Norfleet Delivers a Beautiful Knife

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Staz

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Thanks Gilbert,

My beautiful…and I mean gorgeous…Norfleet Hunter has arrived. I know not everyone will agree with my post but I am not speaking for everyone, only myself and my transactions with Gilbert. Just to be clear; I ordered…and paid for…my knife from Gilbert well before most of the forum members waiting for knives at this time. In fact I placed a subsequent order for a matching knife shortly after the first. When I ordered, Gilbert made it clear it was going to be 60+ days before delivery and possibly, depending on his health, more…it was more. During that time Gilbert always answered my emails and never gave me a send date until the knife was truly ready. He emailed me on Friday November 7th and said it was on the way, Priority with Delivery Confirmation. When it did not show up yesterday I panicked and emailed him right away; he responded immediately and was a little upset at the tone of my email, I told him I would gladly “eat crow” if and when the knife showed up. Well; I’m eating crow now, as it arrived in today’s mail. I have, like a lot of you, ordered from other custom makers; in fact I have three orders outstanding at this time from very reputable, high-profile makers. Of the three, one is nine months overdue, one is six months overdue, and both of these after a two year wait, with no contact initiated by the makers themselves. I’ve waited days for any response to emails or phone calls I’ve sent them. So, my trip along the custom road with Gilbert went smoother than I expected given all the current bad press. He has given me a date for the completion of my second knife and while he might be a little late, I have every confidence he will deliver. To those waiting on his knives, you will not be disappointed, I’m sure you will receive them and I sincerely hope everything works out.

-staz-
 
there never was much questioned or commented about the quality of his knives. What is being said deals with the lack of integrity and honesty of the maker and not what he makes.

Your remarks are selfish; you only care about yourself and thumb your nose at the many "no knives Norfleet" has stiffed.
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I have a Norfleet knive. There were some rough marks, the polishing and sanding could of been better. The handles are carbon fibre, they were rough and they chip way to easily (I wouldn't recommend them). The price wasn't bad. The delivery was a little slow. Overall I wouldn't recommend buying a knife from Norfleet.
 
wolfmann601 said:
there never was much questioned or commented about the quality of his knives. What is being said deals with the lack of integrity and honesty of the maker and not what he makes.

Your remarks are selfish; you only care about yourself and thumb your nose at the many "no knives Norfleet" has stiffed.
I would love to tell you what to eat.............................................
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I don't see where Staz remarks were selfish or thumbing his nose at anyone. I see a man giving hope to the others that there deal will work out also . Glad it turned out well for you Dan and hope it does for everyone else also.
 
I don't see how anyone could object to your post. We all know he's highly unreliable to say the least. It's good to have an update concerning a recent delivery.
 
ONeill said:
I don't see where Staz remarks were selfish or thumbing his nose at anyone. I see a man giving hope to the others that there deal will work out also . Glad it turned out well for you Dan and hope it does for everyone else also.
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Thanks Jack, you are exactly correct and I appreciate your understanding and insight. In fact I was penning this response as you were posting yours:

I posted my comments so others who are dealing with Mr. Norfleet, and are out of options and frustrated, might see a resolution on the horizon. My post was not meant to be selfish or uncaring and should not be perceived as such. My remarks are based only on the facts I can substantiate. I don’t know any of the other forum members personally, nor had any dealings with them. I was also not privy to any communications between them and Gilbert. What I do know is my transactions and communications with Gilbert were different than those described by others and acceptable to me. With that in mind, I felt it would be inappropriate for me to make any negative comments or contribute to other threads, and only describe my particular situation. I do hope for a positive conclusion to everyone involved, and wish them the best. Wolfie, I didn’t see where you purchased or had any interactions with Mr. Norfleet, but if you did, I wish you good luck too. You can also feel free to say anything you want to or about me, I have absolutely no problems with that…after all, this is the internet..the good thing is; I don’t have to listen.

-staz-
 
Ill jump in here and say that Staz and I have been in communication over his order. He was very concerned and bummed about recent events. I do not think that his actions were selfish at all. I would rather see the tone of his post that he DID in fact recieve his knives and that hopefully others will soon also.

With regards to custom knives and timetables. I agree with Staz that I have ordered thousands of dollars of custom knives from multiple makers over the years. Never once has this knife been on time. I do not see this as bad business. When you order a fine knife from a maker wait times are variable but communication is key. I have never had problems all knives were delivered.

Good news Staz...

