Whats going on with Emerson

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I have a Kershaw Emerson and although it is a really good knife for the $50 I spent on it, I would not say it was nicer then my genuine Emerson. The lock interface with the tang of the blade is horrible to the point where the lock bar slips and will not survive a spine knock. About the only thing on it I really like is the pocket clip.
 
Paratrooper06 said:
You sure about that?

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Holy smokes! Pattern blood patina from all the sentinel de-animation!

Hard pass. The ZT 0630 has a better lock up and handle materials and doesn't look goofy doing it. If you're going to go fancy, go fancy and lose the flat head screws. If you're going to make your knives so that you take them apart with the heel of a 1911 magazine to wash all the terrorist guts out of them, then skip the froo-froo and stick with a stone wash.
 
Steely_Gunz said:
Holy smokes! Pattern blood patina from all the sentinel de-animation!

Hard pass. The ZT 0630 has a better lock up and handle materials and doesn't look goofy doing it. If you're going to go fancy, go fancy and lose the flat head screws. If you're going to make your knives so that you take them apart with the heel of a 1911 magazine to wash all the terrorist guts out of them, then skip the froo-froo and stick with a stone wash.
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Not to mention that one positive aspect of Emerson is that their stonewash is absolutely gorgeous. I'm no fan, but credit where credit is due.
 
rhino said:
. . . which is the primary reason for running a business.
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Here I thought many people ran a business for fun...but with no loss :)

I judge a knife by total price to me vs my desire for the blade, its just nice when expensive knives ($300+) have free shipping. Makes me rember the site and return.
 
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Steely_Gunz said:
Holy smokes! Pattern blood patina from all the sentinel de-animation!

Hard pass. The ZT 0630 has a better lock up and handle materials and doesn't look goofy doing it. If you're going to go fancy, go fancy and lose the flat head screws. If you're going to make your knives so that you take them apart with the heel of a 1911 magazine to wash all the terrorist guts out of them, then skip the froo-froo and stick with a stone wash.
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How far do you stick your pinky out when you type that?
 
Paratrooper06 said:
How far do you stick your pinky out when you type that?
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What are you getting at? Like seriously, I'm asking an honest question. One has has a pattern welded finish with a plain Jane handle that would make a Cold Steel Voyager blush because of its basicness. The other is a frame lock with better steel that doesn't look like it was fished out of a half-off bin at a flea market. That's my subjective take on it, that the knife you posted is both fugly and stupid looking in comparison to the Emerson designs not made by them that are actually worth, in my pinky-dangling opinion, the asking price.

You keep saying things, but they come across like an AI bot that was fed 10,000 lines of obstinate dialog and turned loose on a very weary of your shtick populous. Now please, gimme another unintelligible line of something or a passive aggressive 🤣 and be on your way.
 
I don't give a rat's rectum if Emerson sinks or swims. I don't like the company, I don't like the knives, I don't like the man. But if some people like the knives, good for them. If the man can sucker those people in to overpaying for mediocre knives with the chisel grind backwards for 90% of the population, good for him. Doesn't affect me any.
 
Planterz said:
I don't give a rat's rectum if Emerson sinks or swims. I don't like the company, I don't like the knives, I don't like the man. But if some people like the knives, good for them. If the man can sucker those people in to overpaying for mediocre knives with the chisel grind backwards for 90% of the population, good for him. Doesn't affect me any.
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And now, if he can sucker them in to buying direct and paying shipping out the ass for no tracking number in 5 business days, good for him. One born every minute and all that.

With as quirky as old uncle ern is, why would you expect your new direct expensive shipping to happen in a timely fashion?
 
Well, we may have cleared the hurdle. My daughter will be released from the hospital on Sunday after a 2+ week stay for COVID. Things could change of course, but the doctors feel fairly confident. She’ll be able to go home and try to get back to normal. 🤞

Lots of Emerson hate going on in this thread. Funny thing is most, if not all posters don’t actually own and operate their own well known knife manufacturing companies. 🤔 Pontificating without knowledge is a fools errand. I don’t claim to know his new business model. I do know however that this isn’t something new, it’s been coming for some time.

