I've lost respect for Rick Hinderer.

T.K.C. said:
Rick is and always has been an honest & ethical man, in my dealings with him. I WILL continue to stand by him, as well as support him by buying his knives.
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A hearty +1. :thumbup:

Although I placed my first order for a FXM-18 and asked for consideration to be put on a list for another model while chatting with him at BLADE '09, my first direct dealing with Rick involved a Gen II upgrade request on my Gen I XM-18 at last year's BLADE show. When he completed the work, he shipped the knife and its original parts back to me immediately without waiting for the payment due on the requested upgrade, including the new scale & Gen II parts...

My point is that in my humble experience, most people that who are willing to place their trust in others not well known to them are usually trustworthy themselves. He didn't know anything about me except that I owned a few of his knives. He has earned my respect in both what he makes, and as a person of integrity. :thumbup::thumbup:
 
Thanks guys! I really appreciate it!!

On a lighter note...I thought up I think a cool tag line....

"I breathe, so therefore I make knives" haha kinda sappy but it sums up my feelings towards my profession!
 
A great old friend of mine had a great line when I was a full time knife business person. If he had a customer that complained about something that wasn't just right or delivery was slow he would often say "There is no such thing as a knife emergency!" That would usually put things back into perspective for a moment and everyone would cool off and reflect.

The Rick Hinderer thread reminded me of this. As grown adult human beings, there is really no such thing as a knife emergency.

If your knife is late, doesn't show up on time, or the maker fails to deliver, you know what, be thankful for your health and go worry about a real emergency instead of a made-up crisis. I can understand being miffed if someone has your money or deposit and fails to deliver. That is another thing altogether.

Anthony Lombardo

PS-I gave Rick a verbal order in the Gerber booth at SHOT years ago for a large Firetac. They were pretty cheap at the time. I am sure he has forgotten it. Big deal. I have moved on! These things are nice to have folks but they aren't worth getting riled up over. Life is bigger than these beautiful play toys that we all covet.
 
^love it!:)
 
Bladeandbarrel said:
A great old friend of mine had a great line when I was a full time knife business person. If he had a customer that complained about something that wasn't just right or delivery was slow he would often say "There is no such thing as a knife emergency!" That would usually put things back into perspective for a moment and everyone would cool off and reflect.

The Rick Hinderer thread reminded me of this. As grown adult human beings, there is really no such thing as a knife emergency.

If your knife is late, doesn't show up on time, or the maker fails to deliver, you know what, be thankful for your health and go worry about a real emergency instead of a made-up crisis. I can understand being miffed if someone has your money or deposit and fails to deliver. That is another thing altogether.

Anthony Lombardo

PS-I gave Rick a verbal order in the Gerber booth at SHOT years ago for a large Firetac. They were pretty cheap at the time. I am sure he has forgotten it. Big deal. I have moved on! These things are nice to have folks but they aren't worth getting riled up over. Life is bigger than these beautiful play toys that we all covet.
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I agree Anthony. There's much more important things in life than the beautiful toys we all covet, such as treating folks right and honoring your commitments and promises.
 
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The subject of supply and demand has been flogged to death so I won't even go there. Why are Hinderer knives selling for $800.00 on the secondary market? Because people are willing to pay $800.

My experience with Rick has been more than favorable. He answered my e-mails very quickly and I had a new XM-18 within 2 weeks. I hate to think that there are Fire/Military/EMS taking advantage of his generosity to sell his knives for such an inflated price.

That being said I prefer my XM-18 to my Striders and find myself carrying it all the time. Great knives from a great guy.
 
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