Bad Survive! Deserves A Permanent Post In The Hall Of Shame

[craytab]

I just commented but it is awaiting moderator approval. What do you want to bet it won't be approved.

Every day commentary is helping these scammers with their ponzi scheme. No ifs ands or buts.

 

[sixplymaple]

LOL. They keep deleting my comments. I wrote them a few emails too .

 

[Elgatodeacero]

the person that wrote the “everyday commentary” article should be ashamed of their ignorance of both knives in general and the specific company he is writing about. Absolute garbage article.

 

[craytab]

the person that wrote the “everyday commentary” article should be ashamed of their ignorance of both knives in general and the specific company he is writing about. Absolute garbage article.

He also apologized and retracted his article when threatened with law suit by Microtech even though he was 100% in the right, if memory serves. Lost all respect after that. Just another shill at this point. That is literally what keeps survives' ponzi scheme going, these shitbag shills.

In the first paragraph he says people have been waiting over a year. That is a lie by omission, to say the least.

 

[patrickguignot]

He also apologized and retracted his article when threatened with law suit by Microtech even though he was 100% in the right, if memory serves.

Sounds interesting. Do you have details and/or links?

 

[craytab]

Sounds interesting. Do you have details and/or links?

Search function "everyday commentary". It was recently discussed in one of the you tube reviewer threads. I haven't gone back and looked at the threads when it actually happened years ago, so my details might be slightly off, but it was not a good look all around, particularly for microtech and this everyday commentary guy. Microtech sued over something silly that they were absolutely in the wrong for (a critique of them copying a ZT design) and everyday caved immediately.

 

[Quiet]

Survive Knives GSO 4.5 Review — Everyday Commentary

Survive Knives has a troubled past. Their success going forward is based on how they deal with that past. The knives have been there since the beginning all the way back to that first review on Nutnfancy’s channel probably a decade ago. Survive Knives makes great knives. They just don’t always get t

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I left a comment to the effect that hand-waving away the very significant issues Survive has had delivering knives and providing realistic timeframes was doing a disservice to readers. It hasn’t yet been approved.

I do own several and they are nice knives but the business issues have been SO problematic that there should be a huge buyer beware caveat in any post recommending their knives.

It's not surprising that this guy, who gets paid advertising dollars from traffic generated by his blog, would want to make sure he wasn't upsetting any apple carts.

 

[ncrockclimb]

Survive! Knives GSO 4.7 Review — Everyday Commentary

Well, the Small Batch Insanity article (and its follow up article) I posted got noticed and posted on Blade Forum. There it stirred up a bit of a hornet's nest when I mentioned the fact that Survive! Knives business model needed some work. Basically I pointed out three pr

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Survive! Knives and Criticisms of the Small Batch Post — Everyday Commentary

Something of a controversy erupted so the scheduled Olamic review will be next week. Sorry folks. That knife deserves a really well written review. The folks in the BladeForums subforum for Survive! Knives didn't take kindly to the criticism I leveled against Survi

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Trolling for Hate: Small Batch Insanity — Everyday Commentary

If you remember the brief fire that burned bright that was the original KnifeHaterz IG account, you might also remember, before it went off the rails started just being mean, his or her precision sniping of one the gear world's greatest foibles--our infatuation with small batch stuff. Let's just

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The Every Day Commentary guy knows all about S!K and their problems. He has been aware of the train-wreck that is S!K since 2016. I find it interesting that the current article does not mention his past review and glosses over all the historic and ongoing issues with the phase "troubled past."

edit to add link

 

[craytab]

Survive! Knives GSO 4.7 Review — Everyday Commentary

Well, the Small Batch Insanity article (and its follow up article) I posted got noticed and posted on Blade Forum. There it stirred up a bit of a hornet's nest when I mentioned the fact that Survive! Knives business model needed some work. Basically I pointed out three pr

www.everydaycommentary.com

Survive! Knives and Criticisms of the Small Batch Post — Everyday Commentary

Something of a controversy erupted so the scheduled Olamic review will be next week. Sorry folks. That knife deserves a really well written review. The folks in the BladeForums subforum for Survive! Knives didn't take kindly to the criticism I leveled against Survi

www.everydaycommentary.com

The Every Day Commentary guy knows all about S!K and their problems. He has been aware of the train-wreck that is S!K since 2016. I find it interesting that the current article does not mention his past review and glosses over all the historic and ongoing issues with the phase "troubled past."

I wonder if those still waiting 5+ years on knives threaten to sue him for shilling a ponzi scheme, will he post a retraction?

