Hmm... I didn't know that 1sks.com supported the forums. Strike that up to me being a newbie. I'm always for paying a little extra for those who support great forums or small, local shops with good customer service.
As far as 888KRU. I have ordered from them before and had quick delivery of the products I specified. I mean they actually went out the day I placed the order, I received the tracking # later that day via e-mail and the actual products arrived within 4 business days of my order.
I have called up there four times. Three of the times, I spoke with the same fella who was very helpful. I think he was the owner. The other time I spoke with a young lady that, I believe, said that "her father" wasn't in yet and was going to be in later and I could probably get product info from him if I called back in 30 minutes. One thing: I did order a knife from them and called to verify shipment. The guy (owner?) said that the knife was not in stock and he said he could ship as soon as it arrived, but he didn't know when that would be. He specifically said that does not charge credit cards, etc. until the product is actually shipped. MamBo, have you been charged for the order? If not, then I'd guess they don't/didn't have the knife available at this time.
Still, this does not excuse lack of reply to e-mails... Either way, I just wanted to objectively report that I did have good service from them and will order from them in the future if the local dealers or 1sks.com does not have the particluar item in stock (It's important to me where my $ goes, but I'm VERY impatient when it comes to spending it). A buddy of mine here at work frequently orders from 1sks.com and has had good results.
Price matching... I think discountknives.com does this or will even beat the price by 10%? Caveat: I don't know about their customer service and I don't know if they support this forum.
Edit: I just noticed above that 1sks.com matches prices. NICE.
To all (if you are still awake at this point) thanks for the warm words of welcome.
