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I gifted my bark river to my friends wife who didn't care about it. The scales on my condors had better fit.
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would this bother you? fit/finish related
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I gifted my bark river to my friends wife who didn't care about it. The scales on my condors had better fit.
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Not on a 200 dollar knife. You're paying for fit and finish at that point.
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I would agree with Insipid Moniker on this. There are some things that drive me nuts about a blade that won't bother the next guy. And then I might be totally fine with some other imperfection that you just can't live with. What I would suggest is to contact directly LT Wright. I'd bet a dime to a donut that he'll get it taken care of to your satisfaction, and he deserves the chance to do so. It's your knife bud, it doesn't have to please any of the rest of us. I hope you get it where it pleases you, the Genesis looks like a heck of a nice knife. I've got his 'coyote' model and like it well.
I looked at it but just to verify that it is what I ordered...I pretty much started working out of state from the time i received that knife up until just recently also so have not had access to a lot of my stuff or had the time to spend some time with it...
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If I spent $200 on a knife, and at that price it probably retails at around $325 or a bit more, I would send it back to the company if it were not perfect. When a company prices their knives that high they are in effect saying that their knives are better than the rest of the competition and going head to head with other companies to prove it. Send it back.
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If I were a knife maker or a vendor and someone waited a full year to complain about a fit n finish issue...yeah, I'm not accepting it back, and I hope they would send a link to the hate thread so I could slam them publicly.
I just had a custom order completed with the same fit and finish issue. It's so minor that I did not notice it until several days after I got it, even though I had been carrying it every day. I am so pleased with the aesthetics, feel, and overall design of the knife that it is a non issue for me, however if it had been on a knife that I didn't like as much, than it would be adding fuel to the fire. The epoxy is also a little sloppy.
You're totally allowed to be annoyed, If you like everything else about the knife like In my case, I would say stick it out and use it. If it's a knife that you're not happy with and this is one of many issues you have with it, I would try and find a solution. I would also explain in your email or phone or however you contact the vendor the reason that you were not able to check out the knife you purchased ~ a year ago.
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I could totally understand them not wanting to mess with it after a year, but if they publically slammed someone just for asking they would immediately and completely lose my business.
nice...takes all kinds I guess. were i to ever see any company slam a customer for bringing up a fit and finish issue on any item regardless of when it was bought I would never do business with that company and would urge others to do the same.
In any case does it really matter WHEN I bought the knife for me to mention something about fit and finish ? Going back to my original OP, do you see ANYWHERE that I mentioned contacting the company or vendor about this ? I was not even going to name them until I was urged by others to do so.
In all likelihood, you have a knife with wooden scales and they naturally shrink and expand with the weather.
Here is an article we did on this about how wood knife handles shrink.
If it bothers you, you can send it back to LT and he will have everything flushed back up for you. Be aware, it will likely continue to expand and contract.
I doubt a reseller would be able to take the knife back after a year. After that long, it is clearly an issue to take up with LT.
Here is an article we did on this about how wood knife handles shrink.
If it bothers you, you can send it back to LT and he will have everything flushed back up for you. Be aware, it will likely continue to expand and contract.
I doubt a reseller would be able to take the knife back after a year. After that long, it is clearly an issue to take up with LT.
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I did not quote you. The person I quoted said he would return it. That is who my comment was directed towards.
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No doubt I would lose business, which is why I'll never be in a customer service position.
Not saying this is one of them, but I have seen some pretty unreasonable threads started by members against makers and buyers, and I was glad to see them show up and vigorously defend themselves.
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Oh, I agree, some people are fairly determined not to be satisfied and publically complain about unreasonable demands not being met. Heck, I remember one instance of a member complaining because he had a valid issue with his knife, but he felt the manufacturer should just ship him a new one for free and he was upset that they wanted him to send the knife in for warranty service.
The OP here, however, seems pretty aware that this is a minor issue and genuinely curious if it would bother the majority of members. Since it rarely hurts to ask, I'd still say it it bugs him to give the manufacturer a call and see if it fan be resolved to his satisfaction.
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