailing" is going on, you can't possibly think that you have nothing at all to do with it.

Besides ignoring a majority of very specific (and valid) questions that are posed to you about 1) your FFK knife or 2) whatever your latest thread is about, most of your posts are all over the place, and at times, make almost no sense, if they even pertain to what's being asked of you or what you yourself are trying discuss in the first place.

For instance, you ask which is stronger vs. a framelock or a lockback, then you basically answer your own question before going on to mention how you like sodbusters, which is niether a framelock OR a lockback.

I really don't know what it is that you're looking for anymore.
 
knife to a gunfight,
This is very typical of the response I get when posting. You say..."For instance, you ask which is stronger vs. a framelock or a lockback, then you basically answer your own question before going on to mention how you like sodbusters, which is niether a framelock OR a lockback"

If you look at what I said it was very clear that I was making reference to Lockbacks being stronger and having their application. I then pointed out a Sodbuster as another knife with an application , also well within the limits of that design.
 
Huh? A lockback is stronger and has an application. A sodbuster has another application in its design limits......thus a Framelock is stronger?

Which is taller, a telephone pole?

Uhm, Riiiiiiiiight. Okay I'm done. Not the intelligent life I was looking for. Beam me up, Scotty.
 
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Knife Makers post photos of the knives they have made.

I like to look at the photos, it shows me they have earned the title of Knife Maker.
 
wolfmann601,
I was told by BF to purchase the Knife maker membership to discuss the FFK and Patented mechanism , and I complied.
 
FFK said:
wolfmann601,
I was told by BF to purchase the Knife maker membership to discuss the FFK and Patented mechanism , and I complied.
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You did. However, your discussions all 65+ pages worth covering multiple different threads and locations have apparently not given you enough feedback to get the ball rolling. You seem to be stuck in the mud or something. You have here a collective of knife users, collectors, makers, master craftsmen, and everything in between. But here we are, at square one, still.

A lot of people genuinely took interest in your concept at first, and asked several questions. Because that is what they do when they see something that has potential value. You were not able to answer questions though, instead it turned into a "taking on of all comers". That isn't how to get your idea off the ground. You also seem to not have any real personal experience with knives or have realistic ideas of what people do with knives "aside from the hoarders and collectors", rather the real users.

The ball is still sitting in your court, yet you come up with some $6K figure that makes no sense at all. You stated something to the effect, "I don't have $6000 to break prototypes". The knifemakers here tried to instruct you in "what next". The membership doesan't give you magical blade smithing powers by osmosis anymore than by owning a dictionary your vocabulary will expand exponentially.
 
Mike,
So you still insist that its all of us unknowledgeable posters that don't have any tact or understanding of the depth & sincerity of your product and knowledge of lateral strength testing and why its so important for computer aided design for a toggle switch on a 7-9" folder that will have a blade longer than the handle & a nylon sheath, so you can use the tip of the blade to cut twine and why S30V washers are best Blah Blah Blah...


OK, We are all wrong and YOU are correct?

You have provided entertainment that money couldn't buy! Thank you.
 
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