how to deal with a dishonest bladesmith?

sev129...were you able to contact this bladesmith and set things straight? I am curious and hopeful that Mike came to the table with some desire to clear the air.
 
I am in the same boat. Mike owes me $400 for a knife that I ordered 10 months ago. Please let me know if you find a way of resolving your issues with him.
 
The police went by his house and he'd moved with no forwarding address given. Not really sure what to try at this point. and the number went to voicemail. I'll try later though.
 
He owes me a lot of money for three custom knives as well. I recieved the same stories you did. Please let me know if you have any luck getting a refund, getting in touch with him, or getting your knives. I am very upset with the whole situation. My wife and I both tried to give him the benefit of the doubt and tried to contact him as little as possible. It has been almost a year since I placed my order.
 
I am going through the exact same thing with this piece of filth. I am SUING him Friday in small claims court, for the $375.00 that he ripped me off for for a custom WSK. He gave me some sorry line of crap about being near bankrupt, having his eBay account closed and working in the sun. This man is a professional con artist.

I have taken the following actions: 1). I am suing him in small claims court; 2). I am reporting him to the Better Business Bureau; 3). I have reported him to Ripoffreport.com; 4). I will be calling the American Knifemaker's Guild and reporting him; 5). I will be contacting Blade, Knives magazine, etc., and try to have an alert published to not pay this thief for any work and; 6). I have already called all of the people that I still know who are influential members of the military special ops community and friends that I have in Washington, D.C., who know respected members of the knife and martial arts community. Once I go through small claims court on Friday, I'll have a lien placed against him, meaning that whatever money that goes into his bank account goes to ME, or else if he doesn't comply, he could face possible jail time.

Gentleman, I recommend that if you have been victimized by this sleaze, that you all do the same. It's high time to run this piece of crap out of the community. EVERYONE on this post, go to your local small claims court, sue him for what he rightfully owes you, report him to the above-listed consumer sites, call the Usualsuspects, knife magazines, etc., and plaster his name all over the Internet, so whenever anyone searches Maniordknives.com, which has been taken down and for which I would like to think that I am in a small way responsible, they will see nothing but smears against him. Let's get organized!

Oh yes, if you wish to begin calling him to express your frustration, his number is (479) 220-8550. He apparently lives with his girlfriend at 2629 S Mount Olive Street, in Siloam Springs, AR 72761. This address is current, because the local Sheriffs served him with his papers there. His MySpace page is http://www.myspace.com/242451943, if you would like to see a nice picture of him playing the guitar or leave him a friendly message. Good luck.
 
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I hope it went well. Kindly let us know the outcome.

I am at a loss as to what I can do from Japan. I feel really cheated my Mike Maniord and that I'm probably not going to see my sword pieces again.

He knows my situation here in Japan - and even had the nerve to say he was praying for my family after the meltdown
here. He knew my wife just wanted a refund through paypal.

I hope you were successful and would appreciate a heads up - as I'm sure so would many others.
 
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