What the hell?

pvicenzi said:
Now with the internet, you get much better prices, but you buy sight unseen. The possibility of getting a lemon is a risk of doing business in the modern world.
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For me, in Oz, throw in distance & time, Customs, your postal service, my postal service, etc........
All of these factor into returning a knife for me.


It's a bit of a lucky dip really, and thats a shame. :(

Q.C. should mean something, in this price range.
 
For me living in Scotland or Taiwan I'm lucky enough to have two choices for
long distance shipping when it comes to returns. :rolleyes::p

I have been fairly lucky perhaps but I have only had about 3 knives that I felt were really not up to par and 3 or 4
more that were just a bit spotty for F&F but other wise fine, and thats out of a rather large amount of Emersons.
 
pagey1973 said:
For me, in Oz, throw in distance & time, Customs, your postal service, my postal service, etc........
All of these factor into returning a knife for me.


It's a bit of a lucky dip really, and thats a shame. :(

Q.C. should mean something, in this price range.
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I agree. Even in this country, it sucks to have to pay to ship a brand new knife back, and to also risk hving the knife lost in shipping. It's probably 10 time worse when shipping from another country.
 
Haze said:
For me living in Scotland or Taiwan I'm lucky enough to have two choices for
long distance shipping when it comes to returns. :rolleyes::p
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Are Knives a problem with customs in Taiwan, like Oz or U.K?.

I pay a bit extra here in australia, the trade off is someone else dodges customs.

Returns for warranty are something i try to avoid, If i can fix it myself i will.

Just to be clear, I own one Emerson. CQC-13.
It wont be the last( next either 10 or 11 or 8 or.........)

I might be lucky but my 13 is near perfect. Fit & finish are GOOD.
Lockup is EXCELLENT.

:)
 
pagey1973 said:
Are Knives a problem with customs in Taiwan, like Oz or U.K?.
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Customs in Taiwan don't really care what you get sent in as long as its not a dagger or a sword you can hold with two hands (they can be imported with paper work though).
I can buy and import autos, balis and any other knife with no problems. I can also carry pretty much what ever I want with out any problems here too.

The UK isn't really as bad as folk think it is for knives either. I can't buy or import autos or balis but any other knife is fine to import or own.
Carrying knives publicly in the UK is restricted to <3" non locking knives but ownership is essentially open to anything.

:):thumbup:
 
not doubting you,but are you sure it was a real one(ive heard there are a lot of good fakes out there)?
 
Haze said:
For me living in Scotland or Taiwan I'm lucky enough to have two choices for
long distance shipping when it comes to returns. :rolleyes::p

I have been fairly lucky perhaps but I have only had about 3 knives that I felt were really not up to par and 3 or 4
more that were just a bit spotty for F&F but other wise fine, and thats out of a rather large amount of Emersons.
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Haze:
Not to hijack the thread, but where in Taiwan do you live? I lived in Taipei for several years until 1993.

I'd get a bit nervous sending in an Emerson for service, simply because I've heard Emersons are an esp. popular item to steal. If the package says Emerson Knives, someone may get itchy fingers en route. I myself once had a Spyderco stolen while en route (UPS) for service. The thief even replaced it with an inferior knife in the box. :grumpy:
Jim
 
I have had stellar luck lately with my EKI purchases, both new and used. Matter of fact I am reminded of a thread here about the blade stops being loose so they can "wear in" without adjustment to the liner lock or something like that. Well both my new 7b and Comander don't experience this anomaly in there blade stops. No wiggle room whatsoever with the stops on these two. Also both locking liners hit way way left for a ton of room for wearing in. I truthfully think this is the way all EKI's should have always been made. Anyways sucks when you don't get one up to snuff. keepem sharp
 
I'm less pissed off today.
The point is quite nice now(did yet more work on it), and I think I figured a way to bend the liner back the way it should have been.
I guess I'll try and put a positive spin and it and say how it makes it more truly mine.:)
 
James Y said:
Haze:
Not to hijack the thread, but where in Taiwan do you live? I lived in Taipei for several years until 1993.
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I live in Taoyuan county just out side Jhung-li city, it's about 20-30 mins out side Taipei.
I have many friends in Taipei so spend alot of time there, it's a bit too busy for me but still pretty cool :):thumbup:

stabman said:
I'm less pissed off today.
The point is quite nice now(did yet more work on it), and I think I figured a way to bend the liner back the way it should have been.
I guess I'll try and put a positive spin and it and say how it makes it more truly mine.:)
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I'm glad you're feeling better about it. It's not good to have problems like that but if there fixable that alwyas good. :thumbup:
 
Haze,
I remember Taoyuan as being where the international airport was. Back then, a girlfriend of mine was from Chung-Li, though I only went there once.
I often miss the times there in Taiwan, but one thing I do not miss is the heat/humidity from spring to fall.

I am planning on getting a stone-washed A-100 soon and will have my usual dealer check for any defects. I give them a list of the positives I want the knife to have, and so far they've been great at checking the knives before shipping. That's why I like to buy from them (I don't know if I should name the dealer here).
Jim
 
James Y said:
Haze,
I remember Taoyuan as being where the international airport was. Back then, a girlfriend of mine was from Chung-Li, though I only went there once.
I often miss the times there in Taiwan, but one thing I do not miss is the heat/humidity from spring to fall.

I am planning on getting a stone-washed A-100 soon and will have my usual dealer check for any defects. I give them a list of the positives I want the knife to have, and so far they've been great at checking the knives before shipping. That's why I like to buy from them (I don't know if I should name the dealer here).
Jim
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Yup, I live fairly near the airport just outside the city. Im pretty lucky to live where i do actually. The big ass appartment blocks are something I do not like living in at all.
I live in one of those old traditional red brick farm houses but with all the mod cons so that was a good score indeed :):thumbup:
And, yea its rather hot here during the summer, its starting to get a bit better now, its much cooler at nights but still a bit hot during the day.
I'll be moaning about the cold in a couple of months so I should enjoy it while it lasts :)

Any hoo,

I'm hankering for a stone washed mini A-100 my self......infact I think i'll end up buying my whole collection again in stone washed blades :p
 
Lycosa said:
Stabby... do a pic?!
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Maybe later, if I buy some more batteries(tried last night and the batteries died).
If I don't buy the batteries this weekend, there won't be pics of the defects, as I AM going to send it in for service.
When I disassembled it last night to clean the pivot area(the usual grittiness issues of a new knife, you know?), I noticed that the tang ram(lock interface) is heat discoloured.
The ONLY way this could occur is as the result of an improper tang grinding job.
Oh, and one of the screw holes in the non-locking liner was stripped as well.
If I do buy batteries before shipping it off, the discolouration will show up quite well.
I probably should take pics beforehand anyway, on second thought, so I guess you all will see what I mean soon.
Don't know if the liner issue will show up as clearly, but the tang issue sure will.
 
Here's the tang burn. Couldn't get a good liner shot.
 

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