 

[Citori]

This is essentially the same commentary he delivered about a month ago: https://gearjunkie.com/knives/survive-knives-gso-4-5-review

Survive obviously put his boat to sea with a hold full of hope and dreams.

All a shame because that 4.5 looks a lot like the GSO-4 Limited I have from Survive, which is an extremely well designed knife. Like that one I am hoping to catch one of these on the secondary market since I don't trust Survive with my money.

 

[Quiet]

Going back and actually skimming through that post from EveryDayNeedingToGetPaid, this jumped out at me:

"Guy Seifert has been making very good fixed blades since the beginning, but even a master can get better and here, we have true mastery"

First of all, Guy Serfelon isn't a "master" because he doesn't actually do anything other than bolt parts that others made together, then sand the edges on everything down on a belt grinder, then sharpen it. That line alone is an insult to anyone who actually makes knives, because Guy doesn't make knives or sheathes for them. How embarrassing for that guy.

EverydayShill then leans into it with "When you are master, crutches are unnecessary."

Apparently, so are editors.

 

[sixplymaple]

I wonder if those still waiting 5+ years on knives threaten to sue him for shilling a ponzi scheme, will he post a retraction?

Survive! Knives GSO 4.7 Review — Everyday Commentary

Well, the Small Batch Insanity article (and its follow up article) I posted got noticed and posted on Blade Forum. There it stirred up a bit of a hornet's nest when I mentioned the fact that Survive! Knives business model needed some work. Basically I pointed out three pr

www.everydaycommentary.com

Survive! Knives and Criticisms of the Small Batch Post — Everyday Commentary

Something of a controversy erupted so the scheduled Olamic review will be next week. Sorry folks. That knife deserves a really well written review. The folks in the BladeForums subforum for Survive! Knives didn't take kindly to the criticism I leveled against Survi

www.everydaycommentary.com

Trolling for Hate: Small Batch Insanity — Everyday Commentary

If you remember the brief fire that burned bright that was the original KnifeHaterz IG account, you might also remember, before it went off the rails started just being mean, his or her precision sniping of one the gear world's greatest foibles--our infatuation with small batch stuff. Let's just

www.everydaycommentary.com

The Every Day Commentary guy knows all about S!K and their problems. He has been aware of the train-wreck that is S!K since 2016. I find it interesting that the current article does not mention his past review and glosses over all the historic and ongoing issues with the phase "troubled past."

edit to add link

It's not surprising that this guy, who gets paid advertising dollars from traffic generated by his blog, would want to make sure he wasn't upsetting any apple carts.

Here is an email from him to myself after I sent him one…

I am not sure you are familiar with my history with Survive Knives. Here is an article I did on them a long time ago:

https://www.everydaycommentary.com/...9/survive-knives-and-criticisms-of-small.html

Go take a look at the thread on BladeForums. There was some dust thrown there as well.

I know of their past. I condemned it in the past. But they do appear to be doing better. I am a firm believer in giving everyone a new chance to redeem themselves. Its also not uncommon for companies to have these problems when starting up. There are a half dozen of these stories from KS knives. Go take a look at the Daniel Koster folding bushcraft knife on KS:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2135290208/bushcraft-folder/posts/3401789

He is just now finishing after closing the kickstarter in 2016. That is a long time. Its not right, either, but it is not uncommon.

I think what I wrote in the review was correct—the fate of the company rests on how he deals with people, backlogs included, going forward. I can’t say much more than I have on the subject, especially if you read what I have wrote in the past.

Thanks for your email. I am also sorry for assuming everyone as read what I wrote in the past. Do you think I should include a link to the first article in the new review?

Tony
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Full Disclosure: My 1st message to him…

I’m not sure if you are familiar at all with Survive’s business practices? They have taken a lot of money from paying customers over the years only to provide nothing in return. I know several people who “pre-ordered” knives years ago, who still never received their knives. When these customers contact Survive they are told that the knives are still being made, their knife should be ready in a few months, and that they can’t refund the money. This has continued for many years and happens to anybody who places a pre-order through Survive. There is a perpetual wait list of paying customers who are being robbed as we speak. I really don’t think it’s acceptable for you to promote their company like this. They are beyond just bad at business. They are crooks and should be treated as such. They only provided you with their product so they could rope in a few more suckers. I really do find it disgusting that you have such a lengthy review about them. A very quick Google search would tell you that Survive Knives are liars and thieves. Please consider doing a bit more research.

Cheers,
Will C.

