After saving my money for what seems like forever I was finally able to hit the purchase button and order a Rockstead Ryo and get the beautiful precious on its way to its new home.
I ordered the Rockstead Ryo from Knifecenter and after my payment had cleared (I guess they wanted to make sure I wasn't a credit card thief) they finally shipped the knife after about 6 days.
I waited with great anticipation, you know the kind.."that special knife anticipation feeling" going about my daily business with the common interruptions of thought... "Its almost here!" reminding me how I felt as a kid while counting down the last few days before Christmas.
The box arrived and I have to admit that I felt a bit childish in cleaning off the coffee table, opening the drapes for better light and pouring a tall glass of ice tea all in preparation for the unavailing of my 40th birthday present to myself.
The knife box was wrapped in dirty bubble wrap that looked like it had been dragged around by a warehouse forklift until someone went hunting for spare piece to pack my box with. Even though It smelled of mouse urine the knife box and knife seemed to be in good shape.
I now held the most photogenic knife Ive ever seen.....because it didn't really look or feel (what I envisioned it would feel like) from the photos online I had been drooling over for months.
The action was gritty and stiff, the blade was obviously cast steel due to the seem mark on the back of the blade. The stop pin also had a protruding seem, threaded screw holes lined the inside of the handle almost like it was made to have a metal liner attached but someone forgot to screw them on; and the dullness of the blade left me wondering how many people test drove it before me. The anticipated soul of this blade was lost once in hand and replaced by a feeling of a mass produced Craftsman wrench.
The knifes action was stiff enough that I worried about cutting myself, the pressure needed to open the blade via thumb studs had my fingers slipping off the glassy handle. It needed a traditional clip for leverage and grip instead of the hide-away clip design it featured.
Obviously I was dissatisfied with the purchase and had it back in the mail that very evening in rout for return.
I received a email from knifecenter a few days later that a credit was given back to me minus a 5% restocking fee of $90.
My experience with Rockstead's smoothness and quality greatly differs from the experiences Ive read on online about them, I used the words "unsatisfied" and "defective" in describing the knife for return and my argument as to why I shouldn't be charged the fee....unfortunately knifecenter doesn't see it that way.
I ordered the Rockstead Ryo from Knifecenter and after my payment had cleared (I guess they wanted to make sure I wasn't a credit card thief) they finally shipped the knife after about 6 days.
I waited with great anticipation, you know the kind.."that special knife anticipation feeling" going about my daily business with the common interruptions of thought... "Its almost here!" reminding me how I felt as a kid while counting down the last few days before Christmas.
The box arrived and I have to admit that I felt a bit childish in cleaning off the coffee table, opening the drapes for better light and pouring a tall glass of ice tea all in preparation for the unavailing of my 40th birthday present to myself.
The knife box was wrapped in dirty bubble wrap that looked like it had been dragged around by a warehouse forklift until someone went hunting for spare piece to pack my box with. Even though It smelled of mouse urine the knife box and knife seemed to be in good shape.
I now held the most photogenic knife Ive ever seen.....because it didn't really look or feel (what I envisioned it would feel like) from the photos online I had been drooling over for months.
The action was gritty and stiff, the blade was obviously cast steel due to the seem mark on the back of the blade. The stop pin also had a protruding seem, threaded screw holes lined the inside of the handle almost like it was made to have a metal liner attached but someone forgot to screw them on; and the dullness of the blade left me wondering how many people test drove it before me. The anticipated soul of this blade was lost once in hand and replaced by a feeling of a mass produced Craftsman wrench.
The knifes action was stiff enough that I worried about cutting myself, the pressure needed to open the blade via thumb studs had my fingers slipping off the glassy handle. It needed a traditional clip for leverage and grip instead of the hide-away clip design it featured.
Obviously I was dissatisfied with the purchase and had it back in the mail that very evening in rout for return.
I received a email from knifecenter a few days later that a credit was given back to me minus a 5% restocking fee of $90.
My experience with Rockstead's smoothness and quality greatly differs from the experiences Ive read on online about them, I used the words "unsatisfied" and "defective" in describing the knife for return and my argument as to why I shouldn't be charged the fee....unfortunately knifecenter doesn't see it that way.
