Ripped off by Dale Reif

[Normark]

Back to the Top you go..

 

[GigOne]

Kickin' this to the top. . . . .in honor of Reif the Thief !

 

[BigFunWMU]

This does kinda belong near the top, doesn't it?

 

[Keith Montgomery]

It does, but since Dale doesn't make knives anymore, people don't stay on top of it like they do with other makers.

 

[GigOne]

. . . .Dale doesn't make knives anymore. . . . .

If true, that's a good thing ! Maybe he's changing his name like "Blade" does, in attempt to squeak past us.

 

[john sage]

I was just telling this story this weekend to a knife collector in Napa Valley. He noticed my Sebenza and we started chatting. The story of my designs and how I got ripped off by Rief had seemingly falen by the wayside. I check my email this morning, and here it is. You guys rock. I made one final attempt to get a hold of Dale a few months ago. I was chenging cell phones and transfering numbers when I came across his. I called it but the number belongs to someone else now. Last I heard, he was mowing lawns for a living. And I'd bet even his lawn mower blades are dull!!!!

 

[Keith Montgomery]

I sent him an email asking if he still made knives. He hasn't gotten back to me, but the email didn't bounce, so the account is still active.

 

[cockroachfarm]

FWIW, Dale's last name rhymes with "Life".

Like Mr. Blade, another sad case of wasted talent.

 

[Keith Montgomery]

FWIW, Dale's last name rhymes with "Life".

Hey, that means it would also rhyme with knife. Too bad it doesn't rhyme with thief. We could make up some interesting poems.

 

[cockroachfarm]

Keith, I just don't get it.

OK, someone like Art S. is just a leech with probably limited talents (other than scamming), but Blade and Reif (rhymes with "knife") have real skills when it comes to making knives; in fact, exemplary skills. I've seen them. Both of these guys could be as revered as a Mayo or a Carson and making a TON of money legitimately, and instead they're just wasting what they were blessed with. I feel very sorry for the people here who have been burned by them but I also feel sorry, in a different way, for those two characters because it is so obvious that they don't have a clue about what they have thrown away. What might have been, what might have been......

 

[Bastid]

Well said Holger.

 

[wolfmann601]

It does, but since Dale doesn't make knives anymore, people don't stay on top of it like they do with other makers.

"Dale doesn't make knives anymore"........THAT cut worth shbiit!!!

 

[Keith Montgomery]

I noticed that Julie at Arizona Custom Knives has a new Dale Reif knife listed on her site. I sent her a link to this thread.

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Julie emailed back to say that the knife she has is on consignment, not one she got from Dale.

 

[GigOne]

BTTT for #$%@s and giggles.

 

[Keith Montgomery]

So, does anyone know for sure if Dale is still making knives or not?

 

[Keith Montgomery]

BTTT with you, Reif the thief.

 

[Keith Montgomery]

One more time.

 

[Normark]

Hey Keith...

I just realized something....

Your like the guy who enters the numbers and pushes the button on the computer in Lost !

I don't know what'll happen if you don't enter those letters and push that button..

So keep entering those letters!

LOL

Eric...

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Just in case Dale is still making knives, this thread needs to be revisited every once in awhile.