Lots has already been said here, so I'll try to keep my comments brief!
On warranties: as (I think Jeff) said, warranties only count if the people behind the warranty wil STAND BY IT. Warranties, laws, constitutions, whatever. If there were a law against stealing, but the police and the government didn't do anything to prevent stealing, THEN THE LAW AIN'T WORTH A DIME! I'd buy a SOG knife because of the costomer relatiosn that Ron has DEOMONSTRATED here on the forums. I don't know what their written warrantee is, but I know that they do stand by their product, and that si what counts. Sounds like BUSSE stands by their product, as does TOPS. That, please don't forget, is what counts. That Dillon (spelling?) example proves this point again. They had a no BS warrantee, in writing, but they decided to change it. See, paper means nothing, the people do.
On e-mail: e-mail is cool, but please don't live in the cyber world your whole life. I zipped an e-mail to kris Cutlery the other dya and they zipped me a response, nice and quick and to the point. If my e-mail was down, I probably would have called them. It would have cost me, oh $0.25 CANADIAN, and I would have had the pelasure of talkign with a human! That is always better. I actually called Paul Bos once to talk about differentially heat treating stainless steel. Don't be afraid to pick up the phone and talk with umans. Humans are cool! Well, most anyways.
On Jeff Randall and Tac Knives MAgazine: Jeff, you said yourself that TAc Knvies is the ebst because of Herry Van Cook, Anthiny Lombardo, etc. I lvoe those guys! My measure of a good writer is one who sticks in my head. I am bad with names, so if a writer's name sticks in my head they are a good one, to me. Steven Dick, John Larsen, Dan Schectman, and many other great guys write for the magazine, and make it THE BEST knife mag out there. It is the PEOPLE that make the magazine! But if they do shenanegans that make the good people leave, then the magazine has some problems to fix. So, this support for you, Jeff, likely isn't just peopel blowing smkoe up your ass. I thinkt hey see this as a problem witht he magazien that could quicky make Tac Knives fall appart. What if Steven Dick reads a thread from Anthony on one day, and on the same day reads that Jerry Van Cook, oh, called someone an idiot on Newt's forum. Would that then cause these 2 great writers to be dismissed from the staff? See, it is this potectionism policy that Tac Knives thinks is necessary for them that could actually ruin the magazine. I have no problem separating Jeff the private citizen and Jeff the Tac Knvies writer. Or private Anthony from public Anthony. Do others?
On spending too much time on-line: Newt went to bed for a restful sleep, Brian on a somewhat related thread said (paraphrased here) that people ought to place more value on training, than talking abotu it. These guys are on to something! So, I shall retire from talking about knives for the rest of the afternoon, and pull out my sandpaper. I have some knives to finish!
Brian: I've got to call you up some time ON THE PHONE to chat!