Ren
 
With regards to custom knives and timetables. I agree with Staz that I have ordered thousands of dollars of custom knives from multiple makers over the years. Never once has this knife been on time. I do not see this as bad business. When you order a fine knife from a maker wait times are variable but communication is key. I have never had problems all knives were delivered.
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It was my understanding that the majority of the people complaining were not placing orders for knifes but buying knife that were supposedly completed.In other word he would post a knife for sale buyer would buy it thinking he was buying an already finished knife and find out later (after they had paid) that he hadn't even started yet or was weeks away from completion and this was only after numerous attempts to contact him.
I feel sorry for Norfleet medical problems but the solution to his problems here is very simple, don't post a knife for sale until it is complete or if you do let the customer know it is not complete and not to take funds until it is.
 
Ren the devils trailboss said:
Ill jump in here and say that Staz and I have been in communication over his order. He was very concerned and bummed about recent events. I do not think that his actions were selfish at all. I would rather see the tone of his post that he DID in fact recieve his knives and that hopefully others will soon also.

With regards to custom knives and timetables. I agree with Staz that I have ordered thousands of dollars of custom knives from multiple makers over the years. Never once has this knife been on time. I do not see this as bad business. When you order a fine knife from a maker wait times are variable but communication is key. I have never had problems all knives were delivered.

Good news Staz...

Ren
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Yosemite Ren you rooten’, tooten’ hombre are right. Ren was aware of my dealings with Gilbert and my concerns not just for me but for all customers of Mr. Norfleet as well as internet knife sales. As for custom knife purchases, Ren a very knowledgeable and eclectic collector, has put it very succinctly and I couldn’t agree more.


Chiller2: As I said up front; my comments are about my transactions with Gilbert which are a little different from others. My thoughts as they pertain to custom knife purchases were made as a generality and not reflective of one specific incident or maker. I can’t speak for Ren; but I believe that is how he understood it, and responded in kind.

-staz-
 
I personally don't have any problem with Staz's comments. It's just as pertinent to post that you have had a good experience with Gilbert, as it is to post about the bad ones. I personally hope that Gilbert can get his act together, and hopefully we will be reading more from people that have had Gilbert do right by them.
 
Well folks,

I don't know staz, and like many of you I wanted to believe. However, it all just sounded a little to sweet for my taste. So, I did several searches in the Knifemakers For Sale Forum and I'll be dawg-goned if I can find the original sales thread where staz and Mr. Norfleet did any business??. :confused: .. Now I ain't the sharpest blade in the drawer, but something don't quite add up.

I might be dead wrong about this, and if I am I will apologize, after I see the original sales thread.

staz,

Would you kindly post the original sales thread between you and Mr. Norfleet?
 
The Exchange forums get purged pretty frequently. I wouldn't expect that thread to be there any more.
 
How frequently?

I just did a search in the Knife Makers For Sale Forum on myself and found a post / thread from 08-08-2006.
 
Come to think of it I'm not sure the Knifemakers' forum has ever been purged. :foot:

It's entirely possible Spark doesn't go there when he purges the Exchange; it's in a different section....
 
Nah, never mind. Time to edit and go to bed

Glad it worked out for you
 
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Sunnyd; I’m sure you are a fine person, but you seem to have a lot of free time on your hands, and like some others, (hi wolfie), intent on hi-jacking this thread and turning a positive into something negative. Have you requested to see previous “original sales threads” posted on Bladeforums, about purchases made by forum members from; New Graham Knives, Ameriware Cutlery, Heafner Knives, SMKW, Mcknight Cutler, Sooner State Knives or collectorknives.net, all of which have received positive feedback in the GBU forum within the last week? No, I don’t see your probing there….. If you read my post I was just describing my transaction with Mr. Norfleet, I said “I ordered…and paid for…my knife” well before others; not where or how. There are other places and avenues through which knives can be purchased. Mr. Norfleet has previously posted on other knife forums, eBay, and his own website, as well as selling at local shows in his area. And, until you begin asking other forum members to start validating their transactions I don’t feel the need to validate mine.

Ah…hardheart I think you’ve got it.

I'm done; good night now.

-staz-
 
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If Gilbert showed the integrity and willingness to talk things out as Staz has just done, there would never be a problem. Staz gives a truthful account of his transactions. :thumbup:

I'll let my wallet decide whether I would deal with Gilbert, and even with his positive accounting, 99% of knowledgeable folks are going to steer clear.

Thanks for letting us know.

Coop
 
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