brownshoe said:
Concerning Emerson knives, I remember their earlier problems with QC, but they were a relatively new company. However, I haven't heard a lot of negative comments in the past two years concerning Emerson quality. As a matter of fact, in the last year I've seen two Emersons that are now more than a few years old, in pockets, still being waved and flicked open. Their owners (knife and gun dealers) say it's the one knife they own that isn't for sale. They believe their Emerson's are great for utility, self defense and ruggedness. The ability to flick the knife open is a design feature they wouldn't part with.
Well, since I'm a long time member of the other forum, I probably shouldn't be badmouthing Emersons, even production Emersons, but, I can't help it, the last Emerson production knives I examined, about a year ago, were brand new, in a display case, at a popular local knife shop, they had just arrived in fact, sparkling new and factory fresh if I ever saw it, and, all 3, that's 3 out of 3, had defective locks. One, engaged literally ALL the way over to the right hand scale, another, when engaged, had massive vertical play and was so bad, it boggles the mind how it got by QC, the last one, wouldn't engage the blade at ALL. Now, I'm no mathematician, but, that seems like a 100% defect rate to me. And, unfortunately, this is relatively consistant with my experiences with other production Emersons over the last few years, so, it was not a coincidence, not that it could have been anyway, 3 different new knives, 3 different, but equally serious lock defects. Maybe they have tightened up in the last year, I dont know.
So, sure, its easy, don't you think, for a knife like that to claim flicking won't throw its lock or mechanism out of spec, which granted, becomes very hard to do, if the knife was never
IN spec. And, these are examples of the knives you are relying on to assert the Sebenza is fragile and inferior? Again, the logic, and truth of the matter, is laughable, not to mention, intellectually dishonest.
BS--- You may not
like the Sebenza for any number of reasons, it's ugly,
(to you), the handle ergos, tip up/down debate, blade finish, whatever, but, your relentless bashing of the
quality and
reliablity of them, hanging your hat on the only objective thing you can, namely the flicking/warrantee issue, and the inferences you are eager to draw about the Sebenza's strength, which in turn is based on believing, erroniously mind you, that some other knives, like production Emersons are capable of handling abuse the Sebenza is not, simply because you believe that a company claiming flicking won't damage their knife, is the same thing as that company's knife actually NOT being damaged over time by flicking, well, it makes it apparent to me, and obviously lots of others, that you don't like CRK and are bent on hurting their reputation at all costs, it apparently bothers you so many people love them, while you do not, and you are going to try to make people dislike them, even if you have to use deception to do it, because, the truth is, you don't play fair, do you, you take Emerson at their word, that their production knives are designed to be flicked and withstand it better than CRK, which, as per my above response, is a fool's assertion, yet, you will not admit
anything that might cast a positive light on a Chris Reeve product.
Cliff I think, is at least intellectually honest, even if I think his reasoning is flawed.