Makers of ill-repute.

[Walking Man]

I've been thinking lately. In the past there's been a few people who said something similar to: "Well, I know so-and-so has had a little trouble in the past, but I still really want one of their knives, so I'll take a chance, especially since I know he's back to filling orders regularly, etc." But how can you trust these people to give you a quality product? I've read that Dale Reif used Kydex that looked like carbon fiber on his knives, and not mentioned what it actually is, for example. But how do you know that heat-treat or that even the type of steel is what was advertised, just so that they cheat you out of your hard-earned dollars? Let's also take into consideration that very few buyers have the means to test (or desire to risk damage to) the knife. So the next time you consider buying a knife from a maker of ill-repute, please consider this. Thanks.

 

[SIFU1A]

there are so many completely honest folks in the business who will go above & beyond to make the customer happy, who take genuine pride in there work & there reputation, who can make knives as good as anyone on the planet, to ever take a chance on some folks like corkum/reif et al, now if ya dont know/etc i can see but to know there reputation and still pursue them, knowing that any warranty issues are gonna be a hassle (ya might not ever get the knife back), knowing ya might order S30V and get ??, knowing that some examples of the makers work are faulty , knowing ya might send them money and never get the knife (or it might be yrs & yrs), and all the other assorted problems, why bother?

ya would have to be a glutton for punishment imho.

 

[Lord Farquhar]

A maker should stand by his work. He should offer a full RTB guarantee with his knifes or blades with say a week inspection period.

 

[Esav Benyamin]

"Should" is such a beautiful, meaningless word. This forum is based on what we have actually seen to be the case.