I'm the guy who wrote that "little gem". Maybe you should actually do some research before you trash me and my father. You want drawings? You want letters? We have it all. All of the actual correspondence sent by Tom Brown to my father back in 1981 and 1982. My father never met Tom Brown, it was all done through letters and phone calls. So you can choose to put down Robb Russon, or you could take an honest look at the material I have posted on my website, and the interview with my father telling the whole story. I also show drawings and bits of the letters in that interview. The "obscure magazine reference" was printed in Tom Brown's OWN actual newsletter in 1982, where he credits Robb Russon with making the first knife. Why would I invent all of this? My father has not made a penny for his design in 40 years. I'm just trying to get the truth out there. Talk to Dave Beck yourself--I did. He got a knife from Tom Brown that had been made by Ed Lombi, and Brown asked Beck to make a new version of it, which he did. Beck is a great knifemaker, and even improved on the design, but it was not his original concept. Where did Ed Lombi get the design? From the knife prototype made by my father, which is where it all started. Now Brown and TOPS are laughing all the way to the bank.
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