I’m not a fan-boi of Emerson knives, but rest assured I have one on me every single day. They aren’t pocket jewelry, but rather tough as hell tools…akin to Medford or Strider. IMO Emerson’s G10 and ergos are about as good as it gets.

Don’t like 154CM? Don’t like chisel grinds? That’s too bad. A strop, a couple of compounds, and about 20 minutes later you have an awesome edge. They hold an edge well in my experience.

A couple of mine came from Action Concepts, an Emerson Premier Dealer. A couple came via the Emerson website. The tears for shipping charges have long since dried. We’re talking about $250.00 to $300.00 knives. They’re not high end knives monetarily. They are however just as functional as their high end counterparts.

The Sheepdog on bearings is a fantastic design and is one of my favorite Emersons, although I only own four.

I’m certain Ernie knows what he’s doing and why he’s doing it. I, however won’t be interjecting my FOS reasons why. I’ll leave that up to you armchair business owners.0FFC81EA-9016-4101-8B83-98ADE23A97F4.jpeg
 
Oklahoma Outlaw said:
Well, we may have cleared the hurdle. My daughter will be released from the hospital on Sunday after a 2+ week stay for COVID. Things could change of course, but the doctors feel fairly confident. She’ll be able to go home and try to get back to normal. 🤞

Lots of Emerson hate going on in this thread. Funny thing is most, if not all posters don’t actually own and operate their own well known knife manufacturing companies. 🤔 Pontificating without knowledge is a fools errand. I don’t claim to know his new business model. I do know however that this isn’t something new, it’s been coming for some time.

I’m not a fan-boi of Emerson knives, but rest assured I have one on me every single day. They aren’t pocket jewelry, but rather tough as hell tools…akin to Medford or Strider. IMO Emerson’s G10 and ergos are about as good as it gets.

Don’t like 154CM? Don’t like chisel grinds? That’s too bad. A strop, a couple of compounds, and about 20 minutes later you have an awesome edge. They hold an edge well in my experience.

A couple of mine came from Action Concepts, an Emerson Premier Dealer. A couple came via the Emerson website. The tears for shipping charges have long since dried. We’re talking about $250.00 to $300.00 knives. They’re not high end knives monetarily. They are however just as functional as their high end counterparts.

The Sheepdog on bearings is a fantastic design and is one of my favorite Emersons, although I only own four.

I’m certain Ernie knows what he’s doing and why he’s doing it. I, however won’t be interjecting my FOS reasons why. I’ll leave that up to you armchair business owners.View attachment 1694169
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Glad to hear your daughter is doing OK. Kids should never have to go through things like that. Makes you remember what's important and what really matters that's for sure.
 
Oklahoma Outlaw said:
Well, we may have cleared the hurdle. My daughter will be released from the hospital on Sunday after a 2+ week stay for COVID. Things could change of course, but the doctors feel fairly confident. She’ll be able to go home and try to get back to normal. 🤞
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First off, glad to hear your daughter is doing well.

Oklahoma Outlaw said:
Lots of Emerson hate going on in this thread. Funny thing is most, if not all posters don’t actually own and operate their own well known knife manufacturing companies. 🤔
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Questions of taste/hate, aside, I think that it is unnecessary to own and operating a well known knife manufacturing company to comment your opinion of their practices. Especially in a thread about their practices.
 
Blackfish775 said:
Questions of taste/hate, aside, I think that it is unnecessary to own and operating a well known knife manufacturing company to comment your opinion of their practices. Especially in a thread about their practices.
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You see, it’s HIS business. HE has made changes as he sees fit. As I stated, I’m certain he knows what he’s doing and why he’s doing it.

Ten pages of conjecture won’t change that.
 
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