 

[Quiet]

All I read from that is that this guy Tony is perfectly happy to receive income from anyone. The fact that that scumbag put a knife in his hand to review when he’s got a backlog years long should have had Tony thinking to himself “…ya know, maybe I shouldn’t be giving a guy with this level of bad history print time on my knife blog.” I mean, he’s literally reviewing a knife that most people won’t be able to get unless they’ve got an audience that a glowing review can directly generate new orders from.

The fact that he’s defending Dan Koster, who never made a bunch of people whole; is just the rancid icing on that whole turd loaf.

 

[mattmanyam]

All I read from that is that this guy Tony is perfectly happy to receive income from anyone. The fact that that scumbag put a knife in his hand to review when he’s got a backlog years long should have had Tony thinking to himself “…ya know, maybe I shouldn’t be giving a guy with this level of bad history print time on my knife blog.” I mean, he’s literally reviewing a knife that most people won’t be able to get unless they’ve got an audience that a glowing review can directly generate new orders from.

The fact that he’s defending Dan Koster, who never made a bunch of people whole; is just the rancid icing on that whole turd loaf.

"Mongo just pawn, in game of life."

 

[craytab]

Here is an email from him to myself after I sent him one…

I am not sure you are familiar with my history with Survive Knives. Here is an article I did on them a long time ago:

https://www.everydaycommentary.com/...9/survive-knives-and-criticisms-of-small.html

Go take a look at the thread on BladeForums. There was some dust thrown there as well.

I know of their past. I condemned it in the past. But they do appear to be doing better. I am a firm believer in giving everyone a new chance to redeem themselves. Its also not uncommon for companies to have these problems when starting up. There are a half dozen of these stories from KS knives. Go take a look at the Daniel Koster folding bushcraft knife on KS:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2135290208/bushcraft-folder/posts/3401789

He is just now finishing after closing the kickstarter in 2016. That is a long time. Its not right, either, but it is not uncommon.

I think what I wrote in the review was correct—the fate of the company rests on how he deals with people, backlogs included, going forward. I can’t say much more than I have on the subject, especially if you read what I have wrote in the past.

Thanks for your email. I am also sorry for assuming everyone as read what I wrote in the past. Do you think I should include a link to the first article in the new review?

Tony

Ignored the main problem. Didn't address anything. Tried to make you look stupid, as if you weren't aware of his past "reviews". Kick starter is a scam, so duh. Threw out another oxygen thief as defense. Called a 10 year old scam ass ponzi scheme a start-up. What a joke.

Now that we know he's reading this, open up your comment section Mr. Lawyer. Or just like survive, you want to be able to control all the bad press?

 

[Quiet]

Ignored the main problem. Didn't address anything. Tried to make you look stupid, as if you weren't aware of his past "reviews". Kick starter is a scam, so duh. Threw out another oxygen thief as defense. Called a 10 year old scam ass ponzi scheme a start-up. What a joke.

Now that we know he's reading this, open up your comment section Mr. Lawyer. Or just like survive, you want to be able to control all the bad press?

Seriously. At this point, I'm expecting his next big review to be about how awesome the customer service is at Liu Kang's ebay store.

 

[shinyedges]

People suck. Just because they themselves aren't waiting for 5+ years for a knife, they will move on and forget those who got shafted by survive under the guise of "survive turning a new leaf".

Right. Why would you trust them to turn over a new leaf when they still have customers waiting, and still sell knives to other people?

Everyday commentary dude probably gets free knives. In return he shills for survive and shats on the people who are actively being screwed by survive and throws new customers their way, to potentially get screwed over.

Dude is scum. Wish I could leave a shit review for him somewhere.

 

[PirateSeulb]

My issue with showing another long over due KS is not the fact that they are a dime a dozen and KS is so questionable it is that it doesn't show me a well known name who continues to work on new projects while having a 5+ year old project still unfulfilled.

 

[Mister_Punchy]

All I read from that is that this guy Tony is perfectly happy to receive income from anyone. The fact that that scumbag put a knife in his hand to review when he’s got a backlog years long should have had Tony thinking to himself “…ya know, maybe I shouldn’t be giving a guy with this level of bad history print time on my knife blog.” I mean, he’s literally reviewing a knife that most people won’t be able to get unless they’ve got an audience that a glowing review can directly generate new orders from.

The fact that he’s defending Dan Koster, who never made a bunch of people whole; is just the rancid icing on that whole turd loaf.

Perfect summary of the situation, word for word.

 

[EngrSorenson]

At least this isn’t one of those debatable moral quandaries. You know, like the famous runaway trolley example. To reframe that example: Guy is riding the trolley, not setting the perfectly functional brakes, it’s running over hundreds of people and we can’t do anything but point out that Guy is running people over.