The truth about Fällkniven S1 Pro

Very interesting thread. I’ve been around knives a very long time. Got a Dull factory edge S1 pro once, was surprised. Figured it was a Friday afternoon Knife and Saki was probably more important than that edge. I wouldn’t go as far a spending a Grand on one knife yet i did spend 5 and 3/4 Benji’s on a Fallkniven Thor. Very ,very nice knife. Yet tip chipped a tiny bit with little use. Pissed me off something fierce. So I bought a Randall 1-6. High quality, classic and refined.... So I thought. It was about as sharp as a spoon, factory edge mind you. So I sent back to Randall to be “Sharper than factory average”. Put it this way, I Received back a butter knife. This was how I perceived there knife builds. I want looks and performance.
So about a week ago I purchased a A1x and am very impressed with this knife. No one in there rite mind could hold this knife & state that the Fallkniven company is Nothing yet Tip top professional. I say that after approximately $1,000 invested in two knives from them that had minor imperfections... a tiny chipped tip and a Un sharp edge. The A1x was about $300 and I also got a U2 model for $100. I’m looking at it like this-

Toyota and Lexus make a $90,000 Land cruiser& LX vehicle. Leaders in that market, making the best off road adventure vehicles known to man along with some of the best building requirements in the industry. They make mistakes and sometimes require recalls from a bad “Heat treatment or a Dull condition”.
Now if you can’t Comprehend that, You should stick to Owning Butter knives, Dull spoons and not handle Sharp objects.

Ps- I’d listen to the DBK guys and The Overall consensus on Fallkniven knives.... Becouse your life could depend on it. I do.
 
Lnd Crzr said:
They make mistakes and sometimes require recalls from a bad “Heat treatment or a Dull condition”.
Now if you can’t Comprehend that, You should stick to Owning Butter knives, Dull spoons and not handle Sharp objects.
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I get it that a company makes a lemon. But for the consumer the contrast between expectations and actual product is huge if the company does not own up to fix their product.

FK said to the seller to keep the knife and seller keeps it stored, cant resell it either, right? He took the hit instead of me, which was very nice.

And to me they said there is no way a knife can be badly heat treated or have problems, since they would have a lot more complains then.

I really do not give a shit how many other knives there are like that, but if mine cannot keep an edge I have no freaking purpose for it. And I ain't going to trust a brand again that personally fails me.

In summary, this whole thread is not about FK products, but ultimately their customer service.

Here is a simplification of my problem with this brand.
A customer complains about a knife getting dull during regular use.
A) Do you deny everything and say the product is good?
B) Do you ask to send the knife to be checked?

FK chose option A.
 
My Randall was a Dull factory edge, I sent it specifically back to have a better than factory edge put on the knife. I paid shipping both to and from, didn’t have my knife for a long time... Got it back slightly better and it was still very much not sharp. A Rookie could have sharpened it or simply stropped it.
Now is that customer service ? I am sure many many people would hold Randall knife company up in high standards and say that they are a reputable company. Yet comparing it to this Fallkniven circumstance- I don’t see much of a difference. Poor customer service is Poor customer service.
Not disagreeing or arguing, Just stating a Bit of information.
 
Lnd Crzr said:
My Randall was a Dull factory edge, I sent it specifically back to have a better than factory edge put on the knife. I paid shipping both to and from, didn’t have my knife for a long time... Got it back slightly better and it was still very much not sharp. A Rookie could have sharpened it or simply stropped it.
Now is that customer service ? I am sure many many people would hold Randall knife company up in high standards and say that they are a reputable company. Yet comparing it to this Fallkniven circumstance- I don’t see much of a difference. Poor customer service is Poor customer service.
Not disagreeing or arguing, Just stating a Bit of information.
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Thread is not about Randall but FK. If you must drag in other companies, Cold Steel, Spyderco, Steel Will, CRkT, Northwoods, etc. all have knives made by subcontractors.
 
Zeunerite said:
I don't see how batoning wood is important for a survival knife. Learning how to do a variety of things with a small knife would be better, like carving up some wedges to split the logs with without risking damage to the knife.
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Or better yet use an Axe. They do come in various sizes and lengths after all.
 
