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- Feb 22, 2001
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Howdy, New to BF, but i've been lurking for months. Actually bought my baby, an ats-34 original SIFU from someone here.
Quick Question: Since REKAT has been redoing their webpage for months, how would i go about contacting them? I'd like to complain, and hopefully have them be nice, and fix/replace my knife.
the story:
Owned since mid summer, i love the thing. Moderate use, Frequent cleaning/oil treatment.
Those of you who own one, or have looked at enough pictures know of the little rivet-like things that hold the handle to the rest of the knife. The other day, i realised that one of mine is missing - they're really tiny, and it could be in any of my pants pockets, but is most likely in the washing machine of my local laundromat. This ticked me off mildly - Not as much as, when, the other day, i was examining my knife for wear and tear, and nocited a SEVERE problem. If you own a SIFU, check yours for the following, and you'll know what i'm talking about:
The knife is essentially a sandwich. Two side plates, held apart by cylindars of metal, with the blade in the middle. like most other knives. There is a cylendar, the closest to the bottom of the knife (or the top of the blade when it is closed), which is now CONTACTING my BLADE when the knife is shut. Isn't this horrible!! you can see cuts in the cylendar where the knife has pressed into it and made nitches. Fortunately/unfortunately, the blade shows extremely small wear in that spot - i didn't notice it until recently. there are actually, maybe 4-5 separate notches, because the blade has some wiggle (another complaint of mine), and has been contacting the cylendar in separate places, thusly making different notches. The worst part about this, is that when the blade wiggles while closed, it runs up and down inside these notches, wearing it further. i hesitate to look at it under a microscope, for fear of the severe damage i might find. This is very upsetting, and given the cirumstances, i believe REKAT should at least take a look at this problem for me.
So, questions for other people here:
A) what number do i call/email do i write? do you think admin@rekat.com or support@rekat.com will work? has anyone tried it? i'd like to do a very formal, polite letter.
B) Please examine your sifus (if you're lucky enough to have them... buy one if you aren't) for the things i spoke about - missing rivets, contact between the blade and the cylendar (the tipmost cylendar that comes in contact with the closed blade, which is the bottom most cylendar on the handle.). Tell me if you have this, etc. I originally believed that the contact between a cylendar and the blade unit was made at a non-sharp, noncritical part of the blade, which would be a MUCH BETTER idea than at the blade edge.
random curiosity - does this happen on other rolling lock units?
thank you all, for those of you who have read this far. Happy slicing!
p.s. Does anyone have experience with the CAMshaft which is the main part of the rolling lock wearing down, and becoming less effective? i don't think it's happened to me, but maybe if i used it too much... i'm just worried about that. there's so much friction, so much contact, such an edge to wear down.
just another curiosity, thanks for listening!
[This message has been edited by stabstabkillkillkill (edited 02-22-2001).]
Quick Question: Since REKAT has been redoing their webpage for months, how would i go about contacting them? I'd like to complain, and hopefully have them be nice, and fix/replace my knife.
the story:
Owned since mid summer, i love the thing. Moderate use, Frequent cleaning/oil treatment.
Those of you who own one, or have looked at enough pictures know of the little rivet-like things that hold the handle to the rest of the knife. The other day, i realised that one of mine is missing - they're really tiny, and it could be in any of my pants pockets, but is most likely in the washing machine of my local laundromat. This ticked me off mildly - Not as much as, when, the other day, i was examining my knife for wear and tear, and nocited a SEVERE problem. If you own a SIFU, check yours for the following, and you'll know what i'm talking about:
The knife is essentially a sandwich. Two side plates, held apart by cylindars of metal, with the blade in the middle. like most other knives. There is a cylendar, the closest to the bottom of the knife (or the top of the blade when it is closed), which is now CONTACTING my BLADE when the knife is shut. Isn't this horrible!! you can see cuts in the cylendar where the knife has pressed into it and made nitches. Fortunately/unfortunately, the blade shows extremely small wear in that spot - i didn't notice it until recently. there are actually, maybe 4-5 separate notches, because the blade has some wiggle (another complaint of mine), and has been contacting the cylendar in separate places, thusly making different notches. The worst part about this, is that when the blade wiggles while closed, it runs up and down inside these notches, wearing it further. i hesitate to look at it under a microscope, for fear of the severe damage i might find. This is very upsetting, and given the cirumstances, i believe REKAT should at least take a look at this problem for me.
So, questions for other people here:
A) what number do i call/email do i write? do you think admin@rekat.com or support@rekat.com will work? has anyone tried it? i'd like to do a very formal, polite letter.
B) Please examine your sifus (if you're lucky enough to have them... buy one if you aren't) for the things i spoke about - missing rivets, contact between the blade and the cylendar (the tipmost cylendar that comes in contact with the closed blade, which is the bottom most cylendar on the handle.). Tell me if you have this, etc. I originally believed that the contact between a cylendar and the blade unit was made at a non-sharp, noncritical part of the blade, which would be a MUCH BETTER idea than at the blade edge.
random curiosity - does this happen on other rolling lock units?
thank you all, for those of you who have read this far. Happy slicing!
p.s. Does anyone have experience with the CAMshaft which is the main part of the rolling lock wearing down, and becoming less effective? i don't think it's happened to me, but maybe if i used it too much... i'm just worried about that. there's so much friction, so much contact, such an edge to wear down.
just another curiosity, thanks for listening!
[This message has been edited by stabstabkillkillkill (edited 02-22-2001).]
