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What is up with all these custom people having a bad rap
- Thread starter Joe Dirt
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Cougar Allen
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There really aren't a lot of problems. With over 50,000 Bladeforums members and who knows how many custom knifemakers, there are really very few problems.
If you want to see a profession people complain about, look at used car salesmen or roofing contractors or politicians -- not knifemakers.
If you want to see a profession people complain about, look at used car salesmen or roofing contractors or politicians -- not knifemakers.
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I'm having a hard time finding all these complaints you are referring to. In the last two weeks there have only been a three threads that I would consider to be about recent transactions. In the case of Kevin Wilkins, he has not taken too long. It was the poster of the thread that was being too impatient. That leaves Dale Chudzinski and Roger Linger. Obviously one case is too many, but when you consider all the transactions that go on here, that really isn't a big number.
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Most of these custom makers with the bad raps I have never heard of and have only read about them here. 95% of the bad deals on the forums get posted here and only maybe 5% of the good get posted, also the bad threads keep getting bumped back to the top, as it should be, so it may look worse than it really is. There is a whole lot of ordering, buying, selling and trading of custom knives outside of these fine forums so the world of customs is much large than it appears if you're only looking at it through the forums. I know quite a few top makers and collectors that have never been on a knife forum and some that don't even have computers.
It's been said many times before and I'll say it again, never pay in full for a knife unless it is ready to ship and only pay a deposit if it's something special.
The good folks way out number the bad in the world of custom knives, I have never been around a better group of people.
It's been said many times before and I'll say it again, never pay in full for a knife unless it is ready to ship and only pay a deposit if it's something special.
The good folks way out number the bad in the world of custom knives, I have never been around a better group of people.