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Twindog said:
Noss tested the Fallkniven A1 to destruction. While he was able to break the knife, he found it to pretty good:
"All together, you have one serious tough and functional knife all the way around. Fallkniven truly makes some incredible knives.
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Noss is an idiot. And a shame to the knife community as a whole.
 
This thread most certainly is not about other companies. Yet a discussion about a Company and how they handled a circumstance, can have contrast to other companies for objective point of view. It points out that other companies are just the same.
It’s called “comparing”
 
Comparing FK to Randall is not "objective."

Randall makes knives in their family shop in Orlando. Have for 3 generations. Their designs are their own. I've been there, it's not a factory.

FK doesn't make knives, they have no shop, but they do have serious marketing. Their swedish knives are made in an unnamed Japanese factory out of Japanese steel. (Maybe you don't know that Sweden has steel.) Their folders are Japanese in design. From one perspective, FK is a con.
 
See if I understand correctly- a Business is Only a business when it’s of 3 generations and family owned. Ok, I will note that.

And A Con you say? I guess the military Contracts are a Con job, the many military contracts that Fallkniven has and those military personnel are Not intelligent enough to comprehend Laminated Cobalt steel or Laminated vg 10 is Very strong, also made in Japan.

Becouse we all know Japan makes awfull knives. ‍♂️

Sorry I compared Quality to Quality or A Company to a Company.

Now please explain how wrong my opinion is.
 
Ps- To be “Objective” is to view something Unbiased. If your objective about something, you have no personal feelings about it.
I’ve never been to Fallkniven, Yet I look at the company and compare it to others.

Please Sharpen the mind ,if it to be used to support this particular sight
 
brownshoe said:
Comparing FK to Randall is not "objective."
Randall makes knives in their family shop in Orlando. Have for 3 generations. Their designs are their own. I've been there, it's not a factory.
FK doesn't make knives, they have no shop, but they do have serious marketing. Their swedish knives are made in an unnamed Japanese factory out of Japanese steel. (Maybe you don't know that Sweden has steel.) Their folders are Japanese in design. From one perspective, FK is a con.
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Unnamed? Hardly.
Fallkniven of Boden Sweden – The Hattori Collector
 
The F1 and S1 were adopted by the Us Marines / UsNavy aircrews and was tested by the Us Naval Air warfare center. Also the A1 is used by special forces.
I guess That is Some kinda record Con job for a very poor quality item. Ya- Ok
 
Lnd Crzr said:
The F1 and S1 were adopted by the Us Marines / UsNavy aircrews and was tested by the Us Naval Air warfare center. Also the A1 is used by special forces.
I guess That is Some kinda record Con job for a very poor quality item. Ya- Ok
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Well it looks like Survival Lilly is tougher than the military.
And btw. Ontario is the single largest contractor for the United States military knives. And have been since 1889.
 
Get a Hultafors Heavy Duty GK. For £4.95. It even says you can baton with the knife, and it is actually encouraged by the Maker to baton and pry with it.

For £20 you can get 4 GK's lol I have 2 of them myself, they are little tanks, you'd need an engineers vice and sledge hammer to even attempt to break one.
 
She very much abused the Knife. The DBK fellas did a video and battoned all sorts of items that still didn’t do the damage she did. Pretty sure she did it to get talked about and get her name out there.
Regardless- Fallkniven sells some pretty awesome and robust knives that are used and abused. Occasionally a lemon like many other companies.
 
KenHash said:
Unnamed? Hardly.
Fallkniven of Boden Sweden – The Hattori Collector
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Hattori is not identified on the Fallkniven site as the manufacturer. Their folders sure look like Moki.

Not all con jobs leave people unsatisfied. The best cons are slick enough to leave enough satisfied customers to fuel the future con.

If you buy one, keep your receipt, warranty applies only to original owner and then only if bought from an authorized dealer. If you live in the EU that dealer must be in the EU for the 10y warranty to apply.
 
Lnd Crzr said:
Ontario knife company may be the largest- yet Fallkniven has many military accounts
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I wouldn't say Ontario are the largest. But they sure pretty much supply the largest demand in the US military.
The largest would probably go to Victorinox.
I have heard Victorinox is the world's largest cutlery manufacturer.
 
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