What happened with Fallkniven?

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Even Fallkniven fanboys are slowly turning away from Fallkniven.

They are far from the best buy (mediocre materials and steep prices).
Their ergonomics are also far from perfect.
Their sheats are crap.
Their warranty is basically non-existent. It is only valid if you don't use your Fallkniven for the type of things you'd buy a Fallkniven for.

And to go further from obvious - Fallkniven has been refusing warranty claims left and right.
Also, it has became common knowledge that their factory grinds are chippy and need several sharpenings to (hopefully) overcome that issue. With some people continuing to complain that even their long time user Fallknivens are still prone to microchipping and sometimes chipping.

And lately - I see social media posts where they complain on Fallkniven grind issues. Grinds are often uneven and wonky. Like here where guy is fixing wonky factory grind.
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All this left me wondering what happened to them? They used to be respectable brand, this is sad...
 
I bought an F1 in VG-10 decades ago. It came with an excellent leather dangler sheath, and I used it on a variety of hunting trips as well as a general utility knife. Can't say I've been all that impressed with their other knives, aside from the H1, which is a pretty good skinning knife. I don't see any real need for the laminated blades Fallkniven offers.
 
Well my A1 Pro I got recently for $100 bill is a hell of a deal and a knife for the money. I’ll buy all those I see!
 
Blues said:
I remember when I was buying a few of them, how the owner reminded me of Lynn Thompson with how he extolled VG10 as the greatest steel ever to be used for a knife.

I believe I still have an S1 and H1 (Hunter).
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Not the only thing reminiscent of LCT/CS...the Tor (and Modern Bowie), Odin, and A1 are eerily similar to the Trail Master, Recon Scout, and SRK (granted the Tor and Odin have leather handles).
 
jlauffer said:
Not the only thing reminiscent of LCT/CS...the Tor (and Modern Bowie), Odin, and A1 are eerily similar to the Trail Master, Recon Scout, and SRK (granted the Tor and Odin have leather handles).
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My overall familiarity with CS was very limited, so I was unaware.
 
DocJD said:
Multi-talented , especially at sales /promotion . ;)

Sure had my number , anyways ! :p

Liked his prices over Fallkniven , for sure . Generally good quality , IMO .
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I hadn't bought a Cold Steel knife since a Vaquero Grande a couple of decades ago, at the least.
I bought a couple of Demko models over the last couple of weeks and can't believe how nice they are.
 
Blues said:
I hadn't bought a Cold Steel knife since a Vaquero Grande a couple of decades ago, at the least.
I bought a couple of Demko models over the last couple of weeks and can't believe how nice they are.
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Those are probably the very best ! :cool:
 
A few years ago I bought their Gentleman’s Pocketknife through Fallknives own website. The first thing I noticed was that the blade was not centered when open but like half a centimeter off.
When I contacted their customer service (which was the owner himself) I was told amongst other not so flattering things that I must be rather dumb to think of it as an issue. Luckily, he had no other option than to take the knife back and refund me.
 
They have just never seemed like their materials list matched up with the prices being asked, so I never bought any of them. I have one Fallkniven knife, and it's one of the folding Gentleman's Pocket Knives (in Ironwood), and it's a very nice knife....made by Moki in Japan if I recall correctly. But even with those, their prices are sky high for what they are. The stag version of the GPK goes for over $400. $400!!! Get outta here with that.
 
As far as I remember I have never bought any of their knives.
However, many years ago, I bought one of their double sided ceramic/diamond sharpening stones.
The ceramic side was wavy instead of flat. When I mentioned it, in some forum, I was told, by their fans, that basically I should not complain but find a way to make it flat myself, using some other stone, as they were really brilliant products and falkniven could do no wrong as all the "operators" were using them, and so on.

That said a lot to me about their product quality, negating the need for me to give them any more of my money, as I was not enlightened enough to appreciate them.
 
I bought and still carry the WM1, no regrets, but I don't like the overall aesthetic of the product line and don't see the value either. Probably not the only one.
 
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