I know it is easy to focus on the bad new and things that go wrong, but I wanted to switch it up and just say that with a little bit of trepidation I bought my second CKF knife directly from their web site rather than a US dealer. Ran into a few issues and Mike from CKF took very good care of me. I will not hesitate to do business directly with him again, nor will I hesitate to grab a CKF from a US dealer again either... very satisfied on both counts and a big fan of CKF products. The Decepticon-2 remains one of my favorites in my small collection and I look forward to more new products from them.