Survival Sheath Systems?

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Has anyone had any problems ordering from Survival Sheath Systems recently? I ordered a sheath for a SOG NW Ranger in April 2013 and still haven't received it. Beginning to think I'm getting the runaround. Damn shame because I've ordered a few sheaths from him years ago an had no problems at all.
 
I actually did manage to get three sheaths from him and he does very good work. HOWEVER he is incredibly slow! I had to wait many months before I got the sheaths. For a while I was convinced he was an absolute scam artist. He will only respond to e-mails before he has your money and ,if you're lucky, when you finally ask for your money back,
If he had even a shred of consideration for his customers I'd deal with him again because he offers a lot of sheaths without the customer having to send him the knife.
 
I don't mean to be insensitive, but 8 months later and you are starting to feel you got the run around? I'd have expected delivery much sooner, and if there were any delays I would have expected to know about them. Consider yourself lucky to have gotten some product at all, there seems to be quite a lot of issues going back over 5-6 years with this outfit, all over the various communities as well. It's not exactly been kept secret.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/651756-Having-Trouble-Contacting-Robert
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/808-Survival-Sheath-System-s-Forum
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_5_23/100986_survival_sheath_systems_.html
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/828643-Warning-Survival-Sheath-Systems
http://www.bbb.org/oregon/business-reviews/camping-equipment/survival-sheath-in-dallas-or-22511734
 
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Sorry to say K Williams you will probably never get it. To bad SSS used to provide me with awesome sheaths in a timely fashion until one day they stopped responding to my emails and still have part of an order pending now for about 5 years.
 
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I actually did manage to get three sheaths from him and he does very good work. HOWEVER he is incredibly slow! I had to wait many months before I got the sheaths. For a while I was convinced he was an absolute scam artist. He will only respond to e-mails before he has your money and ,if you're lucky, when you finally ask for your money back,
If he had even a shred of consideration for his customers I'd deal with him again because he offers a lot of sheaths without the customer having to send him the knife.
..... my experience exactly, I ended up having to get a friend in the US (living nearby) to get involved. In the end I received a well made sheath that has served me well, but not without incredible frustration that I have avoided since by using any of the several other makers that frequent BF.
 
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I don't mean to be insensitive, but 8 months later and you are starting to feel you got the run around? I'd have expected delivery much sooner, and if there were any delays I would have expected to know about them. Consider yourself lucky to have gotten some product at all, there seems to be quite a lot of issues going back over 5-6 years with this outfit, all over the various communities as well. It's not exactly been kept secret.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/651756-Having-Trouble-Contacting-Robert
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/808-Survival-Sheath-System-s-Forum
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_5_23/100986_survival_sheath_systems_.html
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/828643-Warning-Survival-Sheath-Systems
http://www.bbb.org/oregon/business-reviews/camping-equipment/survival-sheath-in-dallas-or-22511734

I didn't wait until now to contact him. I've sent a few e-mails... last one said, "I thought I shipped it to you already." Funny how there was no tracking number. I made payment through PayPal, but I'm still contacting my credit card...
 
Sorry to say K Williams you will probably never get it. To bad SSS used to provide me with awesome sheath in a timely fashion until one day they stopped responding to my emaild and still have part of an order pending now for about 5 years.

Yeah, same here. I have two KA-BAR sheaths and one ASP sheath from him that I got probably 10 years ago.
 
Same routine. too bad too...as work is pretty good......but not worth the wait or headaches.
 
I sent him an e-mail requesting a refund. All of a sudden no replies. BBB and credit card company time. I'm done playing games...
 
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Understandably you're upset but the foul language has no place here. Remove it.
 
e sent the sheath after I contacted the BBB. The knife is only making it halfway into the sheath. He attached a picture showing a NW Ranger in the sheath, so I'm confused as to why mine isn't fitting. I'm current waiting for an e-mail reply concerning this problem.

Any recommendations for other makers? Preferably one that already has this knife in stock.
 
I will drag this bad boy out of the dust bin to, unfortunately, add my more recent attempts to contact Survival Sheath Systems (Robert Humelbaugh) to the litany of him going incommunicado.

Like some others, I dealt happily and successfully with SSS years ago and left a very positive review here on BF. My recent tries at contacting the business (plus reviews of sketchy business practices here during the intervening years) say I should now avoid SSS as a vendor. There are plenty of other sheath makers here on BF with better, if not impeccable, track records.

Twenty years ago I got a custom made chest rig from SSS that is a couple carriers mounted on his standard double-shoulder strap setup. Loved it & wore it a ton. I now want to order a new set of straps to replace the original set.

Over the last year I've sent emails & text messages and left voicemail messages requesting callback. I've heard nothing back. Zero, zilch, nada!

It truly saddens me that his integrity has gone bad because I did (and do) like his designs and because he was such an upstanding individual when I first dealt with him. No more, apparently.
 
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