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I'm sure most of us have come across the situation of buying a new knife and soon finding out that you are looking at a real 
. I'm not talking about something that might have a chance of slipping past the QC check by someone at the end of their shift. Like a liner lock that didn't lock up 100% of the time. Hey stuff happens.
What I'm talking about are things that were built broken. Stuff that was designed by trolls, and assembled by something without opposable thumbs.
I'd like to offer a a couple of recent examples that arrived, and quickly returned for complete refunds.
From a company named Coolhand. I didn't expect much when I ordered it and even then they managed to disappoint.
Knife arrived in undamaged packaging, with no way internally of doing the damage found on this knife. Bone scale was clearly broken by the maker when they flared the tube to set it in place.
Capper was when I contacted the company, they assured me everything they ship gets inspected before hand. So your people making it and your final inspection people both said this was good to go?
This next one is a bit more perplexing. This photo is of a Browning Ignite. A knife I had intended to give away, right after I sharpened it up to an acceptable level. Not a bad looking knife from the stock photo.
When it arrived, I found a Bolster made so badly that the hole made to slide the Tang through was at least twice the required height and at least 50% more width. The tang by the way was a rat tail and approx 1/4' tall from what I could tell. Someone doesn't understand "hidden tang".
Contacted Browning with photos, they said it looked bad, send it back and they would send me a good one. Nope, what you have is a defective model of knife. Next one was as bad as the first. Makes for a very weak knife at the very least.
So Browning wasn't paying attention when they commissioned and approved the manufacturer to make the knife. The maker does't give a damn, and apparently, the Browning people overseeing, Approving, and QCing the project didn't either.
The maker obviously knew they make because the knife is packaged and sold in a clamshell peg display. The defective spot on the knife is conveniently hidden in that packaging. Presentation side shows flaws as well but much harder to see. All the slack in the manufacturing is pushed as much as possible to the opposite side. And it also, it has to be cut open if you want to inspect and handle the knife.
Caveat Emptor!
What experiences have you had?
. I'm not talking about something that might have a chance of slipping past the QC check by someone at the end of their shift. Like a liner lock that didn't lock up 100% of the time. Hey stuff happens.What I'm talking about are things that were built broken. Stuff that was designed by trolls, and assembled by something without opposable thumbs.
I'd like to offer a a couple of recent examples that arrived, and quickly returned for complete refunds.
From a company named Coolhand. I didn't expect much when I ordered it and even then they managed to disappoint.
Knife arrived in undamaged packaging, with no way internally of doing the damage found on this knife. Bone scale was clearly broken by the maker when they flared the tube to set it in place.
Capper was when I contacted the company, they assured me everything they ship gets inspected before hand. So your people making it and your final inspection people both said this was good to go?
This next one is a bit more perplexing. This photo is of a Browning Ignite. A knife I had intended to give away, right after I sharpened it up to an acceptable level. Not a bad looking knife from the stock photo.
When it arrived, I found a Bolster made so badly that the hole made to slide the Tang through was at least twice the required height and at least 50% more width. The tang by the way was a rat tail and approx 1/4' tall from what I could tell. Someone doesn't understand "hidden tang".
Contacted Browning with photos, they said it looked bad, send it back and they would send me a good one. Nope, what you have is a defective model of knife. Next one was as bad as the first. Makes for a very weak knife at the very least.
So Browning wasn't paying attention when they commissioned and approved the manufacturer to make the knife. The maker does't give a damn, and apparently, the Browning people overseeing, Approving, and QCing the project didn't either.
The maker obviously knew they make
because the knife is packaged and sold in a clamshell peg display. The defective spot on the knife is conveniently hidden in that packaging. Presentation side shows flaws as well but much harder to see. All the slack in the manufacturing is pushed as much as possible to the opposite side. And it also, it has to be cut open if you want to inspect and handle the knife.Caveat Emptor!
What experiences have you had?
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....this Tailwhip proved a challenge to overcome its detent and open...not to mention its other flaws at a price tag of over $1200......link to pics below..
